1906 in Norway

← 1905 1904 1903 1906 in Norway → 1907 1908 1909
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See also:	List of years in Norway

Events in the year 1906 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Haakon VII
• Prime Minister of Norway - Christian Michelsen

Events

• 22 June - Haakon VII and Maud of Wales are crowned monarch and consort of Norway in the Nidaros Cathedral.
• The 1906 Parliamentary election takes place.
• 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.

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  The coronation of King Haakon VII and Queen Maud on 22 June 1906

Sport

• 28 August - Moss FK football club is founded.

Notable births

• 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]
• 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)
• 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)
• 13 July - Erling Petersen, economist and politician (died 1992)
• 19 July - Klaus Egge, composer and music critic (died 1979)
• 11 August - Haakon Lind, boxer (died 1955)
• 15 August – Asle Enger, priest (died 2000).^[2]
• 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)
• 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).^[3]

Notable deaths

Henrik Ibsen

• 6 April - Alexander Kielland, novelist (born 1849)
• 14 April - Ole Irgens, politician (born 1829)
• 23 May - Henrik Ibsen, playwright (born 1828)
• 5 November - Frits Thaulow, painter (born 1847)

Full date unknown

• Anders Bull, politician and Minister (born 1817)
• Walter Scott Dahl, politician and Minister (born 1839)

References

1. Baas, Nils Andreas. "Henrik Selberg". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
2. Odland, Paul. "Asle Enger". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
3. Nøkleby, Berit (1995). "Lindberg, Egil". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen. Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 248. ISBN 82-02-14138-9.

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