Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen

Ulrich Fredrich von Cappelen (1770–1820) was a Norwegian businessman, ship owner and timber merchant.

He was one of the sons of the wholesaler, timber merchant and ship owner Diderich von Cappelen (1734–1794) and his first wife Petronelle Pedersdatter Juel (1737–1785).

Their fourth son Jørgen Wright Cappelen moved to Kristiania (now Oslo) and founded the publishing house J.W.

Some time after the death of his father in 1794, he moved to Porsgrund, and started as a timber merchant and ship owner.

The subsequent Norwegian economic depression had a very negative impact on von Cappelen's mercantile business.