51 Notable alumni of Norwegian Academy of Music
Updated: May 31, 2026 EliteDegrees
Norwegian Academy of Music is ranked #4,524 in the world and #22 in Norway by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 51 notable alumni from Norwegian Academy of Music sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Norwegian Academy of Music won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Lars Ove Fossheim
1986-. (aged 40)
jazz guitarist
jazz musician
Lars Ove Stene Fossheim is a Norwegian jazz guitarist from Volda Municipality, known from bands like Broen, Skadedyr, Snøskred, Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Your Headlights Are On.
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2. Magnus Nergaard
1989-. (aged 37)
composer
jazz musician
Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard is a Norwegian Jazz musician (upright bass & bass guitar), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Mummu, Ronja and Ich Bin N!ntendo.
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3. Asbjørn Lerheim
1977-. (aged 49)
composer
jazz guitarist
musician
Asbjørn Erlend Lerheim is a Norwegian jazz guitarist and music educator.
4. Even Skatrud
1977-. (aged 49)
composer
recording artist
jazz musician
Even Skatrud is a Norwegian jazz musician, composer, arranger, Orchestra leader, and lecturer at the University of Oslo. He is the son of musician Harry Andersen and Marit Skatrud Andersen, married and divorced from singer-artist Anine Kruse Skatrud and son-in-law of the major Norwegian Contemporary composer Bjørn Kruse (b. 1946).
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5. Trude Eick
1969-. (aged 57)
composer
jazz musician
horn player
musician
Trude Eick is a Norwegian musician (French horn and electronics) and composer, known from different forms of music, in which she plays regular repertoire as well as free improvisation. She is the sister of musicians Mathias Eick and Johannes Eick.
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6. Roger Arntzen
1976-. (aged 50)
composer
jazz musician
Roger Arntzen is a Norwegian jazz bassist, known from playing in bands like In the Country (trio), In the Country with Knut Reiersrud and Solveig Slettahjell, Ballrogg, Chrome Hill, One Small Step, John-Kåre Hansen Northern Concept, Ellen Sofie Hovland trio and previously also with Håvard Stubø Trio and the band Østenfor Sol. Through his projects he has worked with downtown...
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7. Steinar Nickelsen
1978-. (aged 48)
jazz musician
Steinar Sønk Nickelsen is a Norwegian jazz musician (Hammond organ and piano) from Bærum, known from several bands and album releases.
8. Jonas Howden Sjøvaag
1978-. (aged 48)
composer
jazz musician
Jonas Howden Sjøvaag is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
9. Jakop Janssønn
1986-. (aged 40)
composer
jazz musician
Jakop Filip Janssønn Hauan is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and electronics).
10. Andreas Wildhagen
1988-. (aged 38)
drummer
Andreas Wildhagen is a Norwegian jazz drummer.
11. Ketil Gutvik
1972-. (aged 54)
composer
jazz guitarist
jazz musician
Ketil Gutvik is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar) known on the Oslo's jazz scene since 1992.
12. Jo Skaansar
1984-. (aged 42)
composer
psychologist
double-bassist
musician
Jo Fougner Skaansar is a Norwegian jazz bassist, composer and clinical psychologist from Lillehammer.
13. Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen
1965-. (aged 61)
musician
Hans-Kristian Kjos Sørensen is a Norwegian percussion and cimbalom player.
14. Christian Skår Winther
1989-. (aged 37)
composer
jazz guitarist
jazz musician
Christian Skår Winther is a Norwegian musician (guitar) and the older brother of jazz drummer Andreas Skår Winther (b. 1991), known from bands like Monkey Plot, Listen to Girl, Ich Bin N!ntendo and Torg.
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15. Malika Makouf Rasmussen
1965-. (aged 61)
guitarist
jazz bassist
music executive
composer
percussionist
Malika Makouf Rasmussen is a Norwegian/Algerian/French composer, musician, music producer, curator and philosopher.
16. Pål Hausken
1980-. (aged 46)
composer
jazz musician
Pål Hausken is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion), most known from bands like the jazz trio In The Country where he plays together with Morten Qvenild and Roger Arntzen, but also for his collaboration with artists like Susanna Wallumrød, Bull of the Year, Zahl and Music for a While together with Tora Augestad.
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17. Yngve Slettholm
1955-. (aged 71)
musicologist
conductor
composer
Yngve Slettholm is a Norwegian cultural executive, politician for the Christian Democratic Party and Salvationist.
18. Ole Jørn Myklebust
1977-. (aged 49)
record producer
composer
jazz musician
Ole Jørn Myklebust is a Norwegian Jazz musician (trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals), educated at the Norges Musikkhøgskole. Known for performing in Subtonic, Køhn/Johansen Sextet, Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble, Østenfor Sol and Dixi, Myklebust has collaborated with Mari Boine and Unni Wilhelmsen. He was born in Eidsdal.
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19. Rolf-Erik Nystrøm
1975-. (aged 51)
saxophonist
composer
musician
Rolf-Erik Nystrøm is a Norwegian saxophonist and composer in the field of contemporary music.
20. Harald Lassen
1987-. (aged 39)
saxophonist
composer
jazz musician
Harald Lassen is a Norwegian jazz musician, songwriter, and bandleader. In addition to being the front man of LASSEN, he has played with several other bands, including DUPLEX, Mopti (with Bendik Baksaas on the album Bits & Pieces), Pixel, and No. 4. Early on, he was drawn to the attention of musicians like drummer Jon Christensen and bassist Arild Andersen.
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21. Ellen Nisbeth
1987-. (aged 39)
violist
musician
Ellen Nisbeth is a Swedish violist. She performed on Britta Byström's CD, "Invisible Cities" and on Ensemble Ernst's CD, "...BUT..." As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation's "Rising Star" program, Nisbeth performed "Tales Of Lost Times" for solo viola by Katarina Leyman and other works by Kaija Saariaho at Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in January 2018.
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22. Sigurd Hole
1981-. (aged 45)
composer
jazz musician
Sigurd Hole is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) from Rendalen living in Oslo.
23. Trygve Waldemar Fiske
1987-. (aged 39)
composer
jazz musician
Trygve Waldemar Fiske is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass), known from different Norwegian jazz bands and recordings.
24. Jo Berger Myhre
1984-. (aged 42)
singer
composer
jazz musician
Jo Berger Myhre is a Norwegian musician who plays upright bass and bass guitars, known from performing with the likes of Splashgirl, Blokk 5, Ingrid Olava, Solveig Slettahjell Slow Motion Quintet and Finland: Grydeland/Qvenild/Hausken/Myhre. As a member of the Nils Petter Molvær Quartet (since 2013) he has contributed to two albums, Switch (2014) and Buoyancy (2016), to the last even...
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25. Lasse Thoresen
1949-. (aged 77)
composer
Lasse Thoresen is a Norwegian composer whose works concentrate on a contemporary transformation of the folk-music traditions of many peoples, especially those of Scandinavia.
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26. Torstein Grythe
1918-2009 (aged 91)
conductor
Torstein Eliot Berg Grythe was a Norwegian choir leader.
27. Knut Aalefjær
1974-. (aged 52)
composer
jazz musician
Knut Aalefjær is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums and percussion), and composer, educated at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is known as an eminent drummer who provide significant contributions in the Helge Lien Trio, the band Geir Lysne Listening Ensemble, with the vocalist Live Maria Roggen, the band of Kristin Asbjørnsen (known from Dadafon, Krøyt, and Nymark Collective), and...
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28. Eivind Opsvik
1973-. (aged 53)
composer
jazz musician
Eivind Opsvik is a Norwegian jazz musician (upright bass) and composer, the son of the Norwegian interior and furniture designer Peter Opsvik.
29. Ellen Brekken
1985-. (aged 41)
singer
composer
jazz musician
Ellen Brekken is a Norwegian jazz musician who plays upright bass, bass guitar, and the tuba. She is also a composer.
30. Lisa Dillan
1969-. (aged 57)
singer
Lisa Dillan is a Norwegian jazz vocalist.
31. Sverre Valen
1925-2023 (aged 98)
conductor
Sverre Valen was a Norwegian choir conductor. He founded and directed Sandefjord Girls Choir (Sandefjord Jentekor), Bel Canto-koret, the Valen Choir (Valen-koret) and Valens Solistensemble, many of which have won awards and toured internationally. He became Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1992.
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32. Frode Haltli
1975-. (aged 51)
composer
jazz musician
Frode Haltli, is a Norwegian accordion player.
33. Madden
1989-. (aged 37)
musician
record producer
Marius Ygre Njølstad, professionally known as Madden, is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and producer. He started his solo career in 2016, when he signed with Warner Music Norway.
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34. Natalie Sandtorv
1988-. (aged 38)
singer
jazz musician
Natalie Sandtorv is a Norwegian jazz musician (vocals, waterphone, harmonium, electronics) married July 29, 2016, to drummer Ole Mofjell, residing in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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35. Maja S. K. Ratkje
1973-. (aged 53)
singer
composer
musician
Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje is a Norwegian vocalist and composer. She plays on vocals and electronics instruments.
36. Anja Eline Skybakmoen
1984-. (aged 42)
singer
composer
jazz musician
Anja Eline Skybakmoen is a Norwegian jazz singer, composer and band leader, the younger sister of guitarist Jonas Skybakmoen, and married 31 July 2014, to the guitarist David Aleksander Sjølie.
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37. Eyolf Dale
1985-. (aged 41)
composer
pianist
jazz musician
university teacher
Eyolf Dale is a Norwegian jazz pianist and composer.
38. Ayumi Tanaka
1986-. (aged 40)
pianist
composer
jazz musician
Ayumi Tanaka is a Japanese pianist and composer, known for numerous albums with Norwegian and international jazz musicians.
39. Lalla Carlsen
1889-1967 (aged 78)
actor
singer
Lalla Carlsen was a Norwegian singer and actress. She was a very popular singer in Norway.
40. Mari Eriksmoen
1983-. (aged 43)
opera singer
performing artist
Mari Eriksmoen is a Norwegian soprano and opera singer with a repertoire including roles for coloratura soprano and lyric soprano
41. Benedikte Kruse
1979-. (aged 47)
singer
actor
jazz musician
Benedikte Shetelig Kruse is a Norwegian singer and actor, daughter of Professor of music, Gro Shetelig Kruse, and the Composer Bjørn Kruse. She is the sister of actress and singers Jannike and Anine Kruse.
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42. Bjørn Kruse
1946-. (aged 80)
composer
professor
Bjørn Howard Kruse is a Norwegian painter and composer. He is also professor of composition at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.
43. Anine Kruse
1977-. (aged 49)
singer
choir director
voice actor
jazz musician
conductor
Anine Susanne Kruse Skatrud is a Norwegian musician and choral conductor, the daughter of Professor of Music Gro Shetelig and the composer Bjørn Kruse, sister of actress and singers Jannike and Benedikte Kruse, and married to trombonist and bandleader Even Skatrud Andersen.
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44. Jens Petter Antonsen
1963-. (aged 63)
musician
Jens Petter Antonsen is a Norwegian musician (trumpet), known studio musician from a large number of recordings and television shows. He is the son of bandleader Odd R. Antonsen, and brother of musicians Ole Edvard and Tom Erik Antonsen.
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45. Tabita Berglund
1989-. (aged 37)
conductor
cellist
musician
Ingrid Tabita Borghild Berglund is a Norwegian conductor and cellist.
46. Aslak Hartberg
1975-. (aged 51)
jazz musician
rapper
Aslak Rakli Hartberg alias Alis, is a Norwegian rapper and bass player, and was the leading figure in the Norwegian hip hop band Klovner i Kamp. He is the brother of cartoonist Flu Hartberg.
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47. Solveig Kringlebotn
1963-. (aged 63)
opera singer
Solveig Kringlebotn, better known outside Norway as Solveig Kringelborn, is an internationally known Norwegian operatic soprano.
48. Ola Gjeilo
1978-. (aged 48)
pianist
composer
classical pianist
Ola Gjeilo is a Norwegian composer and pianist in the United States.
49. Jannike Kruse
1975-. (aged 51)
voice actor
jazz musician
singer
actor
Jannike Kruse is a Norwegian singer, artist and actor. Daughter of Professor and composer Bjørn Howard Kruse and Professor and author Gro Shetelig, sister of Anine and Benedikte Kruse known from the vocal group Pitsj, niece to Philip Antony Kruse and grand child of Colonel Erling Kruse, as well as teacher in music and piano Else Grieg Shetelig.
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50. Arne Nordheim
1931-2010 (aged 79)
composer
film score composer
Arne Nordheim was a Norwegian composer. Nordheim received numerous awards for his compositions, and from 1982 lived in the Norwegian government's honorary residence, Grotten, next to the Royal Palace in Oslo. He was elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary Music in 1997. On 18 August 2006, Arne Nordheim received a doctor honoris causa degree at the...
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51. Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen
1982-. (aged 44)
composer
jazz guitarist
guitarist
jazz musician
Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen is a Norwegian guitarist, vocalist and composer. She is known for a series of album releases and collaborations with musicians like Jon Eberson, Jarle Bernhoft and Hilde Marie Kjersem.
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