Hanna Andresen Butenschøn (née Døderlein, pen name Helene Dickmar, July 12, 1851 – June 7, 1928) was a Norwegian author.
Family
Butenschøn was born in Holt, Norway, to the dean Christian Grønbech Døderlein (1816–1898) and Malvina Petersen (1820–1909). She married the businessman Nils August Andresen Butenschøn (1842–1935) in 1871. She was the mother of the businessman Barthold A. Butenschøn Sr. (1877–1971) and the grandmother of the banker and publisher Barthold A. Butenschøn (1904–2001).
Career
Butenschøn published some critical-polemical pamphlets and then, under the pen name Helene Dickmar, the novel Ud i Livet (1890). This was followed by Ellen (1893), Psyche. En Kvindes Kjærligheds Historie (1906), Det gylne Bæger (1910), and Danserinden: af Dr. Gerhard B.s efterladte optegnelser (1918), as well as the plays Korsvei (1901), September (1903), and Som vi nu engang er – (1915).
Bibliography
En Qvinderøst i "Handskespørgsmaalet": aabent Brev til hr. Professor Monrad (1886) Om ægteskabsidéen i Fruen fra havet (1889) Ud i livet (1890) Har Henrik Ibsen i Hedda Gabler skildret virkelige kvinder? (1891) Ellen (1893) To Literære studier. I Den moderne literatur. II Henrik Ibsen: Bygmester Solness (1894) Fra Kogebogen (1895) Korsvei (1901) September (1903) Lidt om "Kjærlighed" og Gunnar Heibergs "Kjærlighedens Tragedie" (1905) Psyche. En Kvindes Kjærligheds Historie (1906) Det gyldne bæger (1910) Som vi nu engang er – (1915) Danserinden: af Dr. Gerhard B.s efterladte optegnelser (1918)