Claus Winter Hjelm, also known as Winter-Hjelm (21 May 1797 – 22 October 1871) was a Norwegian legal scholar and judge.

Personal life

He was born in

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as the son of Claus Winter Hjelm, Sr. and Serine Gundersdatter. In September 1828 he married Wilhelmine Johanne von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1810–1858). His father-in-law was then Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Sr., and through the Morgenstierne family he was also an uncle of Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Christian Otto Carl Lasson and Bredo Henrik Lasson. Claus' and Wilhelmine's son

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was a notable musician. Their daughter Emilie Constance Hjelm married architect

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,Emilie Constance Hjelm genealogy
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and grandnephew of

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. They had several children, including architect

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Career

Claus Winter Hjelm was hired as a lecturer in jurisprudence at the

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in 1826, and promoted to professor in 1834. From 1843 he was a

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. He died in 1871 in Christiania.

References

1797 births 1871 deaths Norwegian legal scholars Academic staff of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo Supreme Court of Norway justices People from Strand, Norway {{norway-law-bio-stub