Peter Schmidt (12 June 1782 – 4 March 1845) was a Norwegian merchant and politician. He was born in Trondheim as the son of merchant Claus Christian Petersen Schmidt and Johanne Christine Bech, and married Anna Sophie Grundt in 1804. He represented the city of Trondhjem at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814, together with Andreas Rogert. He was stock commissioner from 1833 to 1842, and later inspector at the prison Trondheims tukthus.[1][2]