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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2012 in Norwegian music.

Events

January

25 – Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 25–28).^[1]
27
- Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 27 – February 4).^[2]
- Inga Juuso (vocals) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2012 at Nordlysfestivalen.^[3]

February

1 – The Polarjazz Festival 2012 started in Longyearbyen (February 1 – 5).^{[citation needed]}
2 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 2 – 18).^[4]

March

9 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 9 – 18).^[5]
30 – Vossajazz started in Voss (March 30 – April 2).^[6]
31
- Sigrid Moldestad was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2012.^[7]
- Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work Som Spor at Vossajazz.^[8]

April

25 – SoddJazz 2012 started in Inderøy, Nord-Trøndelag (April 25–29).^[9]

May

5 – Mathias Eick Quintet was recipient of the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2012.^[10]
23
- Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 23 – June 6)^[11]
- Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 2)^[12]

June

14 – Norwegian Wood 2012 started in Oslo, Norway (June 14 – 17).^{[citation needed]}
21 – Bergenfest 2012 started in Bergen (June 21–24).^[13]

July

4 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg (July 4–7).^[14]
7 – Ola Kvernberg was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2012 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.^[15]
16 – Moldejazz started in Molde with Jon Balke as artist in residence (July 16–21).^[16]
17
- Mopti was awarded the JazzIntro 2012.^[17]
- Anja Eline Skybakmoen was awarded the Jazztalent 2012.^[17]
- Albatrosh was awarded the JazZtipendiat 2012.^[17]

August

13
- Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 13–18).^[18]
- Bugge Wesseltoft was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2012 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.^[18]

September

6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6 – 8).^[19]

October

22 – The Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 22 – November 3).^[20]
25 – The Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 25 – 27).^[21]
30 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 30 – November 4).^[22]

November

14 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 14 – 18).^[23]
15 – The 7th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 15 – 18).^[24]

December

11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.^[25]

Albums released

January

27
- The Well by Tord Gustavsen Quartet (ECM Records).^[26]
- Klangkammer 1 by Stian Omenås.^[27]

February

10 – The Death Defying Unicorn by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken (Rune Grammofon).^[28]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Numb, Number	BOL, with Westerhus / Snah	Gigafon		^[29]
16	Wild Dog	Susanna	Rune Grammofon	Produced by Deathprod and Susanna	^[30]

April

27 – Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Rydin Berge.^[31]

May

8 – Reminder by Pixel (Cuneiform Records).^[32]
11
- Cabin Music by Ballrogg^[33]
- Northern Arc by Northern Arc^[34]

June

July

August

27 – Neck of the Woods by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal (Edition Records).^[35]

September

7 – Atlantis by Elephant9, with Reine Fiske (Rune Grammofon).^[36]
14 – Möya Og Myten by Eplemøya Songlag (Anja Eline Skybakmoen, Liv Ulvik, Wenche Losnegård)^[37]

October

14 – Her Name and Mine – The Oslo Recordings by Fredrik Mikkelsen and Pernille Koch (Little Blue Records).^[38]

November

9 – Dream Logic by Eivind Aarset (ECM Records).^[39]
16 – Noctilucent by Espen Berg (Atterklang – AKLANG306).^[40]

December

Unknown date

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A

Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Kvintett.^[41]

B

Mari Kvien Brunvoll by Mari Kvien Brunvoll.^[42]

W

Spinnaker by Winther – Storm.^[43]

New Artists

LidoLido received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2012', for the album Pretty Girls & Grey Sweaters and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.^[44]
Mopti was awarded the 2012 'JazzIntro' by the Norwegian Jazz Associations at the Moldejazz, July 17, 2012.^[45]

Deaths

January

4 – Totti Bergh, jazz saxophonist (born 1935).^[46]
31 – Anders Eikås, rock drummer, Honningbarna (car accident) (born 1992).^[47]

February

13 – Nils Grinde, classical organist, musicologist, and theatre historian (born 1927)^[48]
22 – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz accordionist and pianist (born 1956).^[49]

March

15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull, contemporary classical composer (born 1922).^[50]

April

30 – Finn Benestad, musicologist (born 1929)^[51]

May

13 – Trond Bråthen alias "Trondr Nefas", black metal singer and guitarist, Urgehal (born 1977).^[52]

June

26 – Harry W. Kvebæk, classical trumpeter and academic (born 1925).^[53]

November

3
- Anne-Lise Berntsen, operatic soprano singer (born 1943).^[54]
- Odd Børretzen, author and folk singer, pneumonia (born 1926).^[55]
15 – Frode Thingnæs, jazz trombonist and bandleader, complications from a heart attack (born 1940).^[56]
26 – Per Tveit, classical pianist and composer (born 1951)^[57]

References

^ "Marilyn Mazur til Bodø Jazz Open 2012" (in Norwegian). BodoJazzOpen.no. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "Nordlysfestivalen 2012" (in Norwegian). TromsoBy.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ Matland, Helge (2012-01-30). "Nordlyspris til spellemann Inga Juuso" (in Norwegian). FestivalMagasinet.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ "Kristiansund Opera Festival 2012". MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
^ "Winter festival in Narvik" (in Norwegian). NorwayPost.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
^ "Månadleg arkiv: april 2011" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. Retrieved 2015-04-19.
^ "VOSSA JAZZ-PRISEN 2012 til Sigrid Moldestad" (in Norwegian). Hordaland Fylkeskommune. Archived from the original on 2015-04-22. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ ""Verdensjazz" som bestilt" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ "Soddjazz 2012" (in Norwegian). Inderoy.no. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
^ Andreasen, Guttorm (2012-05-07). "Mathias Eick Quintet wins the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2012". ListenTo.no. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "Festspillene 2012: Omfangsrik 60-årsjubilant" (in Norwegian). Festspillene i Bergen. Archived from the original on April 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ "NATTJAZZ 2012 / 23. mai – 2. juni" (in Norwegian). UnderSkog.no. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ "BERGENFEST 2012" (in Norwegian). MusicFestivalJunkies.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ "Kongsberg Jazzfestival: 4. –7. juli 2012 Kongsberg". Gaffa.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "DNB-prisen til Ola Kvernberg" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. 2014-07-05. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "2012 Artists!" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Jazzprisfestivalen i Molde" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ ^a ^b "Bugge Wesseltoft priset" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 2012-08-14. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
^ "Punkt Festival 2012 Artist: Brian Eno on the Punkt stage" (in Norwegian). Punktfestivalen. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
^ "Ekko Festival 2012". Songkick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Insomnia Festival 2012". Songkick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Oslo World Music Festival 2012". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Blues i Vintermørket 2012". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Barents Jazz 2012". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2012 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
^ "Tord Gustavsen / Tord Gustavsen Quartet – The Well". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
^ "Stian Omenås – Klangkammer 1". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ Kelman, John (2012-03-18). "Motorpsycho And Stale Storlokken Present: The Death Defying Unicorn". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
^ "Bol (2)". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
^ "Susanna – Wild Dog". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
^ "Andrea Kvintett – Russian Dream / Andrea – Andrea Kvintett" (in Norwegian). RadioLudo.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-05-02.
^ Lindsay, Bruce (2012-06-11). "Pixel: Reminder (2012) Track Review". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
^ "Ballrogg – Cabin Music". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ "Northern Arc – Northern Arc". ArtistXite.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ Longley, Martin (2012). "A pristine production from the young Norwegian duo". BBC Review. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
^ "Elephant9 With Reine Fiske – Atlantis". Discography. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ "Eplemöya Songlag – Möya Og Myten". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ "The Oslo Recordings by Her Name and Mine". HerNameAndMine.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
^ "Eivind Aarset – Dream Logic". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ "Espen Berg (2) – Noctilucent". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
^ "Andrea Kvintett, Andrea Rydin Berge – Andrea Kvintett". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "Mari Kvien Brunvoll – Mari Kvien Brunvoll". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
^ "Winther* – Storm* – Spinnaker". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
^ "Vinnerne under Spellemannprisen 2011" (in Norwegian). Hegnar.no. 2012-01-15. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ Brauer, Camilla Slaattun (2012-07-17). "Mopti vant Jazzintro" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
^ Wicklund, Erling (2012-01-04). "Totti Bergh er død". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-16.
^ Trulsen, Ola Nymo; Eriksen, Daniel (2012-01-31). "Honningbarna-trommeslager er død". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-16.
^ Norheim, Øyvind (2014-07-01). "Nils Grinde". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
^ "Eivin One Pedersen" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
^ Red. (2012-03-19). "Edvard Hagerup Bull er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
^ "Finn Benestad". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2012-05-09. Retrieved 2017-04-29.
^ "Urgehal Frontman Trondr Nefas Dies at 35". Loudwire.com. 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ Askheim, Svein (2014-11-21). "Harry William Kvebæk". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2015-12-02. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ Steen, Thea (2012-11-03). "Anne-Lise Berntsen er død". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ Mikkelsen, Maria; Gustavsen, Øyvind; Nordmelan, Jorid (2012-01-03). "Odd Børretzen er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ Staude, Tone; Aune, Oddvin (2012-11-15). "Frode Thingnæs er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
^ Tveitan, Flemming Hofmann (2012-11-27). "Per Tveit er død". Sandefjords Blad (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2017-04-29.

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