1821 in Norway

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See also:	1821 in Sweden List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1821 in Norway.

• Monarch: Charles III John.^[1]

• 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).

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• 18 January – Minna Wetlesen, educator (died 1891).^[2]
• 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)

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

• 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).^[3]
• 21 November – Jonas Rein, priest, poet and member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (b.1760)