Brita Collett Paus

{{Short description|Norwegian humanitarian leader}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Brita Lucie Collett Paus

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|07|3|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Salsbruket, Norway

| birth_name = Brita Lucie Collett

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|06|28|1917|07|3|df=yes}}

| death_place = Oslo, Norway

| known_for = founding the charity Fransiskushjelpen

| nationality = Norwegian

| occupation = humanitarian leader

| spouse = {{marriage|Bernhard Paus|1937}}

| family = Collett

| relatives = Axel Collett (father)
Lucie Paus Falck (daughter)

}}

Brita Lucie Collett Paus (3 July 1917 – 28 June 1998) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of Fransiskushjelpen, a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 until 1993.{{cite encyclopedia|year=1978–2007|title=Brita Paus|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Petter Henriksen|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url= http://www.snl.no/Brita_Paus|language=Norwegian}}{{cite encyclopedia|year=1999–2005|title=Brita Paus|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|author=Else-Britt Nilsen|editor=Arntzen, Jon Gunnar|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Brita_Paus/utdypning|language=Norwegian}}

She converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism in 1950, and served as chair of the Laity Council of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo, as board member of Caritas in Norway from 1965 and member of governmental committees.

She was married to orthopedic surgeon Bernhard Paus, the Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons. Their daughter Lucie Paus Falck became a politician.

She was the daughter of landowner Axel Collett and Lucie Trozelli Krefting, and a member of the Collett family.