1822 in Norway

Events in the year 1822 in Norway.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Charles III John.

Events

 * March 11 – A powerful sudden storm struck the western Norwegian coast killing about 300 men at sea.
 * May 26 – 116 people die in the Grue Church fire. It's the biggest fire disaster in Norway's history.

Births

 * 27 April – Karl Hals, businessperson and politician (d.1898)
 * 29 October – Thomas Johannessen Heftye, businessperson, politician and philanthropist (d.1886)

Full date unknown

 * Jacob Bøckmann Barth, forester (d.1892)
 * Jess Julius Engelstad, engineer and railroad administrator (d.1896)
 * Rasmus Tønder Nissen, politician (d.1882)
 * Olav Paulssøn, bailiff, writer and politician (d.1896)
 * Ole Peter Petersen, founder of Methodism in Norway and co-founder of Norwegian and Danish Methodism in the United States (d.1901)
 * Karl Andreas Larsen Vefring, politician

Deaths

 * 16 February &mdash; Claus Pavels, bishop (b.1769)

Full date unknown

 * Mathias Hagerup, politician (b.1765)
 * Sara Oust, revivalist lay preacher (b.1778)