1941 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1941 in Norwegian music.

Events

Deaths

January

• 27 – Iver Holter, musician and band leader, Norwegian Army Band (born 1850).^[1]

December

• 3 – Christian Sinding, composer (born 1856).^[2]
• 24 – Godtfred Pedersen, organist and composer (born 1911).^[3]
• 31 – Sigwardt Aspestrand, composer (born 1856).^[4]

Births

February

• 24 – Kari Onstad, singer and actress.

July

• 31 – Frøydis Ree Wekre, professor of horn and wind chamber music (Norwegian Academy of Music).

August

• 6 – Svein Christiansen, jazz drummer (died 2015).^[5]

October

• 2 – Gro Sandvik, classical flautist.

November

• 9 – John Persen, Sami composer (died 2014).^[6]

Unknown date

• Carl Høgset, choral conductor.

See also

• 1941 in Norway
• Music of Norway

References