1947 in Norwegian music
# 1947 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1947 in Norwegian music.

## Events

* Edvard Fliflet Bræin made his debut as an orchestra conductor in Bergen.

## Deaths

### May

* 23 – Per Kvist, revue writer, entertainer, stage actor, film actor and children's writer (born 1890).

### June

* 28 – Per Steenberg, organist and composer (born 1870).

## Births

### January

* 24 – Øystein Sunde, folk singer and guitarist.

### February

* 9 – Ole Paus, folk singer and guitarist.
* 15 – Wenche Myhre, singer and actress.
* 19 – Øystein Dolmen, singer and songwriter, Knutsen & Ludvigsen.

### March

* 4 – Jan Garbarek, jazz saxophonist and composer.
* 29 – Aage Kvalbein, cellist and professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music.
* 30 – Terje Venaas, jazz upright bassist.
* 31 – Kjell Mørk Karlsen, composer and organist.

### April

* 1 – Fred Nøddelund, jazz flugelhornist and band leader (died 2016).
* 30 – Finn Kalvik, singer and songwriter.

### May

* 1 – Gunnar Germeten Jr., composer (died 1999).
* 9 – Pernille Anker, actor and singer (died 1999).

### June

* 13 – Ketil Haugsand, harpsichordist and conductor.

### July

* 3 – Grethe Kausland, singer, performer and actress (died 2007).

### August

* 2 – Ruth Bakke, organist and composer.
* 23 – Terje Rypdal, guitarist and composer.

### September

* 25 – Torhild Staahlen, operatic mezzo-soprano at Norwegian National Opera.
* 28 – Gustav Lorentzen, folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen (died 2010).

### December

* 29 – Odd-Arne Jacobsen, guitarist and songwriter.
