1905 in Norway - Events

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

  • |The Norwegian Storting passes the "revolutionary" resolution.

  • King Haakon and crown prince Olav arrive in Norway for the first time in 1905 and are greeted by Prime Minister Christian Michelsen

  • The swearing in of king of Haakon VII in the Parliament of Norway Building.

  • Norwegian soldiers guarding the border with Sweden, September 1905

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