Barthold A. Butenschøn

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 Hanna Butenschøn and paternal great-grandson of Nicolay Andresen. On the maternal side he was a grandson of Frithjof M. Plahte and a nephew of Herbert, Viktor and Erik Plahte.

In 1936 he married sculptor Ragnhild Jakhelln. They had the sons Hans Barthold, Peter and Nils Butenschøn. through a sister Mabel Anette he was a brother-in-law of Harald Astrup and through another sister Nini Augusta he was a brother-in-law of Ernst Torp.

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 Andresens Bank 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. Oslo City Museum, Christiania Seildugsfabrik, Nydalens Compagnie, Hjula Veverier and Christiania Portland Cementfabrik and chaired the supervisory council of Forsikringsselskapet Viking. He was a member of the gentlemen's club SK Fram since 1961.

He lived at Bjerke Bruk in Enebakk from 1946, and was a member of Enebakk municipal council from 1960 to 1963. 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.