Hother Erich Werner Bøttger

Hother Erich Werner Bøttger (1801 - 28 October 1857) was a Norwegian politician.

He was born in Skien. His father Johannes Bøttger had immigrated from Denmark, and was the local organist. Hother took carpenter education in Copenhagen, worked as a merchant in Lillehammer for a while before returning to Skien. He was eventually appointed chief architect in the city, as well as bookkeeper.cite book |title=Fra det gamle Skien |last=Schneider |first=J. A. |url=http://www.slekt.org/books/schneiderIII/012-Kapt10.html |year=1924 |publisher=Erik St. Nilssens Forlag |location=Skien |isbn= |chapter=10 |pages= ]

As a politician, he was first elected to Skien city council in 1839.b] He served as mayor of Skien from 1842 to 1843. [http://www.gjerpenu.net/dagmagne/skien/ordforer.htm Mayors of Skien, Gjerpen and Solum] ] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1845 and 1857, representing the constituency of Skien. [http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=parliament&lan=eng&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10518 Hother Erik Werner Bøttger] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) ] He died right after the end of his second term.

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