Norbertus van Couwerven (died 9 September 1661) was the 43rd abbot of St. Michael's Abbey, Antwerp.
Van Couwerven was born in Antwerp towards the end of the 16th century.[1] After completing his education at the Jesuit college in Antwerp, he entered the Premonstratensian order and was sent to study at Leuven University. After graduation and ordination, he became a noted preacher in Antwerp, where in 1652 he was named abbot of St Michael's in succession to Johannes Chrysostomus vander Sterre.[1]
In 1654, he had a silver reliquary made for relics of St Norbert that had come into the abbey's possession, and in 1655 he commissioned a replacement for the abbey's great bell, and had a new 31-bell carillon cast for the abbey church.[1] On 31 July 1656, he preached a sermon in honour of Jesuit founder Ignatius of Loyola.[2]
According to his epitaph, he died on 9 September 1661. He was buried at the foot of the main altar in the abbey church.[1]