Samson Isberg
Deceased Person
1795 – 1873
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Who was Samson Isberg?
Samson Isberg was a Norwegian executioner. He served as Norway's official executioner from 1849 to 1868. Among his jobs were the beheading of Aslak Hætta and Mons Somby in 1854, and the last public execution in Christiania, at Etterstad in 1864. Isberg's axe is exhibited at the Oslo Police Museum.
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