Christian Cornelius Paus

Christian Cornelius Paus (18 October 1800 – 8 April 1879) was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician. He was Governor of Bratsberg (now Telemark) and a Member of the Norwegian Parliament.^[1]

Christian Cornelius Paus
Member of the Norway Parliament for Lister and Mandal
In office 1848–1850
Member of the Norway Parliament for Skien
In office 1857–1861
Personal details
Born	18 October 1800 Skien
Died	8 April 1879 Skien
Occupation	Lawyer, judge and civil servant

He was born at Skien in Telemark, Norway. He belonged to both the Norwegian patrician Paus and Plesner families. He was the son of ship-owner Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner (in her first marriage married Ibsen), and was the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen. He was both the half-brother of Henrik Ibsen's father, Knud Ibsen, and the first cousin of Henrik Ibsen's mother, Marichen Altenburg. ^[2][3]

Paus obtained the cand. jur. degree in 1825. He was employed in the Norwegian central government at the Ministry of the Navy from 1822 to 1836, as a senior adviser from 1826. He was bailiff in Lista in Vest-Agder from 1836 until he was appointed magistrate in Skien in 1847.

He served three terms as a Member of Norwegian Parliament between 1848 and 1861. From 1847 to 1874, he was the judge and magistrate of the city of Skien. He was governor of Bratsberg three times (1862–1863, 1864 og 1868–1869).^[4]

He was the owner of the manor at Rising in Gjerpen (Rising i Gjerpen), which he inherited from his father. His daughter married Frans Christian Faye (1806-1890) who was the personal physician to King Oscar I of Sweden. He was made a Knight of the Order of St. Olav ^[5][6]