Events
- 15 January – A major rockfall slide in the Loen village in the Sogn og Fjordane county kills 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 - Unio 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 (which was named King Haakon VII of Norway).
- 25 November – Haakon VII of Norway and his family arrived in Christiania (present-day Oslo).
- 2 December - Norsk hydro-elektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskab, later known simply as Norsk Hydro, is founded
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|The Norwegian Storting passes the "revolutionary" resolution.
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King Haakon and crown prince Olav arrive in Norway for the first time in 1905 and are greeted by Prime Minister Christian Michelsen
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The swearing in of king of Haakon VII in the Parliament of Norway Building.
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Norwegian soldiers guarding the border with Sweden, September 1905
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