Brita Collett Paus

Deceased Person

1917 – 1998

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Who was Brita Collett Paus?

Brita Lucie Collett Paus was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of Fransiskushjelpen, a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 until 1993.

She converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism in 1950, and served as chair of the Laity Council of the Catholic Diocese of Oslo, as board member of Caritas in Norway from 1965 and member of governmental committees.

She was married to orthopedic surgeon Bernhard Paus, the Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons. Their daughter Lucie Paus Falck became a politician.

She was the daughter of landowner Axel Collett and Lucie Trozelli Krefting, and a member of the Collett family.

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Born
Jul 3, 1917
Religion
  • Catholicism
Died
Jun 28, 1998

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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