; February •
20 –
Halvor Haug, composer. •
22 –
Soon-Mi Chung, violinist, viola player, and musical director. ; April •
9 –
Magnar Åm, composer •
25 –
Ketil Bjørnstad, pianist, composer and author ; May •
3 –
Henning Sommerro, pianist, composer, and professor at
NTNU. ; June •
6 –
Kjell Samkopf, drummer and composer. •
12 –
Bent Patey, guitarist, composer and writer. •
14 –
Trond-Viggo Torgersen, physician, broadcaster, television host, comedian, singer, and songwriter. •
19 –
Sidsel Endresen, jazz vocalist, composer and actor. •
25 –
Radka Toneff, jazz singer (died
1982). ; August •
11 –
Finn Sletten, jazz drummer ; September •
9 –
Per Jørgensen, jazz trumpeter ; October •
3 –
Øyvind Rauset, artist, musician and composer. ; November •
8 –
Carl Haakon Waadeland, musicologist and drummer •
28 –
Ole Thomsen, jazz guitarist ; December •
16 –
Jon Laukvik, organist ==See also==