Hother Erich Werner Bøttger (18 May 1801 – 28 October 1857) was a Norwegian architect. He was born at

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, Norway. His father Johannes Bøttger had immigrated from Denmark and was the local church

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. Bottger was trained as a master carpenter and later as an architect at the

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. He worked as a merchant in

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for a while before returning to Skien by approximately 1830. He was eventually appointed chief architect in the city. Bottger was associated with a number of local projects including improvements to the old Skien Church. The main building at Holden Manor (''Holden hovedgård'') at

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was rebuilt and expanded for Diderik von Cappelen (1795–1866) owner of

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in the 1850s. He also completed the drawings for the

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building in Skien. He was first elected to the Skien city council in 1839. He served as mayor of Skien from 1842 to 1843.Mayors of Skien, Gjerpen and Solum
/ref> He was elected to the

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in 1845 and 1857, representing the constituency of Skien.Hother Erik Werner Bøttger
— Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) He died right after the end of his second term.

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1801 births 1857 deaths People from Skien 19th-century Norwegian architects Norwegian people of Danish descent 19th-century Norwegian people Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Mayors of places in Telemark Members of the Storting 1857–1858 Members of the Storting 1845–1847 {{Norway-politician-1800s-stub