2008 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2008 in Norwegian music.

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Duolva Duottar at the 2008 Márkomeannu.

Frode Gjerstad at the Moers Festival.

Motorpsycho 2008 in Steinkjer.

Events

January

• 25 – Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 25 – February 2).[1]
• 30 – The Polarjazz Festival 2008 started in Longyearbyen (January 30 – February 2).[2]

February

• 5 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 7 – 23).[3]

March

• 18
  • Vossajazz started in Voss (March 14–16).[4]
  • Mads Berven was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2008.[5]
• 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008.[6]

April

• 29 – Bergenfest 2008 started in Bergen (April 29 – May 3).[7]

May

• 21
  • The start of Bergen International Music Festival Festspillene i Bergen 2008 (May 21 – June 4).[8]
  • Nattjazz 2008 started in Bergen (May 21 – 31).[9]

June

• 12 – Norwegian Wood 2008 started in Oslo, Norway (June 12 – 15).[10]

July

• 14 – Moldejazz started in Molde (July 14 – 19).[11]

August

• 6 – Sildajazz started in Haugesund (August 6 – 10).[12]
• 11 – Oslo Jazzfestival started (August 11 – 16).[13]

September

• 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 4 – 6).[14]
• 5 – The 5th Ekkofestival started in Bergen (September 5 – 6).[15]
• 16 – The DølaJazz started in Lillehammer (September 16 – 19).[16]

October

• 1 – The 30th Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opened in Oslo (Oktober 1–19).[17]
• 9 – The 7th Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 9 – 11).[18]
• 30 – The 3rd Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (October 30 – November 1).[19]

November

• 4 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (November 4 – 9).[20]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.[21]

Albums released

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Life in Leipzig	Ketil Bjørnstad	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[22]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	Suite for the Seven Mountains	Marius Neset's People Are Machines	Edition Records	Produced by Marius Neset & Anton Eger	[23]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	Norwegian Song 2	Dag Arnesen Trio	Resonant Music		[24]
20	Flower of Evil	Susanna	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Deathprod and Susanna K. Wallumrød	[25]

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Deaths

March

• 15 – Fredrik Friis, composer, singer, and lyricist (born 1923).[26]
• 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1933).[27]

April

• 29 – Julie Ege, singer, actress, and model (born 1943).[28]

June

• 19 – Antonio Bibalo, Italian-born pianist and composer (born 1922).[29]

July

• 3 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer (born 1939).[30]
• 14 – Henki Kolstad, singer and actor (born 1915).[31]

See also

• 2008 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

References

1. "Nordlysfestivalen 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
2. "Polarjazz 2008". Festivalinfo.se. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
3. "SPARBOS KONSERTKALENDER" (in Norwegian). Sparbo.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
4. "Vossa Jazz" (in Norwegian). Last.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
5. "VOSSA JAZZ-PRISEN". Vossajazz. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
6. "Bestillingsverk med Tord Gustavsen" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
7. "Bergenfest 2008 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
8. "Festspillene i Bergen 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
9. "Nattjazz 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
10. "Norwegian Wood 2008". Last.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
11. "FESTIVAL: Moldejazz 14. – 19. juli 2008" (in Norwegian). Groove.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
12. "Sildajazz 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
13. "OSLO JAZZFESTIVAL 2008". DetSkjerIOslo.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
14. "Brian Eno til Punktfestivalen" (in Norwegian). HiFiSentralen.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
15. "Ekko Festival - Day 2". ResidentAdvisor.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
16. "DølaJazz - Lillehammer Jazzfestival 2008". DølaJazz. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
17. "Ultima Festival 2008" (in Norwegian). DetSkjerIOslo.no. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
18. "Insomnia Festival 2008". Songkick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
19. Johansen, Carl Kristian (2008-10-24). "Tromsø – Barentsjazz" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
20. "Oslo World Music Festival 2008". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
21. "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2008 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
22. "Ketil Bjørnstad – Life in Leipzig". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
23. "Suite for the Seven Mountains – Marius Neset". iTunes. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
24. Kelman, John (2009-03-08). "Dag Arnesen: Norwegian Song 2". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
25. "Susanna – Flower Of Evil". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
26. "Fredrik Friis" (in Norwegian). Norsk-pop-og-rockleksikon. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
27. "En legende er død" (in Norwegian). BAmusikk.no. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
28. Bendiksen, Sveinung (2008-04-30). "En legende er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten. Retrieved 2017-04-27.
29. Bratt, Anne Christine; Veire, Ragnhild (2008-06-23). "Antonio Bibalo er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
30. "Harald Heide-Steen Jr". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
31. Berg, Thoralf (2009-02-13). "Henki Kolstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-04-13.