Monarch: Charles III John.
4 July – The sloop Restauration set sail from Stavanger to New York City. It is considered the first organized emigration from Norway to the United States.
27 November – Population Census: Norway had 1,051,318 inhabitants.
Arts and literature
Det Dramatiske Selskab in Egersund.13 March - Hans Gude, painter (d.1903)30 March - Theodor Kjerulf, geologist and poet (d.1888)28 April - Lorenz Juhl Vogt, politician (d.1901)1 June - Jacob Aall Ottesen, Norwegian American minister, theologian and church leader (died 1904)10 June - Sondre Norheim, skier and pioneer of modern skiing (d.1897)16 June - Herman Amberg Preus, Norwegian American Lutheran clergyman and church leader (died 1894)9 October - Oluf Andreas Aabel, priest and writer (d.1895)24 October - Carl Anton Bjerknes, mathematician and physicist (d.1903)17 November - Jacob Kielland, naval officer and politician (d.1889)Carl Johan Severin Steen, politician (d.1874)18 March - Henriette Mathiesen, culture personality (born 1762)