Nils Joachim Christian Vibe Stockfleth (11 January 1787 in Fredrikstad, Norway – 26 April 1866 in Sandefjord) was a Norwegian cleric who was instrumental in the first development of the written form of the Northern Sámi language. Stockfleth compiled a Norwegian-Sámi dictionary, wrote a Sámi grammar and translated a portion of the Bible into the Sámi language.[which?]