Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel (born 1859 - 1956) was a Norwegian jurist.

Scheel enrolled at the University of Kristiania from 1876 and graduated as cand.jur. in 1881. Following studies in Berlin and London, he was from 1887 a research fellow and lecturer at the University of Kristiania. He took the dr. jur. degree in 1892, and was temporarily appointed professor from 1893 to 1898, while Francis Hagerup was Minister of Justice and the Police and Prime Minister. Scheel later became Minister of Justice, from 1910 to 1912 in the centre-right cabinet Konow. Scheel represented the Conservative Party.

Scheel was Supreme Court Assessor from 1889 to 1910 and from 1912. From 1920 to 1929 he was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

He was married to Sara Leonore Sandberg, they had five children.

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