Ole Paus (general)

Major General

Ole Paus
General Ole Paus
Birth nameOle von Paus
Born(1910-10-26)26 October 1910
Vienna, Austria-Hungary
Died6 April 2003(2003-04-06) (aged 92)
Oslo, Norway
AllegianceNorway Norway
Service / branchNorwegian Army
Years of service1932–1974
Rank Major General
Commands
Battles / warsWorld War II
Cold War
Awards

Ole Otto Cicin von Paus (26 October 1910 – 6 April 2003), known as Ole Paus, was a Norwegian General, diplomat and NATO official. During the Second World War he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940, and was later head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London and thus one of the founders of the Norwegian Intelligence Service. During the Cold War he served as a military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s, was promoted to general in 1964 and was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971. From 1971 to 1974 he was the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe, Allied Forces Northern Europe. As such he was the highest-ranking Norwegian in NATO's command structure.