Oslo International Church Music Festival ( no, Oslo internasjonale Kirkemusikkfestival) is a

church music Church music is Christian music written for performance in church, or any musical setting of ecclesiastical liturgy, or music set to words expressing propositions of a sacred nature, such as a hymn. History Early Christian music The ...

festival A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival c ...

held every year in March in

Oslo, Norway Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

History

The festival, founded in 2000 by artistic and festival director Bente Johnsrud is cured by a

non-profit organization A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...

of the same name, and staged under the patronage of Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway. Churches such as the

Medieval In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

church Gamle Aker are used as Concert halls.

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* Music festivals established in 2000 Music festivals in Norway Christian music festivals Music festivals in Oslo Culture in Oslo 2000 establishments in Norway Winter events in Norway {{Music-festival-stub