Career
He was a district stipendiary magistrate by profession. From 1878-1880 he worked as a solicitor in Sarpsborg, before moving to Halden. Bothner became a District Attorney in Stavanger in 1889, and a judge in Stjørog Verdal district court in 1896.
On 27 November 1905 he was made Minister of Justice in the coalition government of Christian Michelsen, a position he held until the cabinet"s dissolution in 1907.
After retiring from the government he was County Governor of Sør-Trøndelag until 1921.
