1812 in Norway

Events in the year 1812 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Frederick VI.

Events

 * 6 July – In the Battle of Lyngør, the Danish-Norwegian frigate HDMS Najaden (1811) was sunk by the British ships HMS Dictator (1783) and HMS Calypso (1805).

Arts and literature

 * Grøndahl & Søn Forlag publishing house, was established.

Births

 * 6 January – Knud Knudsen, linguist (d.1895).
 * 15 January – Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, writer and scholar (d.1885).
 * 26 January – Andreas Grimelund, bishop (d.1896)
 * 1 March – Iver Steen Thomle, jurist (d.1889)
 * 28 November – Ludvig Mathias Lindeman, composer and organist (d.1887)
 * 11 December – Jørgen Tandberg Ebbesen, politician (d.1887)

Full date unknown

 * Hans Jensen Blom, politician (d.1875)
 * Nils Elias Børresen, politician
 * Christian Hansen Vennemoe, politician
 * Torbjørg Utne, hotelier (died 1903).

Deaths

 * 26 October – Hans Peter Holm, naval officer (b. 1772).