Johannes Sejersted Bødtker

Johannes Mathias Sejersted Bødtker CBE (29 May 1879 – 17 January 1963) was a Norwegian banker, art collector and patron of the arts.

Early and personal life Bødtker was born in Kristiansand, as a son of Major General Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker and Karen Agathe Falck. He was a brother of radio personality Carl Bødtker, and nephew of log driving manager Ragnvald Bødtker and County Governor Eivind Bødtker, and a second cousin once removed of theatre critic Sigurd Bødtker and chemist Eyvind Bødtker.

He married Louise Beer in 1914. She died in 1919, and in 1921, Bødtker married Ingeborg Beer, Louise's sister. His wives were granddaughters of Anders Beer. Bødtker was a board member of several companies, including Union Co. from 1934, and Forsikringsselskapet Fram from 1937. He was a board member of Oslo Handelsstands Forening from 1921 to 1924, and Finland's Honorary Consul to Oslo from 1934 to 1958. He was held at Grini concentration camp from August 1941 to July 1944.

Awards Sejersted Bødtker was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 1912. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire, the Danish Order of the Dannebrog, the Swedish Order of the Polar Star, and the Finnish Order of the White Rose.