Per Paus

Per Christian Cornelius Paus (born 28 April 1910 in Oslo, died 15 December 1986) was a Norwegian steel industrialist and lawyer.

In 1937 Per Paus married Countess Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg, a daughter of Lord Chamberlain Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg.

They acquired the estate Esviken from her parents in 1948; Esviken had been the summer residence of the Wedel-Jarlsberg family and King Haakon VII often visited there in his father-in-law's lifetime.

[2] Cecilie Paus, one of the main owners of Wilh.

He succeeded his father as managing director and sole owner in 1951.