Ole Paus is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 singer-wongwriter, author, poet and actor. He is widely considered one of Norway's most popular musicians.

Background

He is the son of General Ole Otto Paus

Ole Otto Paus

Ole Otto Paus was a Norwegian General, diplomat and NATO official.Born in Vienna, Austria to the Norwegian Consul, Thorleif Paus, and a Viennese mother, Paus grew up in Vienna and took his Matura there in 1929...

 and a member of the Paus

Paus

Paus is a Norwegian and Swedish family of clergymen, civil servants, merchants, industrialists and land-owners, among others, traceable back to the late 15th century and a man named Oluf...

 family. He is the father of composer arcus 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

Evert Taube

Evert Axel Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is best known for his folk songs, and is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians.-Biography:...

, Cornelis Vreeswijk

Cornelis Vreeswijk

Cornelis Vreeswijk , was a singer-songwriter, poet and actor born in IJmuiden in the Netherlands.He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was educated as a social worker and hoped to become a journalist, but became increasingly involved in music, performing at...

 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
  Spellemannprisen
  Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
  
   1976
• Gammleng-prisen, 1995
• Spellemannprisen
  Spellemannprisen
  Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...
  
   (special prize) 1998
• Lytterprisen, 1999
• Alf Prøysens Ærespris, 2001