The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1972 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

* 24 – The 20th

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 ...

(May 24 – June 7).

June

* 27 – The 2nd

Kalvøyafestivalen Kalvøyafestivalen was a Norwegian music festival arranged at Kalvøya in Bærum nearby Oslo, Norway. The festival was initiated by people connected to the folk club Hades at the art center on Høvikodden. The festival was started by Sten Rander ...

started at Nadderudhallen near by Oslo.

August

* 27 – The 3rd

started at Kalvøya near by Oslo.

Albums released

Unknown date

B ; Trond Botnen & Svein Finnerud Trio * ''Multimal'' (Polydor Records), with Calle Neumann

Deaths

; January * 10 – Sverre Jordan, composer, orchestra conductor, and pianist (born

1889 Events January–March * January 1 ** The total solar eclipse of January 1, 1889 is seen over parts of California and Nevada. ** Paiute spiritual leader Wovoka experiences a vision, leading to the start of the Ghost Dance movement in the ...

). ; August * 12 –

Alf Hurum Alf Thorvald Hurum (21 September 1882 – 12 August 1972) was a Norwegian composer and painter. Early and personal life Hurum was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He was a son of Thorvald Hurum (1839-1909) and Jakobine Olava Haslum (1 ...

, composer and painter (born

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...

). ; October * 3 – Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser, pianist and music teacher (born

1901 Events January * January 1 – The Crown colony, British colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and Western Australia Federation of Australia, federate as the Australia, ...

Births

; March * 13 –

Arve Moen Bergset Arve Moen Bergset (born 13 March 1972) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist. He is known both for his solo works as well as for his works with Bukkene Bruse. Life and career He was born in Sandne ...

, traditional folk singer, hardanger fiddler, and classical violinist. ; April * 15 –

Christer Fredriksen Christer Fredriksen (born 15 April 1972 in Kristiansand, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz guitarist. Biography Fredriksen is known from collaborations in a series of settings for many years. He studied music at the Agder University College with a P ...

, jazz guitarist. ; July * 4 –

Ketil Gutvik Ketil Gutvik (born 4 July 1972 in Ålesund, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) known on the Oslo's jazz scene since 1992. Career Gutvik is a graduate of "The Trondheim Kommunale Musikkskole" (1987–92) and the Norwegian Academy of ...

, jazz guitarist. * 29 – Roger Johansen, jazz drummer and composer. ; December * 10 –

Odd Nordstoga Odd Nordstoga (born 10 December 1972) is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway. In 2004, he went from relative obscurity to becoming the country's biggest selling recording artist, with the phenomenal success o ...

, folk singer, musician, actor, and sound editor. * 29 – Annar Follesø, violinist. ; Unknown date *

Øyvind Nypan Øyvind Nypan (born 16 April 1972) is a Kristiansand-based Norwegian guitarist and Assistant Professor at the Agder University College. Biography Nypan was born in Trondheim, and has been active, especially in France, for several years. He rele ...

, guitarist and Assistant Professor (

Agder University College The University of Agder ( no, Universitetet i Agder), formerly known as Agder College and Agder University College, is a public university with campuses in Kristiansand and Grimstad, Norway. The institution was established as a university co ...

References

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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 ...

1970s in Norwegian music