2019 in Norwegian music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2019 in Norwegian music.

Events

January

• 10 – The 18th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 10 – 12).^[1]
• 19 – The Oslo Operaball was arranged in Oslo (February 19 – 20).^[2]
• 24 – The 38th annual Djangofestival started on Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway (January 24–26).^[3]
• 25 – The 32nd Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 25 – February 3).^[4]
• 29 – The Barokkfest started in Trondheim (January 29 – February 3).^[5]
• 31
  • The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz started in Bodø, Norway (January 31 – February 2).^[6]
  • The 21st Polarjazz Festival started in Longyearbyen, Svalbard (January 31 – February 3).^[7]

February

• 14 – The 14th Ice Music Festival starts in Geilo, Norway (February 14–16).^[8]
• 20 – The Hemsingfestivalen starts in Aurdal (February 20 – 24).^[9]
• 28 – The Festival started in Oslo (February 28 – March 2).^[10]

March

• 6 – The Borealis Festival starts in Bergen (March 6 – 10).^[11]
• 17 – The 62nd Narvik Winter Festival starts in Narvik (March 17 – 26).^[12]

April

• 12 – The 46th Vossajazz starts in Vossevangen (April 12 – 14).^[13]
• 18 – The Inferno Metal Festival starts in Oslo (April 18–21).^[14]
• 24 – The Nidaros Bluesfestival starts in Trondheim (April 24 – 28).^[15]

May

• 3 – The Balejazz starts in Balestrand (May 3 – 5).^[16]
• 6 – The 30th MaiJazz starts in Stavanger, Norway (May 6 – 12).^[17]
• 8 – The 15th AnJazz, the Hamar Jazz Festival starts at Hamar, Norway (May 8 – 12).^[18]
• 22 – The Festspillene i Bergen starts in Bergen (May 22 – June 5).^[19]
• 24 – The 47th Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 24 – June 1).^[20]

June

• 1 – The National Music Day is arranged in Oslo.^[21]
• 5 – The Hardanger Musikkfest starts in Hardanger (June 5 – 10).^[22]
• 12 – The Bergenfest starts in Bergen (June 12 – 15).^[23]
• 13 – The Norwegian Wood music festival starts in Oslo (June 13 – 15).^[24]
• 14 – The Kråkeslottfestivalen starts in Bøvær, Senja (June 14 – 16).^[25]
• 25 – The Risør kammermusikkfest starts in Risør (June 25 – 30).^[26]
• 25 – The Hove Festival starts in Tromøya (June 28 – 29).^[27]

July

• 3 – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg consert (July 3 – 6).^[28]
• 4 – The 23rd Skånevik Bluesfestival starts in Skånevik, Norway (July 4 – 6).^[29]
• 11 – The 18th Stavernfestivalen starts in Stavern (August 11 – 13).^[30]
• 15 – The Moldejazz starts in Molde (August 15 – 20).^[31]
• 18 – The Bukta Tromsø Open Air Festival starts in Tromsø (August 18 – 20).^[32]
• 24 – The 24th Canal Street Festival starts in Arendal (July 24 – 27).^[33]

August

• 6 – The 20th Øyafestivalen starts in Oslo, Norway (August 6 – 10).^[34]
• 8 – The 33rd Sildajazz starts in Haugesund (August 8 – 9).^[35]
• 11 – The 34th Oslo Jazzfestival starts in Oslo, Norway (August 11 – 17).^[36]

September

• 5 – The 14th Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand (September 5–7).^[37]

October

• 17 – The 37th DølaJazz starts in Lillehammer (October 17 – 20).^[38]

December

Albums released

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	And Then Comes The Nigh	Mats Eilertsen, Harmen Fraanje, Thomas Strønen	ECM		^[39]
8	Dualistic	Dualistic (Bernt Moen, Fredrik Sahlander, Tobias Solbakk)	Losen		^[40]
	Tana	Sverre Gjørvad	Losen		^[41]
	Æ	Anton Eger	Edition	Produced by Petter Eldh and Anton Eger, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	^[42]
22	Quilter	Thomas T Dahl	Losen	Produced by Thomas T Dahl	^[43]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Sucker Punch	Sigrid	Island Records	Produced by Martin Sjølie	^[44]
8	Voyage	Daniel Herskedal	Edition	Produced by Daniel Herskedal, Executive producer Dave Stapleton	^[45]
22	Sounds Of 3 Edition 2	Per Mathisen feat. Ulf Wakenius and Gary Husband	Losen		^[46]

May

See also

• 2019 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019
• Spellemannprisen
• Buddyprisen
• Nordlysprisen
• Edvard Grieg Memorial Award
• Thorgeir Stubø Memorial Award
• Rolf Gammleng Memorial Award
• Radka Toneff Memorial Award

Notes and References

1. Web site: All Ears . All-Ears.no . 2019-01-18.
2. Web site: Oslo Operaball 2019 . Operaballet.no . 2019-01-18.
3. Web site: Djangofestivalen-billetter . Ticketmaster.no . 2019-01-18.
4. Web site: Nordlysfestivalen 25. januar – 3. februar 2019 . . 2019-01-18.
5. Web site: Barokkfest 29. januar – 3. februar 2019 . Barokkfest.no . 2019-01-18.
6. Web site: BJO vinterjazz 31 januar - 02 februar 2019 . Norwegian . . 2019-01-18.
7. Web site: Polarjazz 2019 . . 2019-01-18.
8. Web site: Ice Music Festival Norway returns to the dark, exotic mountains of Finse from Feb 14th to 16th 2019. . . 2019-01-18 . 2018-03-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180308235121/https://www.icemusicfestival.no/ . dead .
9. Web site: Hemsingfestivalen 2019 - 20. til 24 februar . no . Valdres.no . 2019-01-18.
10. Web site: By:Larm 28.02 - 02.03. 2019 Oslo Norway . . 2019-01-18.
11. Web site: Borealis 6.-10. March 2019 . BorealisFestival.no . 2019-01-18 . 2019-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119230758/http://www.borealisfestival.no/nb/ . dead .
12. Web site: Narvik Winter Festival Narvik: 17. Mar - 26. Mar 2017 . NorwayFestivals.com . 2019-01-18.
13. Web site: Vossa Jazz 12. - 14. april 2019 . Norwegian . . 2019-01-18.
14. Web site: Inferno Metal Festival Norway 2019 . . 2019-01-18.
15. Web site: Nidaros Blues 2019 . no . NidarosBlues.no . 2019-01-18.
16. Web site: Balejazz 2019 . no . . 2019-01-18.
17. Web site: Mai:Jazz 06–12 2019 . no . . 2019-01-18.
18. Web site: AnJazz - Hamar Jazzfestival 2019: 8. – 12. mai . no . . 2019-01-18.
19. Web site: Bergen International Festival . . 2019-01-18.
20. Web site: Nattjazz 2019 24. mai - 1. juni . no . . 2019-01-18.
21. Web site: National Music Day Oslo . VisitOslo.com . 2019-01-18 . 2019-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190119174536/https://www.visitnorway.com/places-to-go/fjord-norway/the-stavanger-region/event-stavanger/national-music-day/117491/ . dead .
22. Web site: Velkommen til Hardanger Musikkfest 5. - 10. juni 2019 . no . HardangerMusikkfest.no . 2019-01-18.
23. Web site: Bergenfest 12.-15 juni 2019 . no . . 2019-01-18.
24. Web site: Norwegian Wood 2019 . no . MusicFestivalWizard.com . 2019-01-18 . 2018-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181216031530/https://www.musicfestivalwizard.com/festivals/norwegian-wood-2019/ . dead .
25. Web site: Kråkeslottfestivalen - Bøvær, 14.-16. juni 2019 . no . KulturSlottet.no . 2019-01-18.
26. Web site: Risør Kammermusikkfest 25.-30. juni 2019 . no . Kammermusikkfest.no . 2019-01-18.
27. Web site: Hovefestivalen.no . no . . 2019-01-22.
28. Web site: Kongsberg Jazz Festival 3.-6. juli 2019 . no . . 2019-01-18.
29. Web site: Skånevik Bluesfestival 04.07.2017 - 06.07.2019 . no . FjordHotellet.no . 2019-01-21.
30. Web site: Stavernfestivalen . no . . 2019-01-18.
31. Web site: Moldejazz 15.-20. juli 2019 . no . . 2019-01-18 . 2020-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201028230037/http://www.moldejazz.no/ . dead .
32. Web site: Bukta 18.-20. juli 2019 . no . . 2019-01-22.
33. Web site: Canal Street Arendal 24.-27 juli 2019 . Canalstreet.no . 2019-01-18.
34. Web site: Øyafestivalen 2019 . . 2019-01-22.
35. Web site: SildaJazz 2019 . no . . 2019-01-22 . 2019-01-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190123071728/https://sildajazz.no/program/sildajazz-2019/ . dead .
36. Web site: Oslo Jazz Festival . no . . 2019-01-22.
37. Web site: Punkt Festivalen 5. september 2019 - 7. september 2019 . no . VisitNorway.no . 2019-01-22 . 2019-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190122195846/https://www.visitnorway.no/reisemal/sorlandet/kristiansand/event-kristiansand/punkt-festivalen/46922/ . dead .
38. Web site: Dølajazz – Lillehammer Jazzfestival – 17.-20. oktober 2019 . no . . 2019-01-22.
39. Web site: Mats Eilertsen And Then Comes The Nigh Harmen Fraanje Thomas Strønen . . 2019-01-22.
40. Web site: Dualistic - Dualistic . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
41. Web site: Tana - Sverre Gjørvad . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
42. Web site: Anton Eger - Æ . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
43. Web site: Quilter - Thomas T Dahl . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
44. Web site: Sigrid Announces New Album 'Sucker Punch' . ClashMusic.com . 2019-01-18.
45. Web site: Daniel Herskedal - Voyage . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
46. Web site: Sounds Of 3 Edition 2 - Per Mathisen . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.
47. Web site: Northbound - Eivind Austad Trio . Musical reviews . . 2019-01-16.