; 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==