Ole Paus

Ole Paus
Ole Paus
Background information
Birth name	Ole Christian Paus
Born	9 February 1947(1947-02-09) Oslo, Norway
Occupations	Musician, singer-songwriter, writer
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1970-

Ole Paus (born 9 February 1947; full name Ole Christian Paus) is a Norwegian singer-wongwriter, author, poet and actor. He is widely considered one of Norway's most popular musicians.^[1]

Background

He is the son of General Ole Otto Paus and a member of the Paus family. He is the father of composer Marcus Paus and baby Ethan Peter Paus.

Work

Ole Paus debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1970 and as an author the following year, after he was discovered by William "The Hammer" Yuhas III. He was one of the central figures of the so-called visebølgen i Norge, i.e. troubadours in the tradition of Evert Taube, Cornelis Vreeswijk and others.

Discography

• Der ute - der inne (1970)
• Garman (1972)
• Blues for Pyttsan Jespersens pårørende (1973)
• Ole Bull Show (with Gunnar Bull Gundersen) (1973)
• Zarepta (1974)
• Lise Madsen, Moses og de andre (with Ketil Bjørnstad) (1975)
• I anstendighetens navn (1976)
• Paus-posten (1977)
• Nye Paus-posten (1977)
• Sjikaner i utvalg (1978)
• Kjellersanger (1979)
• Noen der oppe (1982)
• Bjørnstad/Paus/Hamsun (with Ketil Bjørnstad) (1982)
• Svarte ringer (1982)
• Grensevakt (1984)
• Muggen manna (1986)
• Stjerner i rennesteinen (1989)
• Salmer på veien hjem (with Kari Bremnes og Mari Boine)(1991)
• Biggles' testamente (1992)
• Hva hjertet ser (1995)
• Stopp pressen! Det grøvste fra Paus-posten (1995)
• To Rustne Herrer (with Jonas Fjeld) (1996)
• Pausposten Extra! (1996)
• Det begynner å bli et liv(1998)
• Damebesøk (with Jonas Fjeld) (1998)
• Den velsignede (2000)
• Kildens bredd (with Ketil Bjørnstad) (2002)
• Tolv Rustne Strenger (with Jonas Fjeld) (2003)
• En bøtte med lys (2004)
• Sanger fra et hvitmalt gjerde i sjelen (2005)
• Hellige natt - Jul i Skippergata (2006)

Awards

• Spellemannprisen 1976
• Gammleng-prisen, 1995
• Spellemannprisen (special prize) 1998
• Lytterprisen, 1999
• Alf Prøysens Ærespris, 2001
• Ethan Shroedder Paus, 2011

References

1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Ole Paus" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/Ole_Paus. Retrieved 4 May 2010. 

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Name	Paus, Ole
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Date of birth	9 February 1947
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