1905 in Norway

Overview

Incumbents

• Monarch – Oscar II,

• Prime Minister: Francis Hagerup, then Christian Michelsen

  Events

• 15 January – A major rockfall hit the lake Loenvatnet in Sogn og Fjordane, creating a flood wave that destroyed the villages of Ytre Nesdal and Bødal, killing 61 people.
• 7 June – The Norwegian Parliament declares the union with Sweden dissolved, and Norway achieves full independence
• 23 September – Norway and Sweden sign the "Karlstad treaty", peacefully dissolving the Union between the two countries.
• 16 October – Union resolution for 1905 : After the warmongering and hard negotiations was the Norwegian union with Sweden formally dissolved when the Swedish parliament recognized Norway as a separate state.
• 26 October – Norway was recognized by Sweden as an independent constitutional monarchy.
• 12 November – a referendum confirmed the monarchy and rejected a republican form of government.
• 18 November – The Norwegian Parliament unanimously elected the Danish Prince Carl to be king.
• 25 November – Haakon VII and his family arrived in Christiania.
• 2 December – Norsk hydro-elektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskab, later known simply as Norsk Hydro, is founded

  Popular culture

Sports

Music

Film

Literature

• The Knut Hamsund novel Stridende Liv. Skildringer fra Vesten og Østen was published.
• The last Alexander Kielland essey, Omkring Napoleon, was published.

  Births

January to March

• 1 January – Kaare Sundby, engineer, resistance member, executed
• 1 January – Lise Lindbæk, war correspondent
• 6 January – Asbjørn Listerud, politician
• 17 January – Øivind Jensen, boxer
• 23 January – Torger Hovi, politician
• 7 February – Erling Fredriksfryd, politician
• 19 February – Birger Halvorsen, high jumper
• 22 February – Elling Enger, composer, organist, and choir conductor
• 4 March – Per Mørch Hansson, businessman.
• 10 March – Tormod Normann, lawyer, competitive swimmer and sports administrator.

  April to June

• 4 April – Arne Randers Heen, mountain climber.
• 8 April – Bernt Evensen, speed skater, Olympic gold medallist and racing cyclist
• 12 April – Inger Hagerup, author, playwright and poet
• 13 April – Edgar Christensen, boxer
• 20 April – Sigurd Marcussen, politician
• 28 April – Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff, judge
• 30 April – Martin Skaaren, politician
• 4 May – Sverre Offenberg Løberg, politician
• 12 May – Arna Vågen, missionary and politician
• 18 May – Art Jorgens, baseball player in America
• 29 June – Andreas Honerød, politician

  July to September

• 3 July – Harald Kihle, painter and illustrator.
• 11 July – Tidemann Flaata Evensen, politician
• 20 August – Hans Vinjarengen, skier, Olympic silver medallist and World Champion
• 3 September – Nils Kristian Lysø, politician and Minister
• 5 September – Gunnar Kalrasten, politician
• 22 September – Haakon Lie, politician

  October to December

• 11 October – Jens Arup Seip, historian
• 20 October – Armand Carlsen, speed skater and world record holder
• 23 October – Kaleb Nytrøen, police officer.
• 22 November – Einar Kristian Haugen, politician *11 December – Willy Røgeberg, rifle shooter and Olympic gold medallist
• 14 December – Arne Rustadstuen, Nordic skier, Olympic bronze medallist and World Champion.

  Full date unknown

• Trygve Brodahl, cross country skier
• Henrik Edland, veterinarian
• Håkon Flood, professor of inorganic chemistry
• Sven Oftedal, politician and Minister
• Erik Rolfsen, architect
• Jacob Vaage, historian and museum curator

  Deaths

• 6 February – Niels Mathias Rye, politician
• 15 March – Amalie Skram, author and feminist