The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1961 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 ...

Events

May

* The 9th

Bergen International Festival Bergen International Festival ( no, Festspillene i Bergen) is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway. Biography The Bergen International festival is the largest festival in the Nordic countries in its genre and ha ...

started in

Bergen, Norway Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, secon ...

July

* The 1st

Moldejazz Molde International Jazz Festival (MIJF) or Moldejazz (established 1961 in Molde) takes place annually in July, and is known as one of the oldest jazz festivals in Europe. It was initiated by the local Storyville Jazz Club. Since 1964 it has rec ...

started in

Molde, Norway Molde () is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Romsdal. It is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The administrative centre of t ...

Deaths

; February * 19 –

Einar Fagstad Einar Fagstad (30 October 1899 in Lillehammer – 19 February 1961 in Göteborg) was a Norwegian–Swedish accordionist, vocalist, singer, actor and composer. Fagstad began playing accordion aged four. He trained as a painter and studied at the ...

, accordionist, singer, actor and composer (born 1899). ; August * 28 –

Carsten Carlsen Carsten Marensius Carlsen (5 June 1892 – 28 August 1961) was a Norwegian pianist and composer. Biography Carsten Marensius Carlsen was born in Oslo, Norway. His parents were Anton Carlsen (1862–1943) and Louise Larsen (1876–1957). In 19 ...

, pianist and composer (born

1892 Events January–March * January 1 – Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the United States. * February 1 - The historic Enterprise Bar and Grill was established in Rico, Colorado. * February 27 – Rudolf Diesel applies for ...

Births

; January * 7 –

Nils Økland Nils Andreas Økland (10 June 1882 – 1969) was a Norwegian Esperantist and teacher in Stord (Hordaland), Norway. He spent some years in his youth on the island Utsira, where his father was a school teacher. Nils Økland was married to Hanna ...

, Hardanger fiddle player. * 13 –

Sinikka Langeland } Sinikka Langeland (born 13 January 1961 in Grue, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer and musician (kantele), known for combining traditional music with elements of jazz. Career Langeland plays the Finnish National Instrument kante ...

, traditional folk singer and kantele player. * 16 – Kenneth Sivertsen, jazz guitarist, composer, poet, and comedian (died

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). ; February * 12 –

Knut Reiersrud Knut Reiersrud (born 12 February 1961) is a Norwegian blues guitarist. His work also incorporates elements of Norwegian traditional music and African music. Reiersrud has recorded and played with David Lindley, the Blind Boys Of Alabama, Rickie ...

, jazz and blues guitarist, composer, and program host. ; March * 2 – Harald Dahlstrøm, jazz pianist and Hammond B3 organist. * 23 –

Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils ...

, jazz guitarist and composer. ; April * 25 ** Paul Wagnberg, jazz organist, pianist, and composer. **

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian Cello, cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano wh ...

, classical cellist. * 26 – Knut Nesbø, guitarist for

Di Derre Di Derre is a Norwegian Pop rock band, founded in 1992. They were awarded the Gammleng-prisen in 1996. Band members *Jo Nesbø – vocals, guitar *Espen Stenhammer – drums *Magnus Larsen jr. – bass guitar, vocals *Halvor Holter – keyboard ...

(died

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). ; May * 29 –

Glenn Erik Haugland Glenn Erik Haugland (born 29 May 1961, in New York City) is a Norwegian contemporary composer. Career Throughout his career, Haugland has primarily focused on works for music theatre and electro-acoustic compositions. Experimentation through perf ...

, contemporary composer. ; June * 22 –

Asbjørn Schaathun Asbjørn Schaathun (born 22 June 1961) is a Norway, Norwegian contemporary composer. Career Schaathun studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music and Royal College of Music in London and IRCAM in Paris. Schaathun founded the Norwegian Academy of M ...

, contemporary composer. ; July * 8 –

Karl Seglem Karl Seglem (born 8 July 1961 in Årdalstangen, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone and bukkehorn), composer and producer, known from a series of combined jazz and traditional music releases, as well as leading his own record label ...

, jazz saxophonist, bukkehorn player, composer, and record producer. ; September * 6 –

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (born Pål Gamst, 6 September 1961) is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. Waaktaar-Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha, which has sold more than 50 million alb ...

, musician and songwriter for

A-ha A-ha (usually stylised as ''a-''h''a''; ) is a Norwegian synth-pop band formed in Oslo in 1982. Founded by Paul Waaktaar-Savoy (guitars and vocals), Magne Furuholmen (keyboards, guitars and vocals), and Morten Harket (lead vocals), the band ...

and

Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...

. ; October * 14 – Knut Vaage, contemporary composer. * 20 –

Audun Kleive Audun Kleive (born 20 October 1961) is a Norwegian jazz drummer.) He was raised in Skien and is the son of organist Kristoffer Kleive and brother of organist Iver Kleive. Career Kleive began to play drums in a rock and dance band, and then wen ...

, jazz drummer and percussionist. ; December * 13 –

Per Øystein Sørensen Per Øystein Sørensen (born December 13, 1961) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, best known as the vocalist of the new wave band Fra Lippo Lippi. Biography Sørensen joined Fra Lippo Lippi in 1982 as the new vocalist in time for their ...

, singer and songwriter for Fra Lippo Lippi. * 30 –

Rolf Lislevand Rolf Lislevand (30 December 1961 in Oslo, Norway), is a Norwegian performer of Early music specialising on lute, vihuela, baroque guitar and theorbo. Biography From 1980 to 1984, Lislevand studied classical guitar at the Norwegian Academy of Mu ...

, performer of Early music specialising on lute, vihuela, baroque guitar and theorbo.

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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 ...

1960s in Norwegian music

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