11 Facts About Pontine Paus

Cecilie Alexandra Pontine Paus was born on 15 June 1973 and is a London-based Norwegian designer and shipping heiress.

Pontine Paus is known for designing handbags sold under her label House of Paus, and was described by Vogue in the early 2000s as the "hottest new name in handbags".

Pontine Paus is the founder of the beauty brand Dr Lipp.

Pontine Paus was born to Norwegian parents in Athens, Greece, in 1973, and moved to London in 1979.

Pontine Paus's father is the son of the steel industrialist Per Paus and Countess Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg, whose father was Lord Chamberlain Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg.

Pontine Paus's mother belongs to the Wilhelmsen shipping family and has owned Wilh.

Pontine Paus is a Norwegian citizen, but has lived all her life in Greece and England.

Pontine Paus attended Marlborough College, an independent boarding school in Wiltshire, and later studied industrial design in Milan before turning to fashion.

Pontine Paus was called by Vogue as the "hottest new name in handbags" in 2003.

Pontine Paus was in a relationship with Harry Primrose, 8th Earl of Rosebery, the chairman of Sotheby's.

The name Pontine Paus is a unique name, and for a long time, she was the only Norwegian to have it.