Ole Paus
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Norwegian recording artist; musician, songwriter (1947–2023)
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Ole Paus (born Ole Christian Paus on 9 February 1947; died 12 December 2023) was a Norwegian singer, songwriter, poet and author who is remembered as perhaps the foremost troubadour of the contemporary Norwegian ballad tradition (Norwegian: visebølgen). Noted for his consistent use of Norwegian, he encouraged other Norwegian musicians to use Norwegian rather than English. Through his music, books, revues and TV-appearances, he held a unique position in Norwegian culture and was described as th
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ole
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Oslo
- Place of death
- Drammen
- Child
- Mjekoe
- Father
- Ole Paus
- Occupation
- program host
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Native language
- Norwegian
- Family
- Paus family
- Genre
- visa
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Kirkelig Kulturverksted
- Official website
- olepaus.no
- Image
- Ole Paus, visesanger.jpg
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- name in native language
- Ole Christian Paus
- Commons category
- Ole Paus
- date of birth
- 1947-02-09
- unmarried partner
- Henny Moan
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- end of work period
- 2016-00-00
- date of death
- 2023-12-12
- cause of death
- stroke
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of burial or cremation
- 2024-01-04
- place of burial
- Vestre gravlund
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