Samson Isberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian executioner
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Place of Birth: Kinsarvik, Hordaland, Norway
About Samson Isberg
- Samson Isberg (26 April 1795 – 25 May 1873) 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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