Villa Paus

{{Short description|Villa at Bygdøy, Oslo}} [[File:Pausvillaen Christian Benneches vei 6 Bygdøy Oslo.jpeg|thumb|250 px|Villa Paus]] '''Villa Paus''' (''Pausvillaen'') is a listed [[villa]] in [[Oslo]], Norway. It is located at ''Christian Benneches vei 6'' in [[Bygdøy]].{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==History== The villa was built in 1907 for the iron and steel industrialist [[Ole Paus (businessman)|Ole Paus]] (1846-1931), a member of the [[Paus family]], founder of the steel company [[Ole Paus (company)|Ole Paus]] and chairman of the commercial bank [[Den norske Creditbank]] (now [[DNB ASA]]). It combines [[Baroque Revival architecture|Neo-Baroque]] and [[Art Nouveau]] influences. The property comprises about 1200 square meters, including ten main rooms, rooms for servants and a big hall, and originally had around 7 [[decare]] park and 80 metres shoreline. In the 1970s five new villas were built on parts of the park which were partitioned off.<ref name="Vormedal" />

During the [[German occupation of Norway]] during [[World War II]], the villa was used as the summer residence of [[Josef Terboven]] (1898-1945), German Civilian Administrator of Norway.<ref name="db">[https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/finanskongens-kongebolig/65556333 Finanskongens kongebolig] in [[Dagbladet]]</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Josef_Terboven |title= Josef Terboven|website=Store norske leksikon|access-date=October 1, 2020}} </ref>

From 1953 it was owned by the barrister Mathias Dahl-Hansen and his family. In 1997, the villa was sold to the billionaire [[Petter Stordalen]], one of Norway's richest men.<ref name="Vormedal">Helge Meland and Tor Inge Vormedal, ''Perler ved Oslofjorden'', {{ISBN|9788292879450}}, p. 152</ref> In 1999 ''Finansavisen'' described the villa as Norway's most expensive residence<ref name="db" /> and in 2016 the business magazine ''[[Kapital (magazine)|Kapital]]'' estimated the villa to be worth 150 million [[Norwegian krone|kroner]] (ca. 16 million euro).<ref>[https://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Eiendom/2016/08/Slik-er-milliardaerenes-Bygdoey-luksus Slik er milliardærenes Bygdøy-luksus] in Hegnar</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://snl.no/Petter_Stordalen|title= Petter Stordalen|website=Store norske leksikon |access-date=October 1, 2020}} </ref>

In front of the villa there is a three-meter luminous statue of [[Buddha]]. The sculpture is called "Sitting Tattoo with Mountains."<ref>[https://www.hegnar.no/Nyheter/Personlig-oekonomi/2008/02/Stordalen-har-tre-meter-hoey-lysende-Buddha-i-hagen Stordalen har tre meter høy lysende Buddha i hagen] i Hegnar Online</ref>

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[[Category:Bygdøy]] [[Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Oslo]] [[Category:Houses in Norway]] [[Category:Houses completed in 1907]] [[Category:Paus family]]