Wergeland is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Agnes Mathilde Wergeland Agnes Mathilde Wergeland (May 8, 1857 – March 6, 1914) was a Norwegian-American historian, poet and educator. Agnes Mathilde Wergeland was the first woman ever to earn a doctoral degree in Norway. Early life and education Agnes Mathilde W ...

, Norwegian-American historian *

Camilla (Wergeland) Collett Jacobine Camilla Collett (née Wergeland; 23 January 1813 – 6 March 1895) was a Norwegian writer, often referred to as the first Norwegian feminist. She was also the younger sister of Norwegian poet Henrik Wergeland, and is recognized as being ...

, Norwegian feminist writer, sister of Henrik *

Harald Wergeland Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (14 March 1912 – 25 January 1987) was a Norwegian physicist. He was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was born in Norderhov as a son of forest manager Harald Nicolay Storm Wergeland (1884 ...

, Norwegian physicist *

Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (27 May 1814 – 12 October 1893) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and mountaineer. Having reached the rank of major general by 1859, he served as Minister of the Army for several periods between 18 ...

, Norwegian military officer, and politician *

Henrik Wergeland Henrik Arnold Thaulow Wergeland (17 June 1808 – 12 July 1845) was a Norwegian writer, most celebrated for his poetry but also a prolific playwright, polemicist, historian, and linguist. He is often described as a leading pioneer in the develop ...

, Norwegian writer, playwright, historian and linguist *

Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland Joseph Frantz Oscar Wergeland (17 November 1815 – 19 August 1895) was a Norway, Norwegian military officer, cartographer and skiing pioneer. Personal life Wergeland was born in Kristiansand, Christianssand and grew up at Eidsvoll, Eidsvol ...

, Norwegian military officer, brother of Henrik *

Nicolai Wergeland Nicolai Wergeland (9 November 1780 – 25 March 1848) was a Norwegian minister, writer and politician, and a member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll that wrote the Constitution of Norway on 17 May 1814. He was elected as one of t ...

, Norwegian priest, writer and politician *

Oscar Wergeland Oscar Arnold Wergeland (12 October 1844 – 20 May 1910) was a Norwegian painter. He is best known for his historical painting of the Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (''Riksforsamlingen på Eidsvoll 1814''). Two of his paintings are held in ...

, Norwegian painter

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