Samson Eitrem (28 December 1872 – 8 July 1966) was a Norwegian philologist, an expert in ancient literature, religion and magic.

[1] Eitrem passed examen artium in 1890 at the Bergen Cathedral School, and started studying philology.

His scientific works include Opferritus und Voropfer der Griechen und Römer from 1915, Papyri Osloenses (three volumes, 1926–1936, in collaboration with Leiv Amundsen), and Some notes on the demonology in the New Testament from 1950.

He was a co-founder (in 1924) of the scientific journal Symbolae Osloenses [no], along with Gunnar Rudberg.

[1][2] He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946.