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Norway in 1906

Historical records for Norway in 1906, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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Historical records

November

November 1906Discovery of North West PassageRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

North West Passage · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Amundsens crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad

Other Events

1906Discovery of North PoleRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

North Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory

1906Discovery of North West PassageRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

North West Passage · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Amundsens crew returned to Oslo in November 1906, after almost 3.5 years abroad. Amundsens team reach Nome in 1906. Because the water along the route was sometimes as shallow as 3 ft (0.91 m), a larger ship could not have made the voyag. 1st person to navigate the North West Passage

1906Discovery of North West PassagePeder Risvedt

North West Passage · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Assists Amundsen on his navigation through the North West Passage

1906MarySveinn Bjornson

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Mary"

1906Minister of Great BritainFridtjof Nansen

Government / Government of Norway

The first Norwegian Minister to Britain

1906North Magnetic PoleRoald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen

North Pole · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Reaches sight of the Magnetic North Pole but discovers that it is migratory

Names involved

Fridtjof NansenPeder RisvedtRoald Engelbregt Gravning AmundsenSveinn Bjornson

Places involved

North PoleNorth West Passage

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.