Frederik Otto Scheel (15 July 1748 – 22 May 1803) was a Norwegian military officer and civil servant. He was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. He belonged to a noble family with strong military traditions. He was the son of Major General

Hans Jacob Scheel Hans Jacob Scheel (23 August 1714, died 21 January 1774) was a Dano-Norwegian Major-General. Scheel was born in Copenhagen, Denmark-Norway. He was the son of Hans Heinrich Scheel (1668-1738) and Benedicte Dorothea Gjordsdatter (1684-1752). He s ...

(1714–74) and Catharine Christine Brügman (1725-1800). He served from 1762 to 1769 with the Sønnafjelske Dragonregiment and then with the Søndenfjelske Gevorbne Infanteriregiment. He served as County Governor of Stavanger Amt (now Rogaland county) from 1785 to 1799, and is particularly remembered for his contribution to road construction in the district. His efforts expanded the royal road from

Stavanger Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...

and

Jæren Jæren is a Districts of Norway, traditional district in Rogaland county, Norway. The other districts in Rogaland are Dalane, Ryfylke, and Haugalandet. Jæren is one of the 15 districts that comprise Western Norway. At about , Jæren is the large ...

. Scheel had six children with his wife, Dorthe Falk Dedekam (1769-1796) who came from a merchant family in

Arendal Arendal () is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder counties of Norway, county in southeastern Norway. Arendal belongs to the Districts of Norway, region of Southern Norway, Sørlandet. The administrative centre of the munici ...

. He was the father of military officer and weapon designer Frederik Wilhelm Scheel (1795-1870). He died at

in 1803.

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1748 births 1803 deaths Military personnel from Oslo Norwegian Army personnel People from Rogaland {{Norway-mil-bio-stub