1837 in Norway

• Monarch: Charles III John.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Karl Johan |first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Bolstad | editor-first=Erik |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Karl_Johan |language=no |access-date=18 December 2023}}
• First Minister: Nicolai Krog

• 14 January – Formannskapsdistrikt was created in a bill approved by the Parliament of Norway and signed into law by King Carl Johan.

• Strömberg Theatre re-opened under the name Christiania Theatre.

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• 8 February – Elise Aubert, novelist, short-story writer, and non-fiction writer (d. 1909).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Elise Aubert |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first= |last= |authorlink= |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Elise_Aubert |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
• 18 February – Johannes Bergh, barrister (d. 1906).{{cite book |title=Den kongelige norske Sankt Olavs Orden |first=O. Delphin |last=Amundsen |author-link=Otto Delphin Amundsen|page=103 |language=Norwegian |publisher=Grøndahl |location=Oslo |year=1947}}
• 16 March – Hassa Horn Sr., civil servant (d. 1921)
• 25 March – Lauritz Jenssen, businessperson and politician (d.1899)
• 19 April – Fredrik Meltzer Wallem, journalist and writer (d. 1922)
• 20 April – Georg Ossian Sars, marine biologist (d.1927)
• 11 May – Lorentz Severin Skougaard, singer (d. 1885)
• 14 July – Hermann Hansen Aarsrud, politician (d. 1927).{{cite web |url=https://nsd.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=10034 |title=Hermann Hansen Aarsrud |website=nsd.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019 }}
• 27 July – Ole Vollan, educator, editor and politician (d.1907)
• 18 August – Marcus Pløen Ingstad, jurist and educator (d. 1918)
• 5 September – Vincent Stoltenberg Lerche, painter (d. 1892).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Vincent Lerche |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon| first=Øyvind Storm |last=Bjerke |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |editor-link=Knut Helle |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Vincent_Lerche | language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019 }}
• 16 September – Rasmus Theisen, civil servant and politician (d. 1908)
• 26 September – Hjalmar Heiberg, physician and a professor (d. 1897).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Hjalmar Heiberg |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first= |last= |authorlink= |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Hjalmar_Heiberg |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
• 8 October – Otto Winter-Hjelm, musician, conductor, writer, composer and music critic (d. 1931)
• 15 October – Carl Herman Halvorsen, jurist and politician (d. 1918)
• 18 November – Johannes Skar, educator and folklorist (d. 1914).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Johannes Skar |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first= |last= |authorlink= |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Johannes_Skar |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
• 18 December – Paul Andreas Jetmundsen Aklestad, politician (d.1924)
• 20 December – Georg August Thilesen, politician and Minister (d. 1917).{{cite web |url=https://nsd.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=18134 |title=Georg August Thilesen |website=nsd.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019 }}

• Ole Herman Johannes Krag, gun designer (d.1916)
• Hans Mustad, businessperson (d.1918)
• Carl Ingwart Theodor Rynning, government official and politician (d. 1892)

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• 8 February – Jens Johan Vangensten, politician (b.1766)
• 26 February – Jørgen Young, merchant and politician (b. 1781).{{cite web |url=https://nsd.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=13228 |title=Jørgen Young |website=nsd.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019 }}
• 11 March – Peder von Cappelen, merchant and politician (b. 1763).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Peder von Cappelen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first= |last= |authorlink= |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Peder_von_Cappelen |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019}}
• 15 March – Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm, military officer and politician (b. 1769).{{cite encyclopedia|title=Eilert Waldemar Preben Ramm |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|first=Magnus A. |last=Mardal |authorlink= |editor-first=Erik |editor-last=Bolstad |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Eilert_Waldemar_Preben_Ramm |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://data.eidsvollsmenn.no/getperson.php?personID=I36720&tree=Eidsvollsmenn

|title=Ramm, Eilert Valdemar Preben (Eidsvollsmann) |website=eidsvollsmenn.no |language=Norwegian |accessdate=6 November 2019 }}

• 27 April – Lorentz Johannsen, merchant and member of the Storting (b. 1769)
• 5 October – Ole Knudsen Tvedten, farmer and district sheriff (b. 1757/8)
• 14 December – Andreas Arntzen, politician (b.1777)

• Christian Adolph Diriks, politician and minister (b.1775)

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