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Nikolai Nissen Paus

Norwegian surgeon and humanitarian (1877-1956) · Norway · Doctors · Died at 79

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Nikolai Nissen Paus was a Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and humanitarian. He was the director of Vestfold Hospital from 1918 to 1947, building and decisively shaping the institution.

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Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav1948
Ordre de la Santé publique1947
Order of the Cross of Liberty
Cross of Merit of the Red Cross of Finland

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Nikolai Nissen Paus was a Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and humanitarian. He was the director of Vestfold Hospital from 1918 to 1947, building and decisively shaping the institution. He served as President of the Norwegian Red Cross, President of the Norwegian Florence Nightingale Committee and chaired several governmental committees. He led and took part in the Norwegian humanitarian effort in Finland during the Winter War as the head of the Norwegian Red Cross field hospital. He also served on the executive board of the Norwegian Medical Association. He received the Order of St. Olav for his "long-standing and distinguished humanitarian work" in 1948 and was described by Aftenposten as "one of the country's preeminent physicians" on his death.

Country
Norway
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1877 to 1956 · aged 79

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