1821 in Norway

Events in the year 1821 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles III John.

Events

 * 1 August - The Nobility of Norway is abolished.
 * Fredrik Meltzer designs the modern flag of Norway to replace the modified Danish and Swedish flags then in use.
 * Thomas Fasting became the first individual ever convicted in an impeachment trial by the Norwegian Constitutional Court of the Realm (Riksrett).

Births

 * 2 May – Jens Andreas Friis, linguist and author (d.1896)
 * 14 July – Jens Holmboe, politician and Minister (d.1891)
 * 17 August – Jacob Andreas Michelsen, businessperson and politician (d.1902)
 * 23 August – Christian Collett Kjerschow, politician (d.1889)
 * 24 October – James DeNoon Reymert, newspaper editor, mine operator, lawyer and politician (d.1896)
 * 18 November – Johan Jørgen Lange Hanssen, politician (d.1889)

Full date unknown

 * Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen, Hardanger fiddle maker (d.1876)

Deaths

 * 14 January – Jens Zetlitz, priest and poet (b.1761)
 * 5 March – Gabriel Schanche Kielland, businessman and ship owner (b.1760)
 * 20 May – Abraham Pihl, clergyman, astronomer and architect (b.1756).
 * 21 November – Jonas Rein, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (b.1760)