# 2014 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 in Norwegian music.

## Events
### January

* 9 – The 13th All Ears festival started in Oslo (January 9 – 12).
* 16 – Ice Music Festival 2014 started in Geilo (January 16–19).
* 22 – Bodø Jazz Open started in Bodø (January 22–26).
* 24
** Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 24 – February 2).
** Anne-Lise Sollied Allemano (soprano) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2014 at Nordlysfestivalen.
* 30 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (January 30 – February 15).

### February

* 5 – The Polarjazz Festival 2014 started in Longyearbyen (February 5 – 9).

### March

* 14 – Narvik Winter Festival started (March 14 – 23).

### April

* 3 – Tape to Zero started at Victoria, National jazz scene in Oslo (April 3 – 4).
* 11 – Vossajazz started at Voss (April 11–13).
* 12
** Sigbjørn Apeland was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2014.
** Mats Eilertsen performed the commissioned work Rubicon for Vossajazz 2014.
* 16 – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 started in Oslo (April 16–19).
* 23 – SoddJazz 2014 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 23–27).

### May

* 6 – Norway participated at the Eurovision Song Contest (May 6 – 10).
* 21 – The Festspillene i Bergen started (May 21 – June 4).
* 22 – Nattjazz started in Bergen (May 22 – 31)

### June

* 10 – Norwegian Wood 2014 started in Oslo (June 10–14).
* 11 – Bergenfest started in Bergen (June 11–15).
* 21 – Festspillene i Nord-Norge started in Harstad (June 21–28).

### July

* 2 – Kongsberg Jazzfestival started at Kongsberg (July 2–5).
* 5 – Mathias Eick was recipient of the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2014 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.
* 10 – The Stavernfestivalen started in Stavern (July 10–12).
* 14 – Moldejazz started in Molde with Sidsel Endresen as artist in residence (July 14–19).
* 15 – Monkey Plot was awarded the JazzIntro 2014.
* 31 – The 27th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (July 31 – August 3).

### August

* 11 – Oslo Jazzfestival started in Oslo (August 11–16).
* 12 – Odd André Elveland was recipient of the Ella-prisen 2014 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.

### September

* 4 – The Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 4–6).
* 10 – Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo (September 10–20).
* 17 – Nordic Music Days 2014 started in Oslo (September 17–20), hosted by the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival for the Norwegian Society of Composers.

### October

* 17 – The Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 17–25).
* 20 – The Asker Jazz Festival started in Asker Municipality (October 20–26).
* 23 – The Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 23–26).

### November

* 12 – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) started (November 12 – 15).
* 13 – The 9th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 13 – 15).

### December

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

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Fly North | Jan Gunnar Hoff | Losen Records | |
| 10 | Chron | Arve Henriksen | Rune Grammofon | |
| 17 | Extended Circle | Tord Gustavsen Quartet | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| 27 | Valencia | Hildegunn Øiseth | Losen Records | |

### February

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 7 | Acres Of Blue | Espen Berg | Atterklang | AKLANG308 | |

### March

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 7 | Behind The Sun | Motorpsycho with Reine Fiske | Rune Grammofon | | |
| 28 | Maelstrom | Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses | Rune Grammofon | | |

### April

| Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| 7 | Chet På Norsk / Ei Som Deg | Baker Hansen | NorCD |
| 11 | Enfant Terrible | Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Rune Grammofon |
| 25 | Lion | Marius Neset | ACT Music |

### May

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 16 | Forever Young | Jacob Young | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |

### August

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 15 | Touchstone For Manu | Manu Katché feat. Jan Garbarek, Tomasz Stanko, Tore Brunborg, Nils Petter Molvær, Mathias Eick, Trygve Seim | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |
| 22 | The Nature Of Connections | Arve Henriksen | Rune Grammofon | | |

### September

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 19 | Som Spor | Karl Seglem | NorCD | | |

### October

| Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| 3 | Universal Cycle | Eple Trio | Shipwreckords |
| 17 | Innocent Play | Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet | Ponca Jazz Records |
| 17 | Skogenes Sang | In the Country & Frida Ånnevik | Grappa Music |
| 24 | Lumen Drones | Lumen Drones (Nils Økland, Per Steinar Lie, Ørjan Haaland) | ECM |
| 24 | A Passion For John Donne | Ketil Bjørnstad | ECM Records |
| 24 | World Of Glass | Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen | All Ice Records |

### November

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Kryssande | Gisle Torvik and Hardanger Big Band | NorCD | |
| 7 | Bonita | Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus | Rune Grammofon | |
| 7 | Night Owl | Albatrosh | Rune Grammofon | |
| 10 | Trademark | Christer Fredriksen | Losen Records | |
| 21 | Diving | Ellen Andrea Wang | Propeller Recordings | |
| 24 | Lumen Drones | Lumen Drones (Ørjan Haaland, Nils Økland, Per Steinar Lie) | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| 28 | Feeling // Emotion | Kristoffer Eikrem & Kjetil Jerve | NorCD | |

### December

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 5 | Den Tredje Dagen | Parallax | NorCD | | |

### Unknown date

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## New Artists

* Emilie Nicolas received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2014', for the album Like I’m A Warrior and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.
* Monkey Plot was awarded the 2014 JazzIntro at the Moldejazz, July 15, 2014.

## Deaths
### January

* 6 – Thor Hilmersen, rock guitarist (born 1946).
* 15
** Per Eirik Johansen, rock singer and music manager (born 1959)
** Aage Teigen, jazz trombonist (born 1944)

### May

* 23 – Per Gunnar Jensen, pop singer (born 1928)

### August

* 15 – Svein Nymo, traditional folk violinist and composer (born 1953).
* 19 – Kåre Kolberg, contemporary classical composer (born 1936).
* 23 – Inga Juuso, yoiker, Sami singer, and actress (born 1945).
* 29 – Jan Groth, rock singer (Aunt Mary, Just 4 Fun), cancer (born 1946).

### October

* 10 – Olav Dale, jazz saxophonist, composer, and orchestra leader (born 1958).
* 22 – Almar Heggen (81), opera singer (born 1933).

### December

* 8 – Knut Nystedt, contemporary classical composer (born 1915).
* 12 – John Persen, Sami composer (born 1941).