Barthold A. Butenschøn

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Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn (1 July 1904 – 6 August 2001) was a Norwegian banker and book publisher.

Personal life[]

He was born in Enebakk as a son of landowner Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn Sr. (1877–1971) and Mabel Anette Plahte (1877–1973). He grew up at Bjerke Bruk in Enebakk and at the farm Nedre Skøyen. He was a paternal grandson of Nils and and paternal great-grandson of . On the maternal side he was a grandson of Frithjof M. Plahte and a nephew of , Viktor and .[1][2][3]

In 1936 he married sculptor Ragnhild Jakhelln. They had the sons , Peter and .[1][2] Through his sister Marie Claudine he was a brother-in-law of Joakim Lehmkuhl,[4] through a sister Mabel Anette he was a brother-in-law of Harald Astrup[5] and through another sister Nini Augusta he was a brother-in-law of Ernst Torp.[6]

Career[]

He finished his secondary education in 1924 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.oecon. degree in 1928. He chaired the Norwegian Students' Society in the autumn of 1927. He was hired in the family company in 1929, and spent time abroad in Germany in 1928 and London from 1932 to 1934. During his banking career he wrote the book Symmetallism in 1936.[1]

From 1941 to 1942 he ran the publishing house Forenede Forlag. He was the director of publishing house from 1942 to 1979. Dreyers published intellectual periodicals such as Spektrum, but also bought Alle menns blad and started a subsidiary Romanforlaget for "lighter literature". From 1954 Halfdan Kielland was a partner in the company, and in 1967 it became a limited company. It was sold to Grøndahl & Søn in 1991. Since 1985, Butenschøn had been co-owner of a new, small publishing house; Butenschøn & Andresen.[1]

Butenschøn was a board member of the Norwegian Publishers' Association from 1960 to 1969, serving the last year as deputy chair.[1] He also chaired and was a board member of ,[7] Oslo City Museum, , Nydalens Compagnie, and and chaired the supervisory council of .[1][8] He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1961.[9]

He lived at Bjerke Bruk in Enebakk from 1946,[1] and was a member of Enebakk municipal council from 1960 to 1963.[8] He wrote several local historical books and chaired the committee that published Enebakk bygdebok. He chaired the association of local history from 1965 to 1987 and received the municipality's cultural prize in 1993. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1967, and died on 6 August 2001 in Enebakk.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Tveterås, Egil. "Barthold A Butenschøn". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2010). "Butenschøn". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Hun hoppet i Husebybakken i fotsidt skjørt!". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 28 February 1967. p. 8.
  4. ^ Svendsen, Arnljot Strømme. "Joakim Lehmkuhl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 24 July 2011.
  5. ^ Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Astrup, Harald". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 30. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
  6. ^ Seip, Elisabeth. "Ernst Torp". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  7. ^ Dørumsgaard, Asbjørn, ed. (1961). "Bidragsyterne til årboka". Årbok for Romerikes historielag (in Norwegian) (IV): 170.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1973). "Butenschøn, Hans Barthold Andresen". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 97. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
  9. ^ , ed. (1989). Skiklubben Fram 100 år (in Norwegian). pp. 9–11.
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