2010 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2010 in Norwegian music.

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Arve Henriksen at the Moers Festival.

Paolo Vinaccia at the Moers Festival.

Terje Rypdal at the Moers Festival.

The Pink Robots at by:larm.

Events

January

• 29
  • Nordlysfestivalen started in Tromsø (January 29 – February 6).^[1]
  • Bodvar Moe (bass) was awarded the Nordlysprisen 2010 at Nordlysfestivalen.^[2]

February

• 3 – The Polarjazz Festival 2010 started in Longyearbyen (February 3–7).^[3]
• 4 – Kristiansund Opera Festival opened (February 4–20).^[4]

March

• 26 Vossajazz started in Voss (April 26–28).^[5]
• 27 Stein Urheim was awarded Vossajazzprisen 2010.^[6]
• 27 Karin Krog and John Surman performs the commissioned work Songs about this and that for Vossajazz 2010.^[7]

April

• 28
  • Bergenfest 2010 started in Bergen (April 28 – May 1).^[8]
  • SoddJazz 2010 started in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag (April 28 – May 2).^[9]

May

• 26
  • The start of Bergen International Music Festival Festspillene i Bergen 2010 (May 26 – June 7).^[10]
  • Nattjazz 2010 started in Bergen (May 26 – June 5).^[11]
• 29 – Eurovision Song Contest 2010 was held at Telenor Arena, Bærum Municipality. The two semi finals took place on 25 and 27 May. The 2010 winner was Germany.

June

• 10 – Norwegian Wood 2010 started in Oslo, Norway (June 10 – 13).^{[citation needed]}

July

• 19 – Moldejazz started in Molde (July 19–24).^[12]

August

• 5 – The 23th Notodden Blues Festival started in Notodden (August 5 – 8).^[13]
• 11 – Sildajazz starts in Haugesund (August 11–15).^[14]
• 16 – Oslo Jazzfestival started (August 16 – 22).^[15]

September

• 2 – Punktfestivalen started in Kristiansand (September 2–4).^[16]

October

• 15
  • The Ekkofestival started in Bergen (October 15 – 23).^{[citation needed]}
  • The Insomnia Festival started in Tromsø (October 15 – 24).^[17]

November

• 2 – The Oslo World Music Festival started in Oslo (November 2 – 7).^[18]
• 11 – The 5th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival started (November 11 – 14).^[19]

December

• 11 – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert was held at Telenor Arena.^[20]

Albums released

January

• 11 – I.S. by Tore Johansen featuring Steve Swallow (Inner Ear).^[21]
• 18 – Heavy Metal Fruit by Motorpsycho (Stickman Records, Rune Grammofon).^[22][23]

February

March

• 1 – Just What the World Needs by Mads Eriksen (MTG Music).^[24]

April

• 16 – Crime Scene by Terje Rypdal & Bergen Big Band (ECM Records).^[25]
• 19 – Live Extracts by Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra (ECM Records).^[26]

May

June

July

• 6 – Kvelertak by Kvelertak^[27]

August

September

• 20 – Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble: Officium Novum (ECM Records)

October

• 19 – Norwegian Song 3 by Dag Arnesen (Losen Records)^[28]

November

• 1 – Synlige Hjerteslag by Frida Ånnevik^[29]

December

• 16 – License To Chill by keyboardist Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik Smith (Nordic Records).^[30]

Unknown date

#

A

• Atomic – Theater Tilters Vol 1.^[31]
• Atomic – Theater Tilters Vol 2.^[32]

E

• Eple Trio – In The Clearing / In The Cavern.^[33]

H

• Daniel Herskedal – City Stories.^[34]

New Artists

• Kvelertak received the Spellemannprisen award, as 'Best newcomer of the year 2010', for the album Kvelertak and was with that also recipient of the Gramo grant.^[35]
• Ferner/Juliusson was awarded the 2010 JazzIntro at the Moldejazz, Luly 21, 2010.^[36]

Deaths

January

• 26 – Dag Frøland, comedian, singer and variety artist (born 1945).^[37]

February

• 10 – Kjell Solem, pop musician (born 1950)^[38][39]

March

• 4 – Amalie Christie, classical pianist (born 1913).^[40]

April

• 21 – Gustav Lorentzen, folk singer and entertainer in Knutsen & Ludvigsen, Cardiac arrest (born 1947).^[41]

May

• 30 – Kristian Bergheim, jazz saxophonist (born 1926).^[42]

June

• 5 – Arne Nordheim, contemporary classical experimental composer (born 1931).^[43]

July

• 15 – Knut Stensholm, rock drummer, Sambandet (born 1954).^[44]
• 23 – Willy Bakken, guitarist and popular culture writer (born 1951).^[45]

September

• 14 – Alf Kjellman, jazz saxophonist (born 1938).^[46]

October

• 5 – Jack Berntsen, philologist, songwriter and folk singer (born 1940).^[47]

See also

• 2010 in Norway
• Music of Norway
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

References

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2. "Nordlysprisen 2010!" (in Norwegian). Høgskolen i Nesna. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
3. "Polarjazz 2010". MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
4. "Kristiansund Opera Festival 2010". MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
5. "Vossa Jazz 2010" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
6. "STEIN & MARI`S DAYDREAM COMMUNITY Stein Urheim, Mari Kvien Brunvoll, Hans Olav Molde. Jazzland". MDT.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
7. "Krog og Surman klare på Voss" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
8. Slater, Luke (2010-05-13). "Bergenfest 2010: The DiS review". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
9. "Soddjazz 2010" (in Norwegian). Soddjazz.no. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
10. "Festspillene åpnet" (in Norwegian). Kongehuset.no. 2010-05-26. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
11. Mosnes, Terje (2010-06-06). "Nattjazz-suksess i Bergen" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
12. "Moldejazz 19–24 Juli 2010" (in Norwegian). Moldejazz. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
13. "Tidligere plakater" [Previous posters] (in Norwegian). Stiftelsen Notodden Blues Festival. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
14. "Sildajazz 2010" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
15. "Oslo Jazz Festival 2010". MIC.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
16. "Punktfestivalen 2. – 4. september 2010 i Kristiansand" (in Norwegian). VisitSorlandet.Blogspot.no. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
17. "Insomnia Festivalen 2010". Driv.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
18. "Oslo World Music Festival 2010". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
19. "Barents Jazz 2010". MIC.no. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
20. "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2010 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
21. "Tore Johansen (3) Feat. Steve Swallow – I.S." Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
22. "Rune Grammofon News". Rune Grammofon. 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
23. "Stickman Records". Stickman Records. Archived from the original on 2011-10-07. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
24. "Mads Eriksen – Just What The World Needs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-23.
25. "Terje Rypdal – Crime Scene". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
26. Kelman, John (2012-06-29). "Eivind Aarset & The Sonic Codex – Live Extracts". All About Jazz. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
27. "Kvelertak – Kvelertak". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
28. Mosnes, Terje (2010-10-28). ""Norwegian Song 3" i fin, ny stil" (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
29. "Frida Ånnevik – Synlige Hjerteslag". Tigernet.no. Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2015-04-30.
30. "Haakon Graf – License To Chill". NordicRecords.no. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
31. "Atomic (2) – Theater Tilters Vol. 1". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
32. "Atomic (2) – Theater Tilters Vol. 2". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
33. "Eple Trio – In The Clearing / In The Cavern". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
34. "Daniel Herskedal". NorCD. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
35. "Kvelertak" (in Norwegian). MorgendagensHelter.no. Archived from the original on 2014-08-30. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
36. Nedrelid, Ole Albrekt (2010-07-21). "Jazzintro 2010" (in Norwegian). JazzINorge.no. Retrieved 2015-04-22.
37. Johansen, Øystein David; Pettersen, Jonas (2010-01-26). "Revykongen Dag Frøland er død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
38. Gisnås, Lars (11 February 2010). "Kjell Solem". Adresseavisen (in Norwegian). p. 38.
39. "Minneord: En reiselivsambassadør er gått bort" (in Norwegian). Boarding.no. 2010-02-16. Archived from the original on 2018-04-02. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
40. "Amalie Christie". Store Norske Leksikon. 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
41. Furberg, Kristoffer (2010-04-21). "Gustav Lorentzen døde av hjertestans". Adresseavisa (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
42. Hansen, Jan Ditlev (2010-06-08). "Kristian Bergheim in memoriam" (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2017-03-18.
43. "Composer Nordheim dead at 78" (in Norwegian). NewsInEnglish.no. 2010-06-06. Retrieved 2015-05-04.
44. Smevoll, Vegard (2010-07-20). "- Det er veldig trist". Adresseavisa (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
45. "Rockearkeologen Willy B. er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
46. "Kjellman, Alf (Erling)" (in Norwegian). 2016-06-16. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
47. Berg, Vidar (2010-10-05). "Jack Berntsen døde tirsdag". Avisa Nordland (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2016-02-21.