Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus

Tatiana "Tanja" Tolstoy-Paus[a] (born Countess Tatyana Lvovna Tolstaya, Russian: Графиня Татья́на Льво́вна Толста́я; 20 September 1914 – 29 January 2007) was a Russian-Swedish countess, socialite and a member of the Tolstoy family.

She was born on her grandfather's estate Yasnaya Polyana, the daughter of novelist and sculptor Lev Lvovich Tolstoy and his Swedish wife Dora Westerlund.

As a result of the Russian Revolution, the family fled to Sweden in 1917.

[1] Her father-in-law Karl L. Paus was a first cousin of playwright Henrik Ibsen.

[2] She was active in regional politics and as a philanthropist and socialite in Swedish society.