Rolf Gammleng (5 January 1898 – 3 September 1984) was a Norwegian violinist and organizational leader.
Gammleng was born in
Moss
Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) '' sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and hor ...
. He chaired ''Norsk Musikerforbund'' from 1945, and served as President of'' Nordisk Musikerunion'' from 1952 to 1955. From 1959 to 1966 he was a member of the Norwegian
Broadcasting Council.
The
Gammleng Award
The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...
is named after him.
References
1898 births
1984 deaths
Musicians from Moss, Norway
Norwegian musicians
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