Samuel Conrad Schwach

Samuel Conrad Schwach (–1781) was a Norwegian newspaper publisher. He founded the first Norwegian newspaper, Norske Intelligenz-Seddeler, which published its first issue on 25 May 1763. He is the grandfather of Norwegian jurist and author .

Early life Samuel Conrad Schwach was born circa 1731 in Stettin, Prussia, present-day Poland. He graduated in 1747–1750 in Copenhagen as a printer and later moved to Norway in 1751 to work with printer Jens Andersen Berg in Christiania, present-day Oslo. Schwach is the grandfather of Norwegian jurist and author , the son of Immanuel Schwach. He died in 1781 in Christiania, Norway.