2007 in Norwegian music

Arild Andersen at the North Sea Jazz Festival, July 2007.

Eldbjørg Raknes at the Moers Festival.

Riddu Riđđu.

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2007 in Norwegian music .

Events

January

• 17 – The 2nd Ice Music Festival Festival started in Geilo (January 17–19). ^[1]
• 22 – The 20th Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 22 – 28). ^[2]

February

• 1 – The 10th Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen (February 1 – 4). ^[3]
• 8 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 8 – 24). ^[4]

March

• 30
  • The 34th Vossajazz started at Voss (March 30 – April 1). ^[5]
  • Snorre Bjerck was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2007. ^[6]
• 31 – Berit Opheim performs the commissioned work Ein engel går stilt for Vossajazz 2007. ^[7]

April

• 26 – Bergenfest started in Bergen (April 26 – May 1). ^[8]

May

• 23
  • The start of Bergen International Music Festival Festspillene i Bergen (May 23 – June 6). ^[9]
  • The 35th Nattjazz started in Bergen (May 23 – June 2). ^[10]

June

• 14 – Norwegian Wood started in Oslo (June 14 – 17). ^[11]

July

• 4 – The 43nd Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg (July 4 – 7). ^[12]
• 16
  • The 47th Moldejazz started in Molde (July 16 – 21). ^[13]
  • Arve Henriksen received the Radka Toneff Memorial Award at Moldejazz opening concert. ^[14]

August

• 2 – The 20th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 2 – 5). ^[15]
• 8 – The 21st Sildajazz started in Haugesund (August 8 – 12). ^[16]
• 13 – The 22nd Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 13 – 19). ^[17]
• 29 – The 3rd Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (August 29 – September 1). ^[18]
• 31 – The 4th Ekkofestival started in Bergen (August 31 – September 1). ^[19]

September

• 13 – The DølaJazz started in Lillehammer (September 13 – 16). ^[20]
• 28 – The 29th Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opened in Oslo (September 28 – Oktober 14). ^[21]

October

• 11 – The 6th Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 11 – 13). ^[22]
• 31 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 31 – November 4). ^[23]

November

• 1 – The 2nd Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 1 – 3). ^[24]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena. ^[25]

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
29	Norwegian Song	Dag Arnesen Trio	Resonant Music		[26]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
20	Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos	Susanna	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Deathprod	[27]

Unknown date

A

Eivind Aarset

• Sonic Codex (Jazzland Recordings) ^[28]

Deaths

July

• 12 — Robert Burås, guitarist for Madrugada and My Midnight Creeps (born 1975). ^[29]

September

• 5 — Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician known as "Saint Thomas", combination of prescribed drugs (born 1976). ^[30]

November

• 16 — Grethe Kausland, actress and singer, lung cancer (born 1947). ^[31]

See also

• 2007 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

References

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7. "Berit Opheim med bestillingsverk til Vossa Jazz" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
8. Johnsen, Frank (2006-12-21). "Los Lobos klar for Bergenfest" (in Norwegian). Bergensavisen . Retrieved 2017-02-20.
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30. "A tribute to Thomas Hansen". A-Tribute-to-Thomas-Hansen.com. Retrieved 2017-02-20.
31. Ighanian, Catherine Gonsholt; Ryste, Camilla (2007-11-16). "Grethe Kausland er død" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang . Retrieved 2017-02-20.