The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1966 in Norwegian music.

Events

May

* The 14th

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 ...

June

* The 3rd

Kongsberg Jazz Festival Kongsberg Jazz Festival or Kongsberg Jazzfestival is an international jazz festival that has been held annually in Kongsberg, Norway, since 1964. Artists Several worldwide great artists have visited Kongsberg during this festival; internation ...

started in

Kongsberg, Norway Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

July

* The 6th Moldejazz 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 ...

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Arne Bendiksen Arne Joachim Bendiksen (19 October 1926 – 26 March 2009) was a Norwegian singer, composer and producer, described as "the father of pop music" in Norway. Career Bendiksen was born in Bergen, Norway. In the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, he was a m ...

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Intet er nytt under solen Norway was represented by Åse Kleveland, with the song "Intet er nytt under solen", at the 1966 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 5 March in Luxembourg City. "Intet er nytt under solen" was chosen as the Norwegian entry at the Melodi G ...

", performed by Åse Kleveland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1966. * Harald Sæverud – Symphony no 9

Albums released

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K ; Karin Krog * ''Jazz Moments'' (Sonet Records)

Deaths

; January * 24 –

Pauline Hall Pauline Hall (born Pauline Fredrika Schmidgall;Browne, Walter and Frederick Arnold Austin. Who's who on the stage: the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre, Volume 1' (1906), p. 120. February 26, 1860 – December ...

(78), writer, music critic, and composer (born

1890 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Kingdom of Italy establishes Eritrea as its colony, in the Horn of Africa. ** In Michigan, the wooden steamer ''Mackinaw'' burns in a fire on the Black River. * January 2 ** The steamship ...

). ; May * 13 –

Henrik Adam Due Henrik Adam Due (19 April 1891 – 13 May 1966) was a Norwegians, Norwegian violinist originally from Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the son of physician Elias Kristian Jensen Due (1845–1931) and Elen Henriette Due (née Broch, 1853–1926), marrie ...

, violinist (born

1891 Events January–March * January 1 ** Paying of old age pensions begins in Germany. ** A strike of 500 Hungarian steel workers occurs; 3,000 men are out of work as a consequence. **Germany takes formal possession of its new Africa ...

Births

; January * 10 –

Kristin Sevaldsen Kristin Sevaldsen (born 10 January 1966 in Lillehammer, Norway) is a Norwegians, Norwegian Jazz musician (saxophone), composer, and music producer. Career Sevaldsen has been band member and session musician for several years. In 2007 she rele ...

, jazz saxophonist, composer, and music producer. ; April * 12 – Nils-Olav Johansen, entertainer, jazz guitarist, and singer (

Farmers Market A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or ...

). * 16 ** Jarle Vespestad, jazz drummer and percussionist. **

Mai Britt Normann Mai Britt "Embee" Normann (born 16 April 1966 Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. Career Normann has been a recognized songwriter in Norway and internationally for 25 years, after her acclaimed debut album ''Wonderland'' (Embe ...

, singer and songwriter. ; May * 2 –

Kristin von der Goltz Kristin (Gräfin) von der Goltz (born 2 May 1966, in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German-Norwegian cellist. She plays music from the baroque repertoire, but she also performs music from later periods. Her five older brothers include the violinis ...

, cellist. * 18 –

Ruth Olina Lødemel Ruth Olina Lødemel (born 18 May 1966 in Volda, Norway) is a Norwegian soprano, dancer, actor and composer. Career After finishing her Examen artium at "Atlanten videregående skole" (1983–86), Lødemel has studied singing and vocal peda ...

, soprano, dancer, actor and composer. ; August * 7 – Torstein Ellingsen, drummer and music producer. * 14 – Øystein Baadsvik, tuba soloist and chamber musician. ; June * 19 –

Silje Nergaard Silje Nergaard (born 19 June 1966) is a Norwegian jazz vocalist and songwriter. She is one of the best-selling jazz artists on the official sales chart in Norway. She became known worldwide after the release of the international bestseller ''Tel ...

, jazz vocalist and songwriter. ; September * 3 –

Sébastien Dubé Sébastien Dubé (born 3 September 1966 in Québec, Canada) is an upright bassist known from several international classical orchestras and jazz ensembles. Career After picking up the upright bass, Dubé attended musical studies at the Conser ...

, upright bassist. * 15 – Håvard Gimse, classical pianist. ; October * 1 –

Siri Gellein Siri Beathe Gellein (born 1 October 1966 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian Musician (vocals) and journalist, known from several albums, bands and television programs. Career Her own Siri's Svale Band (established in 1987) performs ("sval") ...

, jazz vocalist and journalist. * 26 –

Sverre Gjørvad Sverre Gjørvad (born 26 October 1966 in Stathelle, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) and composer. He is known for participating in establishing the SoddJazz festival and recording with various notable musicians including Live Maria R ...

, jazz drummer and composer. ; November * 5 –

Øystein B. Blix Øystein Bjørn Blix (born 5 November 1966 in Tromsø, Norway) is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trombone) and sound designer, central to the Tromsø Jazz scene and Head of ''Tromsø Jazzklubb'' from 2001. Career Blix is a graduate of the Jazz Progr ...

, jazz trombonist and sound designer. ; December * 5 –

Hildegunn Øiseth Hildegunn Øiseth (born 5 December 1966 in Kongsvinger, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn and bukkehorn). Career Øiseth has had a number of appearances in both Norway, South Africa and Pakistan, and was hired as tru ...

, jazz trumpeter and hornist. * 11 – Erik Honoré, writer, musician, record producer and sound engineer.

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