Sir Peder Povelsson Paus, also rendered as Peter Paus and known locally as Sir Per, was a Norwegian high-ranking cleric who served as the provost of Upper Telemark from 1633 until his death. As provos
Kviteseid Old Church (built ca. 1260), where Peter Paus was priest from 1633 and where he is interred under the choir floor; the church was the religious centre of the vast Upper Telemark region