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Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus

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Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus was a Norwegian nobleman recorded between 1329 and 1347 who served as Lawspeaker of Oslo shortly before the Black Death reached the city. He is thought to have been born in the late thirteenth century and to have come from a family of likely Low German origin that had settled in the region as merchants. He appears under the cognomen Paus and the patronymic Sigurdsson in medieval Oslo records.

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Role
Nobleman 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Norwegian 1
Born
1329 2
Classification
Field of Law
Ancient and Customary Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Jurist 1
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1. Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus (Wikipedia)
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    He is mentioned in written sources in medieval Oslo between 1329 and 1347, and as lawspeaker in 1347, two years before the Black Death reached the city.
  • Introduction, nationality
    Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus was a Norwegian nobleman recorded between 1329 and 1347 who served as Lawspeaker of Oslo shortly before the Black Death reached the city.
  • Introduction, role
    Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus was a Norwegian nobleman who served as the Lawspeaker of Oslo shortly before the Black Death.
  • In Legal System: Law of Norway, Wikipedia lead sentence
    was a Norwegian nobleman who served as the Lawspeaker o
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2. Wikidata: Nikolas Sigurdsson Paus
Wikidata Q53844430, P569 date of birth claim (year)
Quote, Wikidata Q53844430, P569 date of birth claim (year)
P569 (date of birth): 1329
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