1979 in Norwegian music

• 6 – The 6th Vossajazz started in Vossavangen, Norway (April 6 – 8).^[1]

• 23
  • The 27th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6).
  • The 7th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 23 – June 6).^[2]

• 26 – The 11th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo.

A

Bjørn Alterhaug

• Moments (Arctic Records)

E

Jan Eggum

• En Sang Fra Vest (CBS Records)
• En Natt Forbi (CBS Records)

K

Egil Kapstad

• Til Jorden (ECM) with poems by Rolf Jacobsen.

Karin Krog

• Cloud Line Blue (Bluebell Records), with John Surman

N

Lillebjørn Nilsen

• Live At Sioux Falls South Dakota! (Skandisk Records), with Steinar Ofsdal
• Oslo 3 (Skandisk Records)

R

Inger Lise Rypdal

• Inger Lise Rypdal (RCA Victor)

Terje Rypdal

• Terje Rypdal / Miroslav Vitous / Jack DeJohnette (Zarepta Records)

S

Øystein Sunde

• Hærtata Hørt (Philips Records)

T

Jahn Teigen

• En Dags Pause (RCA Victor)
• Klar Dag / Instamatik (RCA Victor)
• Mentalkrem (RCA Victor)

Radka Toneff

• It Don't Come Easy (Zarepta Records)

January

• 28 – Elling Enger, composer (born 1905).^[3][4]

March

• 7 – Klaus Egge, composer and music critic (born 1906).^[5]

April

• 3 – Ernst Glaser, violinist, orchestra conductor and music teacher (born 1904).^[6]

October

• 24 – Trygve Lindeman, cellist and the head of the Oslo Conservatory of Music (born 1896).^[7]