married Wilhelmine Dorothea Koren (10.11.1837–21.10.1923) whose father was a minister in the Church in West Norway. His son Norwegian physicist and meteorologist, Vilhelm Bjerknes continued the work of his father. Death Bjerknes died suddenly of a stroke on 20 March 1903 at the age of 77. Selected works Niels Henrik Abel. En skildring af hans liv og videnskabelige virksomhed (Stockholm. 1880) References Other sources Author profile in the database zbMATH 1825 births 1903 deaths Norwegian physicists 19th-century Norwegian mathematicians Scientists from Oslo Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Carl Anton Members of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities Members of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala Norwegian mathematicians