Søren Christian Sommerfelt

Søren Christian Sommerfelt (9 April 1794 – 29 December 1838) was a Norwegian priest and botanist, best known for his study of spore plants (cryptogams).

[2] Søren Christian Sommerfelt (born 9 April 1794 on the farm Sukkestad in Toten, died 29 December 1838 in Ringebu) was a Norwegian priest and botanist.

Already as a student in Copenhagen, he was offered a position at the newly established university in Kristiania, but the dissolution of the union and other circumstances led to him not getting this.

In the first part of the 19th century, he was considered to be one of Norway's most talented botanists, despite the fact that it only had the opportunity to conduct research alongside his work in the ministry.

Sommerfelt is considered to be the last Norwegian botanist with equally good knowledge of all groups of higher and lower plants.

In Saltdal, he discovered the place's unusual flora and made many observations that turned into a very large scientific work.

The same year that he became parish priest in Ringebu, he had been on a study trip to Western Norway and contracted typhoid fever.