1906 in Norway

Events in the year 1906 in Norway.

Centuries:

Decades:

Incumbents

12 January - Mining starts at A/S Sydvaranger in Finnmark.
4â5 February - Noregs MÃ¥llag is founded in Kristiania.
1 March - The steamship "Thor" sinks near Lyngholmen in Sveio Municipality, 39 people perish.
2 March - The Second GjÃ¦sling Accident: 25 fishermen is killed in a storm in the fjord Folda, TrÃ¸ndelag.
2 March - The first Norwegian Blue Cross association is founded in Kristiania.
8 March - 19 people perish in an avalanche close to the fishing village Steine in Lofoten.
22 June â Haakon VII and Maud of Wales are crowned monarch and consort of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral.
27 June - Coop Norge is established.
4 September - The Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen completed a three-year voyage through the Northwest Passage in the converted herring boat GjÃ¸a, after being trapped in ice for three winters.
The 1906 Parliamentary election takes place.

The Knut Hamsund novel Under HÃ¸ststjÃ¦rnen. En Vandrers FortÃ¦lling (Under the Autumn Star), was published.

9 January â Leif Larsen, naval officer (died 1990)
30 January â Greta Nissan, actress (died 1988)
31 January â JÃ¸rgen Adolf Lier, politician (died 1994)
17 February â Henrik Selberg, mathematician (died 1993).^[2]
1 April â Sigve Lie, sailor and twice Olympic gold medallist (died 1958)
6 April â Bernt ÃsterklÃ¸ft, Nordic combined skier (died 1996)
20 April â Johan Jentoft Johansen, politician (died 1973)
29 April â Arthur Arntzen, politician (died 1997)
15 May â Alf Andersen, ski jumper and Olympic gold medallist (died 1975)
21 May â Astrid Sommer, actress (died 1990).^[3]
26 May â Fridtjov SÃ¸iland Birkeli, Lutheran missionary, writer, magazine editor, and bishop (died 1983).^[4]
29 May â Andreas Holm, politician (died 2003)
5 June â Andreas Holmsen, professor and historian (died 1989)
11 June â Sigurd Marius Johansen, politician (died 1989)
18 June â Nils Handal, politician and Minister (died 1992)
23 June â Holger Albrechtsen, hurdler (died 1992)

13 July â Erling Petersen, economist and politician (died 1992)
19 July â Klaus Egge, composer and music critic (died 1979)
9 August â Atle Roll-Matthiesen, judge.^[5]
11 August â Haakon Lind, boxer (died 1955)
13 August â Kjellaug HÃ¸laas, textile artist and educator (died 1990).^[6]
15 August â Asle Enger, priest (died 2000).^[7]
15 August â Gunvor Katharina Eker, politician (died 1980)
16 August â Harald Damsleth, cartoonist, illustrator and ad-man (died 1971)
24 August â Otto Berg, long jumper (died 1991)
21 September â Lauritz Johnson, novelist, children's writer, and radio and television host (died 1992).^[8]
9 October â Rolf Hansen, long distance runner (died 1980)
9 October â Haakon Pedersen, speed skater (died 1991)
11 October â Olaf Hansen, boxer (died 1986)
17 October â Brynjulf Bull, lawyer, Supreme Court advocate and politician (died 1993)
13 November â Torborg Nedreaas, author (died 1987)
22 November â JÃ¸rgen Juve, international soccer player and Olympic bronze medallist (died 1983)
1 December â Jakob Sande, writer, poet and folk singer (died 1967)
8 December â Borghild Bondevik Haga, politician (died 1990)

16 January â Brita BjÃ¸rgum, writer, teacher and women's rights activist (born 1858)^[10]
21 February â Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister (born 1839)
8 March â Johannes Bergh, barrister (born 1837).^[11]
6 April â Alexander Kielland, novelist (born 1849)
14 April â Ole Irgens, politician (born 1829)
15 April â Anders Bull, politician and Minister (born 1817)
23 May â Henrik Ibsen, playwright (born 1828)
9 October â Henriette Wulfsberg, school owner and writer (born 1843).^[12]
26 October â Rolf Andvord, shipowner and consul (born 1847)
5 November â Frits Thaulow, painter (born 1847)
6 November âGyda Gram, painter (born 1851).^[13]