Bernhard Paus

For his grandfather, the theologian, see Bernhard Pauss.
Bernhard Paus as chief surgeon of the Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and chief physician of the Norwegian Armed Forces during the Korean War

Bernhard Cathrinus Paus (9 November 1910 – 9 February 1999) was a Norwegian orthopedic surgeon and humanitarian.

He participated in humanitarian work during the Winter War in Finland, during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and during the Korean War, when he served as chief surgeon of the Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. He was also the chief physician of the Norwegian Armed Forces (1951–1958) and President of the Norwegian Association for Military Medicine (1954–1955). He was senior consultant and managing director of the Martina Hansen Hospital in Bærum (1964–1980). He was Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons from 1969 to 1990.[1]

He was married to the noted humanitarian Brita Collett Paus, and they introduced the hospice concept in Norway.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Bernhard Cathrinus Paus," in Terje Helsingeng (ed.), Stormesteren, Den Norske frimurerorden, 2005, ISBN 82-996484-1-6
  2. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (1978–2007). "Bernhard Paus". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget.
  3. ^ "Paus, Bernhard Cathrinus," in Norges leger, 1996, Vol. 4, p. 381