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).
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