The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1936 in

Norwegian music Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pil ...

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; April * 8 – Alfred Paulsen, composer (born 1849). ; December * 8 –

Jakob Hveding Sletten Jakob Hveding Sletten (4 December 1872 – 7 December 1936) was a Norwegian priest and musician. He was born in Høyland to parents who hailed from Lindås. The family moved to Lindås in 1882. He finished his secondary education in 1895, and grad ...

, priest and musician (born 1872). * 24 –

Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik (9 April 1847 – 24 December 1936) was a Norwegian educator and musician. Biography He was born at Ørsta in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. He was a son of Knut Barstad and his wife Ragnhild, née Brekke. His father died in ...

, organist and teacher (born 1847).

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; May * 11 –

Kåre Kolberg Kåre Kolberg (24 April 1936 – 19 August 2014) was a Norwegian composer, organist and music critic. Career Kåre Kolberg was born on 24 April 1936 in Birkenes in Aust-Agder, Norway. He was educated as an organist at the Oslo Conservato ...

, composer, organist and music critic (died

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). ; September * 17 –

Rolv Wesenlund Rolv Helge Wesenlund (17 September 1936 – 18 August 2013) was a Norwegian comedian, singer, clarinetist, writer and actor. Biography Wesenlund was most known for having portrayed the title character in the movies ''Bør Børson'', ''Bør Bør ...

, comedian, singer, clarinetist, writer and actor (died

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). ; August * 1 –

Helge Hurum Helge Hurum (born 1 August 1936) is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer, arranger and musical director. Hurum has led several of Norway's key big bands, including the Oslo University Big Band (1969–74), Norway's Radio Big Band (1979–90), his ow ...

, jazz musician, composer, arranger and musical director. ; October * 25 –

Alf Cranner Alf Cranner (25 October 1936 – 3 March 2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter, considered by many to be the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian) The citation for the award o ...

, folk singer, lyricist and painter. ; December * 14 –

Arve Tellefsen Arve Tellefsen () (born 14 December 1936) is a Norwegian violinist who has worked with conductors such as Mariss Jansons, Arvid Jansons, Herbert Blomstedt, Gary Bertini, Evgeny Svetlanov, Bryden Thomson, Neeme Järvi, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Paavo B ...

, violinist.

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Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

1930s in Norwegian music

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