Background
He was born in Toten. The son of Christian Sommerfelt and Anna Sophie Hagerup.
He was born in Toten. The son of Christian Sommerfelt and Anna Sophie Hagerup.
As a botanist he described several new plant species, in particular cryptogams, and he has been described as the first mycologist in Norway. Among his works are Florae lapponicae from 1826, and Physisk-oeconomisk Beskrivelse over Saltdalen i Nordlandene from 1827.
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.