The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1958 in Norwegian music.
Events
May The 6th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway.
Deaths
May 28 – Ragnar Steen, guitarist and band leader (born 1904).
January 18 – Maja Flagstad, pianist, choral conductor, and répétiteur (born 1871).
November 4 – Johan Backer Lunde, songwriter, folk poet and revue writer (born 1874). 20 – Arne Svendsen, songwriter, folk poet and revue writer (born 1884).
Births
January 27 – Tellef Øgrim, fretless guitarist, composer, and journalist. 30 – Bjørn Klakegg, jazz guitarist and composer, Needlepoint.
February 5 – Lage Fosheim, singer, The Monroes, (died 2013). 13 – Øivind Elgenes, vocalist, guitarist, and composer, Dance with a Stranger.
March 19 – Anne-Marie Giørtz, vocalist, orchestra conductor, singing teacher.
April 19 – Ragnar Bjerkreim, composer with film scores as his specialty.
May 12 – Ánde Somby, traditional Sami joik artist. 13 – Henning Kvitnes, singer and songwriter.
July 18 – Gabriel Fliflet, vocalist, accordionist, and composer.
August 20 – Marius Müller, guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and record producer (died 1999). 25 – Bjarte Engeset, classical conductor.
September 3 – Lakki Patey, guitarist and inventor.
October 22 – Jan Gunnar Hoff, jazz pianist and composer. 30 – Olav Dale, jazz saxophonist, composer, and orchestra leader (died 2014).
December 26 – Lynni Treekrem, singer and composer.
See also 1958 in Norway Music of Norway
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