1947 in Norwegian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1947 in Norwegian music.

Events

 * Edvard Fliflet Bræin made his debut as an orchestra conductor in Bergen.

Deaths

 * May
 * 23 – Per Kvist, revue writer, entertainer, stage actor, film actor and children's writer (born 1890).


 * June
 * 28 – Per Steenberg, organist and composer (born 1870).

Births

 * 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.