April 26, 1795 - Samson Isberg
As Norway's official executioner for nearly two decades, Isberg occupied one of the most singular and sobering roles the state could assign to an individual — the lawful, bureaucratic end of human life. His tenure spanned a period when public execution remained an accepted instrument of criminal justice, and his work was carried out under governmental sanction rather than personal malice. What places him in this catalog is not villainy in the conventional sense, but his embodiment of state-sanctioned violence at its most direct and personal.
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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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