Spellemannprisen 1972

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Spellemannprisen 1972 was awarded on Saturday March 3, 1973 at Chateau Neuf in Oslo. This was the very first time Spellemannprisen was awarded and there were 7 winners, and 3 additional special awards. Composer Egil Monn-Iversen and the musical Bør Børson Jr. got the jury's honorary award as the first play in 1972 at The Norwegian Theater. Jens Book-Jenssen got a special award. Philharmonic Company Orchestra won the first award in classical music and has later become the artist to win the most prizes. It has won 8 awards, mostly as Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra.

[edit] Winners

Class	Artist
Female artist	Kirsti Sparboe
Male artist	Erik Bye
Group	Popol Vuh
Classical music	Philharmonic Company Orchestra
Folk music	Birgitte Grimstad
Open class	Einar Schanke
Music for children	Knutsen & Ludvigsen
Special award: The jury's honorary award	Egil Monn-Iversen/Bør Børson Jr.
Special award	Jens Book-Jenssen
And for arranging Spellemannprisen	Sigurd Jansen