The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1952 in Norwegian music.

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Deaths

; April * 21 – Alfred Andersen-Wingar, composer and orchestra conductor (born 1869). ; December * 14 – Fartein Valen, composer and musical theorist (born

1887 Events January–March * January 11 – Louis Pasteur's anti-rabies treatment is defended in the Académie Nationale de Médecine, by Dr. Joseph Grancher. * January 20 ** The United States Senate allows the Navy to lease Pearl Har ...

Births

; February * 20 –

Halvor Haug Halvor Haug (Trondheim, 20 February 1952) is a Norwegian composer.Nils Grinde ''Contemporary Norwegian music, 1920-1980'' 1981 p.110 Selected works * Violin Sonata (1973) * Tre "Utfall" for guitar (1973/74) * Symphonic Picture (1976) * ''Silence' ...

, composer. * 22 – Soon-Mi Chung, violinist, viola player, and musical director. ; April * 9 –

Magnar Åm Magnar Åm (born 9 April 1952) is a Norwegian composer. Selected works *Concerto for Accordion "Tropic of Cancer" (available for listening from here ) References External links *Composer's Webpag 1952 births Norwegian composers ...

, composer * 25 – Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist, composer and author ; May * 3 –

Henning Sommerro Henning Sommerro (born 3 May 1952 in Surnadal) is a Norwegian musician, composer and professor at NTNU. Biography Sommerro grew up on the Sommerro farm at Skei in Surnadal. His name became widely known in 1977 when the folk music group Vårsø ...

, pianist, composer, and professor at NTNU. ; June * 6 –

Kjell Samkopf Kjell Samkopf (born 6 April 1952, in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian musician (drums) and composer, married 1993 to the dancer Mona Walderhaug (born 21 December 1956). Biography Samkopf is a central figure on the Norwegian contemporary music sc ...

, drummer and composer. * 12 –

Bent Patey Bent Patey (born 12 June 1952 in Oslo, Norway) is an English-Norwegian guitarist, composer and writer. He grew out of the environment around Club 7, and with a background in groups like Bazar, Susanne Fuhr Band, Lotus and Bryggerigangen Bluesband ...

, guitarist, composer and writer. * 14 –

Trond-Viggo Torgersen Trond-Viggo Torgersen (born 14 June 1952 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian physician, broadcaster, television host, actor, comedian, singer, songwriter, artist and former children's ombudsman. Artistic career Torgersen started in NRK making progra ...

, physician, broadcaster, television host, comedian, singer, and songwriter. * 19 – Sidsel Endresen, jazz vocalist, composer and actor. * 25 – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street bridges, 14th Street Bridge in ...

). ; August * 11 –

Finn Sletten Finn Sletten (born 11 August 1952) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussions). Career Sletten was born in Bodø. After a study tour to Arizona (1968–70), he played in his home town with such musicians as Paul Weeden Band at Fes ...

, jazz drummer ; September * 9 Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter ; October * 3

Øyvind Rauset Øyvind Rauset (born October 3, 1952) is a Norwegian artist, musician and composer. Rauset was born in Oslo, the son of Per Rauset from Gloppen and Mary Lyngmo from Rossfjordstraumen. He studied at the Art Academy of Oslo and Østlandets Music C ...

, artist, musician and composer. ; November * 8 –

Carl Haakon Waadeland Carl Haakon Waadeland (born 8 November 1952) is a Norwegian musicologist and jazz drummer, known from several bands and releases such as with Dadafon, Dum Dum Boys, Åge & Sambandet, Halvdan Sivertsen, Warne Marsh, Kenny Wheeler, Annbjørg Lien ...

, musicologist and drummer * 28 –

Ole Thomsen Ole Thomsen (born 28 November 1952 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) and composer, known from a number of releases and since 1977 central on the Bergen jazz scene. (in Norwegian) He is the older brother of another Bergen Gu ...

, jazz guitarist ; December * 16 –

Jon Laukvik Jon Laukvik (born 16 December 1952, in Oslo) is a Norwegian organist. Laukvik studied church music, organ and piano in Oslo. Afterwards, he worked with Michael Schneider and Hugo Ruf in Cologne and Marie-Claire Alain in Paris. In 1980, he was a ...

, organist

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