1814 in Norway

Incumbents

• Monarch: Frederick VI then Christian Frederick then Charles II

  Overview

Events

• 14 January – Frederick VI of Denmark-Norway ceded the Kingdom of Norway to Charles XIII of Sweden in return for Swedish Pomerania. in exchange for Western Pomerania. Denmark also keeps the Norwegian overseas possessions: Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland, as part of the Treaty of Kiel.
• 11 February – Norway's independence was proclaimed, marking the ultimate end of the Kalmar Union.
• 16 February – The meeting of notables took place at Eidsvoll verk.
• 10 April – The Norwegian Constituent Assembly convened at Eidsvoll.
• 12 April – The Royal Norwegian Navy was re-established.
• 16 May – The Constitution of Norway was adopted by the Constituent Assembly.
• 17 May – The Constitution of Norway was signed and the Danish Crown Prince Christian Frederik was elected King of Norway by the Constituent Assembly.
• 20 May – The last day in session for the Constituent Assembly.
• 26 July – The Swedish campaign against Norway started.
• 14 August – The Convention of Moss was signed, ending the Swedish campaign against Norway with a Swedish victory.
• 4 November – The first session of the Norwegian Parliament elected Charles II as King in a personal union between Sweden and Norway.

  Arts and literature

Births

• 1 April – Søren Jaabæk, politician and farmer
• 7 May – Henriette Hansen, ballerina
• 27 May – Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland, military officer, politician, Minister and mountaineer

  Full date unknown

• Peder Krabbe Gaarder, jurist and political theorist
• Ketil Motzfeldt, politician and Minister
• Nils Fredrik Severin Thambs, politician

  Deaths

• 28 August – Erik Must Angell, jurist and politician
• 9 September – Niels Andreas Vibe, military officer.
• 17 December – Christian Colbjørnsen, chief justice