1816 in Norway

Events in the year 1816 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles II.

Events

 * 26 May - The Norwegian Bible Society, the oldest interchurch organization in Norway is founded.
 * 14 June - Norges Bank, the central bank of Norway is founded.

Full date unknown

 * Bodø was granted township status.
 * Grimstad received city rights.
 * Carl Carlsson Mörner is appointed Governor-general of Norway.

Arts and literature

 * The oldest theatre building in Scandinavia; Trøndelag Teater was built.

Births

 * 5 January – Jens Zetlitz Kielland, consul and artist (d.1881)
 * 16 March – Vilhelmine Ullmann, proponent for women's rights (d. 1915).
 * 30 May – Jacob Smith Jarmann, firearms designer (d.1894)
 * 6 June – August Thomle, jurist and politician (d.1889)
 * 30 July – Johan Sverdrup, politician and first Prime Minister of Norway (d.1892)
 * 16 October – Christian Torber Hegge Geelmuyden, navy officer and politician (d.1885)
 * 16 December – Adam Hiorth, merchant and industrial pioneer (died 1871).

Full date unknown

 * Paul Peter Vilhelm Breder, politician (d.1890)
 * Erik Jonsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1868)
 * Wilhelm Nielsen, politician

Deaths

 * 26 March – Johan Ernst Mowinckel, merchant and consul (b. 1759).
 * 26 July – Johan Nordahl Brun, poet, dramatist, bishop and politician (b.1745)