Background
He was born in Strand as the son of Claus Winter Hjelm, Senior and Serine Gundersdatter.
He was born in Strand as the son of Claus Winter Hjelm, Senior and Serine Gundersdatter.
Claus Winter Hjelm was hired as a lecturer in jurisprudence at the Royal Frederick University in 1826, and promoted to professor in 1834. From 1843 he was a Supreme Court Justice. He died in 1871 in Christiania.