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 (died 2023). 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 (died 2021). 28 – Gustav Lorentzen, folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen (died 2010).
December 29 – Odd-Arne Jacobsen, guitarist and songwriter.
See also 1947 in Norway Music of Norway
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