Ole Paus (general), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ole Paus (general)

Norwegian major general

Date of Birth: 26-Oct-1910

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 06-Apr-2003

Profession: military officer, diplomat

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ole Otto Paus (26 October 1910 – 6 April 2003), né Ole von Paus, was a Norwegian General, diplomat and NATO official.
He was head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London during the Second World War, and thus was one of the founders of the Norwegian Intelligence Service.
He served as a military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s, and was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971.
From 1971 to 1974 he was Land Deputy of the Allied Forces Northern Europe, i.e.
the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe.
As such he was the highest-ranking Norwegian in the NATO command structure at the time.