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 was sunk by the British ships and .

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).

References

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