Name Paul Botten-Hansen Died 1869 | Children Paul Botten-Hansen jr. | |
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Paul Botten-Hansen (December 26, 1824–7 July 1869) was a Norwegian librarian, book collector, magazine editor and literary critic.
He was born at Sel in Oppland, Norway. He was co-editor of the magazine Andhrimner together with Henrik Ibsen and Aasmund Olavson Vinje in 1851. He edited the magazine Illustreret Nyhedsblad from 1851 to 1866. He became an assistant in the National Archives of Norway (Riksarkivet) in 1856. He was head of the University of Oslo Library in Christiania (now Oslo) from 1864.
His fairytale drama Huldrebryllupet first appeared in Andhrimner in 1851, and elements from this play are later treated by Henrik Ibsen in the 1867 play Peer Gynt.
Botten-Hansen's book collection of 14,000 volumes was the basis for the establishment of the Bergen Public Library in 1874.