Peder von Cappelen (1763 – 1837) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He was involved in timber trade and owner of ironworks, and a member of the Parliament of Norway.
Peder von Cappelen was born in Skien as the son of wholesaler Diderich von Cappelen and Petronelle Pedersdatter Juell, and was the brother of Diderik von Cappelen and Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen. He married Christine Marie Klein in 1784. He died at Eidsfos Verk in 1837.[1]
Cappelen acquired the Eidsfos Iron Works in 1795,[2] and the Kongsberg Iron Works in 1824. In 1811 he donated 10,000 rigsdaler to the establishment of a University in Christiania.[3] He represented Drammen at the Parliament of Norway from 1815. He was decorated Knight of the Order of Vasa in 1825.[1]