Events in the year 1811 in Norway.
Incumbents Monarch: Frederick VI .
Events 16 March - Battle of Grimstad Bay. 29 May - The Society for the Welfare of Oslo is founded. 19 June - The town of Drammen is founded. 2 September - University of Oslo is founded. It is the first university founded in the Dano-Norwegian Union.
Arts and literature The Norwegian journal Historisk-philosophiske Samlinger (Historical-Philosophical Collections) first issue was published.
Births 10 October – Nils Christian Irgens, military officer, politician and Minister (d.1878) 17 December – Jens Landmark, military officer and politician (d.1880)
Full date unknown Jørres Schelderup Hansen, politician Frederik Christian Stoud Platou, politician (d.1891)
Deaths 8 November - Honoratus Bonnevie, physician (b.1726)
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