# 2012 in Norwegian music

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).
* 27
** Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 27 – February 4).
** Inga Juuso (vocals) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2012 at Nordlysfestivalen.

### February

* 1 – The Polarjazz Festival 2012 started in Longyearbyen (February 1 – 5).
* 2 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 2 – 18).

### March

* 9 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 9 – 18).
* 30 – Vossajazz started in Voss (March 30 – April 2).
* 31
** Sigrid Moldestad was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2012.
** Karl Seglem performs the commissioned work Som Spor at Vossajazz.

### April

* 25 – SoddJazz 2012 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 25–29).

### May

* 5 – Mathias Eick Quintet was recipient of the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2012.
* 23
** Festspillene i Bergen starts (May 23 – June 6)
** Nattjazz starts in Bergen (May 23 – June 2)

### June

* 14 – Norwegian Wood 2012 started in Oslo (June 14 – 17).
* 21 – Bergenfest 2012 started in Bergen (June 21–24).

### July

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

### August

* 2 – The 25th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 2 – 5).
* 13
** Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 13–18).
** Bugge Wesseltoft was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2012 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

### September

* 6 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 6 – 8).

### October

* 22 – The Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 22 – November 3).
* 25 – The Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 25 – 27).
* 30 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (October 30 – November 4).

### November

* 14 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 14 – 18).
* 15 – The 7th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 15 – 18).

### December

* 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.

## Albums released
### January

* 27
** The Well by Tord Gustavsen Quartet (ECM Records).
** Klangkammer 1 by Stian Omenås.

### February

* 10 – The Death Defying Unicorn by Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken (Rune Grammofon).

### March

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

### April

* 27 – Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Rydin Berge.

### May

* 8 – Reminder by Pixel (Cuneiform Records).
* 11
** Cabin Music by Ballrogg
** Northern Arc by Northern Arc

### August

* 27 – Neck of the Woods by Marius Neset and Daniel Herskedal (Edition Records).

### September

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

### October

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

### November

* 9 – Dream Logic by Eivind Aarset (ECM Records).
* 16 – Noctilucent by Espen Berg (Atterklang – AKLANG306).

### Unknown date

A
* Andrea Kvintett by Andrea Kvintett.
B
* Mari Kvien Brunvoll by Mari Kvien Brunvoll.
W
* Spinnaker by Winther – Storm.

## 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.
* Mopti was awarded the 2012 'JazzIntro' by the Norwegian Jazz Associations at the Moldejazz, July 17, 2012.

## Deaths
### January

* 4 – Totti Bergh, jazz saxophonist (born 1935).
* 31 – Anders Eikås, rock drummer, Honningbarna (car accident) (born 1992).

### February

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

### March

* 15 – Edvard Hagerup Bull, contemporary classical composer (born 1922).

### April

* 30 – Finn Benestad, musicologist (born 1929)

### May

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

### June

* 26 – Harry W. Kvebæk, classical trumpeter and academic (born 1925).

### November

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