Claus Winter Hjelm

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

He was born in Strand as the son of Claus Winter Hjelm, Sr. and Serine Gundersdatter.

[1] In September 1828[1] he married Wilhelmine Johanne von Munthe af Morgenstierne (1810–1858).

Claus' and Wilhelmine's son Otto Winter-Hjelm was a notable musician.

[4] Claus Winter Hjelm was hired as a lecturer in jurisprudence at the Royal Frederick University in 1826, and promoted to professor in 1834.