23 Norwegian conductors (music)

Eyvind Alnæs was a Norwegian composer, pianist, organist and choir director.

Karsten Anker Andersen was a Norwegian conductor.

Tora Karen Elisabeth Augestad is a Norwegian mezzosoprano, musical conductor and actor. One of Norway's most established classical singers, she focuses on jazz, musical theater, contemporary music, and cabaret. Her stage debut was the lead role in "Annie" in 1994, and won the Norwegian talent competition in 1993 at TV 2. Augestad has received Spellemannprisen and other awards for her albums. She is a frequent collaborator of Norwegian composer Marcus Paus.

Issay Alexandrovich Dobrowen, born Itschok Zorachovitch Barabeitchik, was a Russian/Soviet-Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor. He left the Soviet Union in 1922 and became a Norwegian citizen in 1929.

Catharinus Elling was a Norwegian music teacher, organist, music critic and composer. He was also a folk music collector and the author of a number of books.

Bjarne Ivar Fiskum is a Norwegian violinist, conductor and pedagogue.

Øivin Fjeldstad was a Norwegian conductor and violinist. Fjeldstad was artistic director and principal conductor of the Oslo Philharmonic from 1962 to 1969.

Olaus Andreas Grøndahl was a Norwegian conductor, singing teacher and composer. The music journalist Cecilie Dahm described him as "... a central figure in Norway's choral movement". His best known work was Foran Sydens Kloster, a cantata for male choir. He also conducted the first performances of several choral works by Edvard Grieg.

Torstein Eliot Berg Grythe was a Norwegian choir leader.

Olav Gurvin was a Norwegian musicologist, a professor at the University of Oslo from 1957. He co-edited the first Norwegian music encyclopedia in 1949, and edited the magazine Norsk Musikkliv from 1942 to 1951.

Johan Halvorsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist.

Iver Paul Fredrik Holter was a Norwegian composer. He was conductor and music director of the Oslo Philharmonic for a quarter century.

Gustav Fredrik Lange was a Norwegian violinist, violin teacher, theory teacher, and composer. During his time, was considered one of Norway's best in his field.

Sigurd Lie was a Norwegian composer and conductor.

Bjørn Moe is a Norwegian conductor. He is an associate professor at the Department for Music at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and has since 1973 been conductor of Nidaros Cathedral Boys' Choir. He started as a boy soprano in the choir at the age of 8, and has later sung both tenor and bass. In 2002 Bjørn Moe was awarded HM The King's Medal of Merit in gold for his work with the choir.

Karl Nissen was a Norwegian pianist, teacher, music journalist, and conductor.

Nils Økland is a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player known as a bridge builder between contemporary music and folk music, and the brother of the musician Torbjørn Økland.

Ole Olsen was a Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician.

Kåre Siem was a Norwegian musician and writer.

Johan Severin Svendsen was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania, Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and the Romance for violin, as well as a number of Norwegian Rhapsodies for orchestra. At one time Svendsen was an intimate friend of the German composer Richard Wagner.

Waldemar Thrane was a Norwegian composer, violinist and conductor.

Sverre Valen is a Norwegian retired choir conductor. He founded and directed Sandefjord Girls Choir, 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.

Torolf Voss was a Norwegian conductor and composer.