1951 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1951 in Norwegian music .

Events

Unknown date

• Frank Meidell Falch was assigned as the first director of the Bergen International Festival (1951–1956). ^[1]
• The Big Chief Jazz Band was established in Oslo. ^[2]
• Egil Monn-Iversen and Sølvi Wang were married. ^[3]

Deaths

April

• 6 – Halfdan Cleve, composer (born 1879). ^[4]

August

• 10 – Gunnar Gjerstrøm, composer and organist (born 1891). ^[5]

Births

January

• 14 – Tove Karoline Knutsen, jazz singer, composer, and politician. ^[6]

March

• 31 – Bodvar Moe, composer, bassist and music teacher.

May

• 7 – Ragnar Sør Olsen, singer and songwriter.

June

• 9 – Geir Bøhren, drummer and film score composer.
• 24 – Willy Bakken, guitarist and popular culture writer (died 2010). ^[7]

November

• 15 – Gerd Gudding, fiddler, bass guitarist, and singer (died 2015). ^[8]
• 19 – Per Tveit, pianist and composer (died 2012) ^[9]
• 26 – Terje Nilsen, singer and songwriter (died 2019).

December

• 8 – Jan Eggum, folk singer and songwriter.
• 10 – Ellen Nikolaysen, singer and actress.
• 20 – Brynjulf Blix, jazz pianist.

December

• 12 – Erik Hillestad, record producer.

See also

• 1951 in Norway
• Music of Norway

• Norway portal
• Music portal

References

1. "Festspillene i Bergen" (in Norwegian). BergenByarkiv.no. Retrieved 2017-04-07.
2. "Cool, kløver & dixie – Jazzens lykkelige 50-tall" (in Norwegian). JazzArkivet.no. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
3. "Egil Monn-Iversen" (in Norwegian). Rockipedia.no. Archived from the original on April 2, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
4. Grinde, Nils (2009-02-13). "Halfdan Cleve". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-03-25.
5. Andersen, Rune J. (2013-10-24). "Gunnar Gjerstrøm". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-03-31.
6. Bergan, Jon Vidar (2013-11-08). "Tove Karoline Knutsen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-04-06.
7. "Rockearkeologen Willy B. er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
8. Hustad, Helge Voll (2015-08-13). "Per Hjort Albertsen er død". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-04-27.
9. Tveitan, Flemming Hofmann (2012-11-27). "Per Tveit er død". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-04-29.