1906 in Norway

Events in the year 1906 in Norway.

Incumbents

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 Knut Hamsund novel Under Høststjærnen. En Vandrers Fortælling, was published.

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

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