Oslo 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 709,037 in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and the metropolitan area had an estimated population of 1,546,706 in 2021.
Kongsberg is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production and forestry for centuries, and is the site of high technology industry including the headquarters of Norway's largest defence contractor Kongsberg Gruppen.
Holmenkollbakken is a large ski jumping hill located at Holmenkollen in Oslo, Norway. It has a hill size of HS134, a construction point of K-120, and a capacity for 70,000 spectators. Holmenkollen has hosted the Holmenkollen Ski Festival since 1892, which since 1980 have been part of the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup and 1983 the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup. It has also hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics and the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in 1930, 1966, 1982 and 2011.
Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pilgrims from all over Europe coming to visit St Olav's grave in Trondheim.
The Nordic Music Prize is an annual award for the Best Nordic Album Of The Year, inspired by the Mercury Prize and introduced in 2010. The prize was initiated by the by:Larm conference in Norway. The first Nordic Music Prize was presented by the Prince Of Norway during by:Larm in Oslo in February 2011.
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 took place from 23 February to 6 March 2011 in Oslo, Norway, at the Holmenkollen National Arena. It was the fifth time these championships had been hosted in Holmenkollen, having been done previously in 1930, the 1952 Winter Olympics, 1966, and 1982. On 25 May 2006, the 45th FIS Congress in Vilamoura, Portugal, selected the Holmenkollen area over both Val di Fiemme, Italy, and Zakopane, Poland, with a vote of 12 to 4 to 0. These games coincided with the Holmenkollen Ski Festival as they have previously in 1930, 1952, 1966, and 1982.
Bergen International Festival is an annual international music and cultural festival in Bergen, Norway.
Marika Lejon is a Norwegian composer and singer. She grew up in Søgne, in the south of Norway, with a Norwegian father and a Czech mother. Her parents were both journalists, so she had the opportunity to travel and see the world.
ULTIMA Oslo Contemporary Music Festival is a Norwegian music festival for contemporary music.
Disaster In The Universe is a Norwegian psychedelic (psychedelia), rock-pop-dub-band from Oslo, Norway. The band worked with Empire of the Sun producer Peter Mayes on their debut album Coconut Message, which was released in Norway in the spring of 2014. The album received critical acclaim from the Norwegian music press, amongst those a rating of 5/6 from national newspaper Dagbladet. The band has played at many large festivals in Norway such as the Hove Festival, the Øya Festival, Slottsfjellfestivalen and By:Larm, and has also played support for Crystal Fighters. Ross Allen from Island Records (UK) and Flora Wong from Dazed Digital rated Disaster In The Universe as the best concert they saw at the entire Øya Festival in 2012. In the summer of 2014, the band announced a tour of Germany, the Netherlands and other European countries during the autumn of 2014 and the spring of 2015.
Bjorn Opsahl is a Norwegian photographer, director and lecturer from Oslo. Opsahl debuted as an artist with the exhibition "Deadscapes" in 2005 at the Henie Onstad Art Centre, and followed up with "Ask the Dust" on Stenersen Museum in 2009.
Oslo International Jazz Festival is a Norwegian music event, held in August, with a focus on music form the jazz genre, performed on stages in Oslo.
Dråpe ("drop"), formerly Takk, is a Norwegian shoegaze/noise pop band established in summer of 2010 in Oslo, Norway. The band signed its first record deal with Riot Factory in autumn 2011 and released its first EP Dråpe EP. In 2012 it made agreements with Danish and Japanese companies and released its debut album, Canicular Days on April 19, 2013. Dråpe have played several festivals in Norway as well as various missions abroad. They won the Norwegian Untouched award in October 2010.
Dagny Norvoll Sandvik, known mononymously as Dagny, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Her music is pop-based, incorporating elements of indie, dance, synth, electro and disco. She has released two studio albums, Strangers / Lovers (2020) and Elle (2024), and one EP, Ultraviolet (2016). Her single "Somebody" won Song of the Year at P3 Gull 2020 and her 2017 track "Love You Like That" was the basis for Katy Perry's "Never Really Over" (2019). She frequently performs at festivals in Norway and the United Kingdom including Øyafestivalen, Stavernfestivalen, and Bergenfest.
Gisle Kverndokk is a Norwegian contemporary composer.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2004 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2003 in Norwegian music.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2002 in Norwegian music.
Kristian Kristensen is a Norwegian singer/songwriter from Harstad, Norway. He started his solo career in 2013 through the Norwegian TV-show The Voice, and signed with Warner Music Norway in 2015.
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Norwegian music.
