The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1982 in Norwegian music.

Events

April

• 2 – The 9th Vossajazz started in Voss, Norway (April 2 – 4).^[1]

May

• 26 – 10th Nattjazz started in Bergen, Norway (May 26 – June 9).^[2]

June

• 27 – The 13th Kalvøyafestivalen started at Kalvøya near by Oslo.

Albums released

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A

Arild Andersen

• Lifelines (ECM Records)^[3]

G

Jan Garbarek

• Paths, Prints (ECM Records), with Bill Frisell, Eberhard Weber, and Jon Christensen^[4]
• Trip to Prillarguri (Soul Note Records), with George Russell Sextet^[5]

Haakon Graf

• Hideaway (Strawberry Records) with Jon Christensen and Sveinung Hovensjø^[6]

K

Karin Krog

• Two Of A Kind (Four Leaf Records) with Bengt Hallberg^[7]

Bjørn Kruse / Olav Berg / Nils Henrik Asheim / Kjell Samkopf

• Contemporary Music From Norway (Four Leaf Records) with The Norwegian Contemporary Music Ensemble^[8]

N

Lillebjørn Nilsen

• Original Nilsen (Studio B Records)^[9]

R

Inger Lise Rypdal

• Kontakt (Talent Records)^[10]

T

Radka Toneff

• Fairytales (Odin Records) with Steve Dobrogosz^[11]

Deaths

October

• 21 – Radka Toneff, jazz singer (born 1952).^[12]

November

• 27 – Jonas Brunvoll, Jr., operatic singer and actor (born 1920).^[13]

Births

January

• 1 – Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød, jazz drummer.
• 19 – Maria Solheim, singer and songwriter.

February

• 4 – Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen, jazz guitarist, vocalist, and composer.
• 12 – Øyvind Hegg-Lunde, jazz drummer and percussionist.
• 13 – Even Helte Hermansen, jazz guitarist

March

• 8 – Isak Strand, drummer and electronica artist, Me At Sea.
• 9 – Gunnar Greve, talent manager, A&R, producer, songwriter, record executive nad vocalist.
• 27 – Admiral P, singer, songwriter, and reggae artist.

April

• 2 – Daniel Herskedal, jazz tubist and composer.
• 9 – Øyvind Skarbø, drummer and composer.
• 21 – Ørjan Hartveit, classical baritone singer.

June

• 14 – Anders Jektvik, singer, songwriter and guitarist.
• 28 – Simen Aanerud, musician and inventor.

July

• 6 – Petter Vågan, guitarist, singer, and composer.
• 27 – Kristin Minde, pop singer and pianist.

August

• 7 – Anders Hana, jazz guitarist and composer.

September

• 5 – Sondre Lerche, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

November

• 6 – Torbjørn Schei, black metal singer and songwriter.
• 24 – Therese Birkelund Ulvo, contemporary composer and music producer.
• 29 – Marthe Valle, singer and songwriter.

December

• 17 – Stephan Meidell, guitarist and composer.

Unknown date

• Håvard Lothe, vocalist and guitarist.