1906 in Norway
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Incumbents
Events
- 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 Gjæsling Accident: 25 fishermen is killed in a storm in the fjord Folda, Trøndelag.
- 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 Gjøa, after being trapped in ice for three winters.
- The 1906 Parliamentary election takes place.
- The coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud on 22 June 1906
Popular culture
Sports
- 28 August â Moss FK football club is founded.
Music
Film
Literature
- The Knut Hamsund novel Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling (Under the Autumn Star), was published.
Notable births
January to June

- 9 January â Leif Larsen, naval officer (died 1990)
- 30 January â Greta Nissan, actress (died 1988)
- 31 January â Jørgen 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 Ãsterkløft, 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 Søiland 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)
July to December

- 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 Hølaas, 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 Jørgen 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)
Full date unknown
- Caroline Mikkelsen, first woman to set foot on Antarctica
- Arne Skaug, politician and Minister (died 1974)
- Egil Lindberg, radio officer and intelligence agent (died 1952).[9]
Notable deaths

- 16 January â Brita Bjørgum, 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]
