Evert Andersen (1 February 1772 – 29 July 1809) was a Norwegian-Danish sea captain who fought in the Gunboat War against Great Britain and Sweden 1807–09.

He enlisted as a gunner with the fluyt Eensgezindheid of the Dutch East India Company[2] and made a three-year voyage from Amsterdam to Batavia between 1784 and 1787.

[1] Following the Battle of Copenhagen (1807) and the surrender of the Danish/Norwegian fleet to the British, only one operational ship of the line was left uncaptured, the HDMS Prinds Christian Frederik, in Kristiansand.

When news of the battle reached Kristiansand, along with accounts of British ships raiding up the coast, there was great fear in the town and a defence commission was hastily assembled.

[4] Evert Andersen joined the reserves in Kristiansand as a non-commissioned officer on September 2, 1807 with the rank of lieutenant, on the defensive batteries.