Frederic Louis Norden (22 October 1708 – 22 September 1742) was a Danish naval captain, cartographer, and archaeological explorer.

Also known as Frederick, Frederik, Friderick, Ludwig, Ludvig and Lewis, names used on the publications of his famous Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie.

Norden made abundant notes, observations and drawings of everything around him, including people, pharaonic monuments, architecture, installations and maps.

[3] On 8 January 1741 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of London (registered as Frederic Lewis Norden).

Norden had prepared the publication of his travel notes all of which were published in the posthumous Voyage d'Egypte et de Nubie (Copenhagen, 1755).