Ole Paus

Ole Paus (born 9 February 1947; full name Ole Christian Paus) is a Norwegian troubadour in the Swedish-Norwegian ballad tradition, an author, a poet, and an actor. He is widely considered one of Norway's most popular singer-songwriters.

Background

He is the son of General Ole Otto Paus and a member of the Paus family. He is the father of composer Marcus Paus.

Work

Ole Paus debuted as a singer-songwriter in 1970 and as an author the following year, after he was discovered by Alf Cranner and Alf Prøysen, respectively. He was one of the central figures of the so-called visebølgen i Norge, i.e. troubadours in the tradition of Evert Taube, Cornelis Vreeswijk and others.

Books

• Tekster fra en trapp (1971)
• Det går en narr gjennom byen med ringlende bjeller (1974)
• Endelig alene (1984)
• Milunia (1985)
• Hjemmevant utenfor (1994)
• Reisen til Gallia (1998) (with Ketil Bjørnstad)
• Kjære Kongen (2002)
• Blomstene ved Amras (2004)
• Isengaard (2006)

Reviews

• Ikke gjør som mora di sier (1987)
• For fattig og rik (1988)
• Norge mitt Norge (1991)
• Sammen igjen (1992)

Discography

Albums

(For peak charting positions, see NorwegianCharts.com)

• 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)
• Mitt lille land (1994)
• 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)
• Den Store Norske Sangboka (2007)
• Paus synger Paus (2009)
• Dugnad for Haiti – Live fra Operaen (2010), with other artists
• Mitt lille land (2011), with other artists
• 20 av de beste sangene, vol 1 (2013)
• Avslutningen (2013)
• Sanger fra gutterommet (2016)

Songs

• "I en sofa fra IKEA"
• "Innerst i sjelen"
• "Mitt lille land" (Peaked at #4 in VG-lista Norwegian Singles Chart)

Opera

• Heksene (2007) (libretto)

Filmography

• Inntrengeren, (1974) – history of Ole Paus in a TV-series Et lite grøss?
• Solstreif, (1980) - as author
• De blå ulvene as guest (1993)
• Bikinisesongen as Robert (1994)
• Upperdog as Axel's father (2009)

TV Specials host

• På tide med Ole Paus - TV series presenter (1992–1993, produced by Lasse Halberg and Petter Wallace on TV3)
• Hjemme hos Paus - TV series presenter with Elsa Lystad (1994, produced by Petter Wallace on TV2)
• Ute med Paus TV series presenter (1995 produced by Petter Wallace on TV2)

Awards

• Spellemannprisen, Årets Viseplate (This Year's Folk Song Album), 1976
• Gammleng-prisen, 1995
• Spellemannprisen, Juryens Hederspris (The Jury's Honorary Award), 1998
• Lytterprisen, 1999
• Alf Prøysens Ærespris, 2001,
• Spellemannsprisen, Årets Spellemann (This Year's Spellemann), 2013