Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn was a Norwegian businessperson.
Background
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Nils August Andresen Butenschøn and Hanna Butenschøn, and grandson of Nicolay Andresen. Together with Mabel Anette Plahte (1877–1973, a daughter of Frithjof M Plahte) he had the son Hans Barthold Andresen Butenschøn, Junior. and was through him the father-in-law of Ragnhild Butenschøn and grandfather of Peter Butenschøn.
Career
He took commerce school and agricultural school. He was hired in the family company North. A. Andresen & Company, and became a co-owner in 1910. He eventually became chief executive officer
The bank changed its name to Andresens Bank in 1913 and merged with Bergens Kreditbank in 1920.
The merger was dissolved later in the 1920s. He was also a landowner, owning Nedre Skøyen farm and a lot of land in Enebakk.
He chaired the board of Nydalens Compagnie from 1926, having not been a board member before that. He was buried in Enebakk.
Membership
He also chaired the supervisory council of Forsikringsselskapet Viking and Nedre Glommen salgsforening, and was a supervisory council member of Filharmonisk Selskap. He was a member of the gentlemen"s club Saskatchewan Fram since 1890, and was proclaimed a lifetime member in 1964.