The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1998 in
Norwegian music.
Events
February
* 16 – The 1st
Polarjazz
Polarjazz or The Polar Jazz Festival (initiated 1998 in Longyearbyen, Svalbard) is the northernmost jazz festival in the world, and is arranged every year in February.
Background
The 19th Polarjazz festival took place between 3 and 7 February 2 ...
started in
Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen (, locally lɔ̀ŋjɑrˌbyːən "The Longyear Town") is the world's northernmost settlement with a population greater than 1,000 and the largest inhabited area of Svalbard, Norway. It stretches along the foot of the left bank ...
,
Svalbard
Svalbard ( , ), also known as Spitsbergen, or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. North of mainland Europe, it is about midway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole. The islands of the group range ...
(February 16 – 18).
April
* 3 – The 25th
Vossajazz started in
Voss, Norway (April 3 – 5).
May
* 6 – The 9th
MaiJazz
MaiJazz is the Stavanger International Jazz Festival in Stavanger, Norway.
Since the first MaiJazz in 1989, the festival has presented both international and national musicians. About 200 volunteers organize 40 concerts on 20 venues in and aroun ...
started in
Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 10).
* 20 – The 26th
Nattjazz 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 20 – 31).
June
* 6 – The
Norwegian Wood started in
Oslo, Norway (June 6 – 7).
July
* 13 – The 38th
Moldejazz started in
Molde, Norway (July 13 – 18).
August
* 12 – The 12th
Sildajazz started in
Haugesund, Norway
Haugesund () is a municipality on the North Sea in Rogaland county, Norway. While the population is greater in the neighboring Karmøy municipality, the main commercial and economic centre of the Haugaland region in northern Rogaland and southern ...
(August 12 – 16).
* 26 – The last
Kalvøyafestivalen was canceled at
Kalvøya near by Oslo.
Albums released
October
* 5 – ''Rites'' (ECM Records), by
Jan Garbarek
Unknown date
B
;
Jon Balke
* ''Saturation'' (Jazzland Recordings)
* ''Rotor'' (Curling Legs), with Cikada String Quartet
;
Ketil Bjørnstad
* ''
The Sea II
''The Sea II'' is an album by Norwegian pianist Ketil Bjørnstad recorded in December 1996 and released on ECM in February 1998. The quartet, featuring guitarist Terje Rypdal, cellist David Darling and drummer Jon Christensen, previously release ...
'' (ECM Recordings), with
David Darling,
Jon Christensen Jon Christensen may refer to:
* Jon Christensen (musician)
Jon Ivar Christensen (20 March 1943 – 18 February 2020) was a Norwegian jazz drummer. He was married to actress, minister, and theater director Ellen Horn, Store Norske Leksikon (in ...
, and
Terje Rypdal
K
;
Bjørn Kruse
* ''Song For Winter (Works For Choir)'' (Aurora Records)
Deaths
; May
* 20 –
Robert Normann, jazz guitarist (born
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
).
; June
* 14 –
Hans W. Brimi, fiddler and farmer (born
1917
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's ...
).
; December
* 4 –
Egil «Bop» Johansen, jazz drummer (born
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
).
Births
; April
* 25 –
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen (born 25 April 1998) is a Sami musician from Tana, Norway. In 2016 she won the Sámi Grand Prix with her original song ''Luoddaearru'', and in 2017 she won Liet International with the same song. In 2017 Isaksen started ...
, Sami singer and yoiker.
See also
*
1998 in Norway
Events in the year 1998 in Norway.
Incumbents
* Monarch – Harald V
* Prime Minister – Kjell Magne Bondevik (Christian Democratic Party)
Events
*26 September – Christian Conservative Party merged with the New Future Coalition Party to form ...
*
Music of Norway
*
Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998
References
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