1999 in Norwegian music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1999 in Norwegian music.

Events

January

• 29 – The 2nd Polarjazz started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (February 29 – 31).^[1]

February

• 27 – The annual festival started in Stavanger, Norway.^[2]

March

• 26 – The 26th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (March 26 – 28).^[3]

April

• 28 – The Ole Blues festival started in Bergen (April 28 – May 2).^[4]

May

• 12 – The 10th MaiJazz started in Stavanger, Norway (May 12 – 16).^[5]
• 13 – The 27th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 29).^[6]

June

• 26 – The 1st Øyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo (June 26 – 27).^[7]
• 30 – The 35th Kongsberg Jazzfestival started in Kongsberg, Norway (June 30 – July 3).^[8]

July

• 12 – The 39th Moldejazz started in Molde, Norway (July 12 – 17).^[9]

August

• 9 – The 14th Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo, Norway (August 9 – 15).^[8]
• 11 – The 13th Sildajazz started in Haugesund, Norway (August 11 – 15).^[8]

Unknown date

• The Core was initiated by drummer Espen Aalberg.^[10]

Albums released

Unknown date

K

Karin Krog

• Bluesand (Meantime Records), with John Surman^[11]

Deaths

February

• 16 – Johan Kvandal, composer (born 1919).^[12]

March

• 14 – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958).^[13]
• 28 – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910).^[14]

April

• 27 – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924).^[15]

August

• 6 – Pernille Anker, actor and singer (born 1947).^[16]

December

• 30 – Gunnar Germeten Jr., composer (born 1947).^[17]

Unknown date

• Arne Sletsjøe, classical violist (born 1916).^[18]

See also

• 1999 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• 1999 in jazz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Polarjazz . VisitSvalbard.com . 2017-03-13.
2. Web site: By:Larm 2000 . AktivIOslo.no . 2017-03-13.
3. Web site: Vossajazz – Historie . Norwegian . . 2017-03-13.
4. Web site: Ole Blues 2000 . MIC.no . 2017-03-03.
5. Web site: Rekord for MaiJazz . Norwegian . . 1999-05-18 . 2017-03-13.
6. Web site: Nattjazz . Norwegian . . 2016-04-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160322193111/http://www.nattjazz.no/historie/index.php?ID=Alle . 2016-03-22 .
7. Web site: De 10 største "Øyablikkene" vi husker fra festivalens historie . Harald . Fossberg . Norwegian . . 2016-08-08 . 2017-03-13.
8. Web site: Her er festivalene . Norwegian . . 2017-03-13.
9. Web site: Molde International Jazz Festival . Europeana.eu . 2016-04-28.
10. Web site: The Core – på skuldrene til de store . no . Norsk Musikkinformasjon MIC.no . 2004-10-12 . 2017-03-26.
11. Web site: Karin Krog & John Surman – Bluesand . . 2017-03-20.
12. Encyclopedia: Johan Kvandal . . Nils . Grinde . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2009-02-13 . 2017-03-25.
13. Encyclopedia: Marius Müller . . Jon Vidar . Bergan . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2016-04-27 . 2017-03-27.
14. Encyclopedia: Jens Book Jenssen . . Svend Erik Løken . Larsen . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2009-02-13 . 2017-03-10.
15. Encyclopedia: Gunnar Brunvoll . . Bjørn . Simensen . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . no . 2009-02-13 . 2017-05-06.
16. Web site: PERNILLE ANKER er død . Teaternett.no . 2017-03-10.
17. Web site: Gunnar Germeten – Komponist . Norwegian . MIC.no . 2017-03-10.
18. Encyclopedia: Arne Sletsjøe . . Kunnskapsforlaget . Oslo . Norwegian . 2015-09-05 . 2017-03-20.