# 1906 in Norway

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Events in the year 1906 in Norway.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Haakon VII.
* Prime Minister of Norway – Christian Michelsen

## Events

* 12 January - Mining starts at A/S Sydvaranger in Finnmark.
* 4–5 February - Noregs Mållag is founded in Kristiania.
* 1 March - The steamship "Thor" sinks near Lyngholmen in Sveio, 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 – 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 – Moss FK football club is founded.

### Literature

* The Knut Hamsund novel Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling (Under the Autumn Star), was published.

## Notable births
### January to June

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

### July to December

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

## Notable deaths

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