1954 in Norwegian music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1954 in Norwegian music.
Events
June
- 1 – The 2nd Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (June 1 – 15).[1][2]
Deaths
- January
- 21 – Per Reidarson, composer, violinist, and music critic (born 1879).[3]
- March
- 21 – Hanna Marie Hansen, composer, violinist, and music critic (born 1875).[4]
Births
- January
- 14 – Gunnar Andreas Berg, guitarist, music teacher, and record label manager.[5]
- February
- 16 – Torbjørn Sunde, jazz trombonist.[6]
- 18 – Bertil Palmar Johansen, contemporary composer and violinist.[7]
- March
- 17 – Bjørn Eidsvåg, singer and songwriter.[8]
- 21 – Haakon Graf, jazz pianist, keyboardist, composer, music arranger and record producer.[9]
- 27
- Helge Iberg, contemporary composer.[10]
- Paolo Vinaccia, composer, jazz drummer, and percussionist (died 2019).[11]
- April
- 1 – Knut Værnes, jazz guitarist, composer, and band leader.[12]
- 6 – Knut Stensholm, drummer in the band Sambandet (died 2010).[13]
- 22 – Håkon Berge, contemporary composer, conductor, and music arranger.[14]
- 28 – Frank Jakobsen, jazz drummer.[15]
- June
- 26 – Øystein Norvoll, jazz guitarist.[16]
- July
- 14 – Kristin Solli Schøien, author and composer.[17]
- 19 – Cecilie Ore, composer.[18]
- 25 – Svein Olav Blindheim, jazz double bassist, composer, and writer.[19]
- August
- 21 – Bodil Niska, jazz saxophonist.[20]
- September
- 8 – Hans Fredrik Jacobsen, multi-instrumentalist and composer.[21]
- October
- 8 – Lars Kristian Brynildsen, clarinetist, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra (died 2005).[22]
- November
- 8 – Kåre Garnes, jazz upright bassist.[23]
- December
- 10 – Edvard Askeland, jazz bassist.[24]
- 18 – Kåre Nordstoga, organist.[25]
