# Johan Altenborg Paus

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Norwegian artillery officer and war commissioner (1834–1894)

**Johan Altenborg Paus** (December 3, 1834 – April 16, 1894) was a Norwegian artillery officer who served as war commissioner.[1] Prior to this he served as head of the Artillery Officers' School from 1868 to 1871[2] and inspector for the Main Line and Kongsvinger Line until 1874. He was also a lecturer at the [Norwegian Military Academy](/source/Norwegian_Military_Academy),[3][4] served on several government-appointed committees on military issues, was an active freemason, served on the boards of Christiania Military Society and the [Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers](/source/Norwegian_Association_of_Hunters_and_Anglers).[5][6] A member of the [Paus family](/source/Paus_family), he was a first cousin of the playwright [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen) and the son of the lawyer [Henrik Johan Paus](/source/Henrik_Johan_Paus). He was named for his father's foster father and uncle, [Johan Altenburg](/source/Johan_Andreas_Altenburg), Henrik Ibsen's maternal grandfather. Henrik Ibsen shared the names Henrik Johan with his father. Johan Altenborg Paus was the son-in-law of the timber magnate [Christopher Tostrup](/source/Christopher_Henrik_Holfeldt_Tostrup) and the father of the papal chamberlain, art collector and philanthropist, Count [Christopher Paus](/source/Christopher_de_Paus).[7] He was a Knight of the [Order of Vasa](/source/Order_of_Vasa) and there is a painting of him by [Nils Gude](/source/Nils_Gude) (1886).[8] Upon his death, he was described as "a personality much loved by comrades, superiors, and subordinates."[6] He is interred at the [Cemetery of Our Saviour](/source/Cemetery_of_Our_Saviour) in Oslo.

## Honours

- Knight of the [Order of Vasa](/source/Order_of_Vasa)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Obituary, *Norges Jæger- og Fiskerforenings Tidsskrift* 1895 p. 131

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Gamst, Thorbein, *Befalsskolen for Feltartilleriet: 1931-1996*, Artilleriregimentet og Artilleriets offisersforening, 1998, p. 199

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [*Norges statskalender*](http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022071285012_001&page=245). Kommuneforlaget. 1871. p. 184.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [*Norsk militært tidsskrift*](http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018092081091_001). Oslo militære samfund. 1890. p. 14.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Rørholt, Arnold (1925). [*Christiania militære samfund gjennem 100 aar*](http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017042407033). Christiania militære samfund.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NJFFT_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NJFFT_6-1) [*Norsk Jæger- og Fisker-Forenings Tidsskrift*](http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019070381026_001). Kristiania. 1894. p. 131.{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [S. H. Finne-Grønn](/source/S._H._Finne-Gr%C3%B8nn), *Familien Tostrup fra Lister*. Christiania, 1897

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Anker, Carl Johan (1886). [*Katalog over malede Portræter i Norge*](http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021042148722?page=171). Jacob Dybwads Forlag. p. 163.

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