1801 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Christian VII.

Events

• 1 February - The first complete and reliable census was held in Norway: 883,603 inhabitants in Norway.
• 2 April - War of the Second Coalition - First Battle of Copenhagen: The British Royal Navy, under Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, forces the Royal Dano-Norwegian Navy to accept an armistice. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson leads the main attack, deliberately disregarding his commander's signal to withdraw. He is created a Viscount on 19 May; Denmark-Norway is forced to withdraw from the Second League of Armed Neutrality.

Arts and literature

• Det Dramatiske Selskab in Drammen was founded.

Births

• 4 February – Lauritz Dorenfeldt Jenssen, businessperson

Full date unknown

• Hother Erich Werner Bøttger, politician
• Olea Crøger, folk music collector
• Jan Henrik Nitter Hansen, businessman and politician
• Johan Frederik Thorne, businessperson and politician

Deaths

• 23 May - Jacob Nicolai Wilse, priest and meteorologist
• 21 July - Mathia Collett, merchant and businessperson