2008 in Norwegian music

Duolva Duottar at the 2008 Márkomeannu

Frode Gjerstad at the Moers Festival

Motorpsycho 2008 in Steinkjer

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

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 Municipality (March 14–16).^{[ citation needed ]}
  • Mads Berven was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2008. ^[4]
• 19 – Tord Gustavsen performs the commissioned work Restar av lukke – bitar av tru for Vossajazz 2008. ^[5]

April

• 29 – Bergenfest 2008 started in Bergen (April 29 – May 3). ^[6]

May

• 21
  • The start of Bergen International Music Festival Festspillene i Bergen 2008 (May 21 – June 4). ^[7]
  • Nattjazz 2008 started in Bergen (May 21 – 31). ^[8]

June

• 12 – Norwegian Wood 2008 started in Oslo, Norway (June 12 – 15).^{[ citation needed ]}

July

• 14 – Moldejazz started in Molde (July 14 – 19). ^[9]
• 31 – The 21th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (July 31 – August 3). ^[10]

August

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

September

• 4 – The 4th Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 4 – 6). ^[13]
• 5 – The 5th Ekkofestival started in Bergen (September 5 – 6). ^[14]
• 16 – The DølaJazz started in Lillehammer (September 16 – 19). ^[15]

October

• 1 – The 30th Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opened in Oslo (Oktober 1–19). ^[16]
• 9 – The 7th Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 9 – 11). ^[17]
• 30 – The 3rd Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (October 30 – November 1). ^[18]

November

• 4 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (November 4 – 9). ^[19]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena. ^[20]

Albums released

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Life in Leipzig	Ketil Bjørnstad	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[21]

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	[22]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	Norwegian Song 2	Dag Arnesen Trio	Resonant Music		[23]
20	Flower of Evil	Susanna	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Deathprod and Susanna K. Wallumrød	[24]

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Deaths

March

• 15 – Fredrik Friis, composer, singer, and lyricist (born 1923). ^[25]
• 19 – Eivind Solberg, Norwegian trumpeter (born 1933). ^[26]

April

• 29 – Julie Ege, singer, actress, and model (born 1943). ^[27]

June

• 19 – Antonio Bibalo, Italian-born pianist and composer (born 1922). ^[28]

July

• 3 – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., (lung cancer), Norwegian actor, comedian and jazz singer (born 1939). ^[29]
• 14 – Henki Kolstad, singer and actor (born 1915). ^[30]

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-PRISEN". Vossajazz . Retrieved 2015-02-22.
5. "Bestillingsverk med Tord Gustavsen" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
6. "Bergenfest 2008 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
7. "Festspillene i Bergen 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
8. "Nattjazz 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
9. "FESTIVAL: Moldejazz 14. – 19. juli 2008" (in Norwegian). Groove.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
10. "Tidligere plakater" [Previous posters] (in Norwegian). Stiftelsen Notodden Blues Festival. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
11. "Sildajazz 2008" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
12. "OSLO JAZZFESTIVAL 2008". DetSkjerIOslo.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
13. "Brian Eno til Punktfestivalen" (in Norwegian). HiFiSentralen.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
14. "Ekko Festival - Day 2". ResidentAdvisor.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
15. "DølaJazz - Lillehammer Jazzfestival 2008". DølaJazz . Retrieved 2018-03-05.
16. "Ultima Festival 2008" (in Norwegian). DetSkjerIOslo.no. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
17. "Insomnia Festival 2008". Songkick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
18. Johansen, Carl Kristian (2008-10-24). "Tromsø – Barentsjazz" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
19. "Oslo World Music Festival 2008". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
20. "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2008 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
21. "Ketil Bjørnstad – Life in Leipzig". Allmusic.com . Retrieved 2016-02-24.
22. "Suite for the Seven Mountains – Marius Neset". iTunes . Retrieved 2016-02-24.
23. Kelman, John (2009-03-08). "Dag Arnesen: Norwegian Song 2". All About Jazz . Retrieved 2016-02-27.
24. "Susanna – Flower Of Evil". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2018-02-08.
25. "Fredrik Friis" (in Norwegian). Norsk-pop-og-rockleksikon. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
26. "En legende er død" (in Norwegian). BAmusikk.no. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
27. Bendiksen, Sveinung (2008-04-30). "En legende er død" (in Norwegian). Aftenposten . Retrieved 2017-04-27.
28. Bratt, Anne Christine; Veire, Ragnhild (2008-06-23). "Antonio Bibalo er død" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 2017-03-14.
29. "Harald Heide-Steen Jr". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
30. Berg, Thoralf (2009-02-13). "Henki Kolstad". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-04-13.