Gerhard Munthe (4 January 1795, Hafslo – 15 December 1876, Luster) was a Norwegian military officer, historian and cartographer.

[1] He was born to Major Hartvig Kaas Munthe (1766–1830) and his wife, Bolette Christine, née Pavels (1774–1861), the daughter of a minister.

The following year, he was part of a geographical survey team charged with creating a large topographical map of Scandinavia.

[2] The visual problems that caused him to resign from the service continued to bother him so, from 1841 until his death, he made his living as a farmer at the family home in Sogn.

During the trip, they were joined by the botanist, Matthias Numsen Blytt and the architect, Hans Ditlev Franciscus von Linstow.