Ole Paus

Ole Paus
Ole Paus
Background information
Birth name Ole Christian Paus
Born (1947-02-09) 9 February 1947
Oslo, Norway
Occupation(s) Musician, singer-songwriter, writer
Instruments Vocals, guitar
Years active 1970–present

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.[1] He has been described as the Norwegian counterpart of Bob Dylan and as the "voice of the nation."[2]

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

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Henriksen, Petter (ed.). "Ole Paus". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  2. ↑ Ole Paus blev Nationens stemme
Awards
Preceded by
Kaizers Orchestra		 Recipient of the Spellemannprisen
as This year's Spellemann
2013		 Succeeded by
Nico & Vinz
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