1891 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1891 in Nordic music.

Events

• 10 May – Danish composer Carl Nielsen marries fellow Dane, artist and sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy.
• unknown date – Swedish composer marries church musician Nils Peter Norlind.

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Till Mamma af Hugo Julen
• Elfrida Andrée – Organ Symphony in B minor
• Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book V, Opus 54
• Andreas Hallén – I skymningen (At Dusk)
• Carl Nielsen – Five Piano Pieces, Opus 3
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Berceuse
• Amanda Röntgen-Maier –
• Jean Sibelius – Seven Runeberg Songs (first four)

Popular music

• August Ludvig Storm & Johannes Alfred Hultman" – "

Births

• 27 February (Old Style)/15 February – Issay Dobrowen, Russian-Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (died 1953)
• 15 April – Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer (died 1945)
• 19 April – Henrik Adam Due, US-Norwegian violinist (died 1966)
• 30 May – August Schønemann, Norwegian singer, actor and comedian (died 1925)

Deaths

• 8 January – Fredrik Pacius, German-born Finnish conductor and composer (born 1809)
• 3 June – Balduin Dahl, Danish conductor and composer (born 1834)
• 28 April – Cora Nyegaard, Danish composer (born 1812)
• 29 September – Joseph Glæser, German-born Danish organist and composer (born 1809)

See also

• 1891 in Denmark
• 1891 in Norwegian music
• 1891 in Sweden

References