1918 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1918 in Nordic music.

Events

• February – Jean Sibelius's home in Ainola is twice searched by Finland's Red Guards. His family is subsequently escorted to Helsinki as a result of the intervention of Robert Kajanus.
• 1 May – Composer Toivo Kuula is mortally wounded by a gunshot during an incident at the Hotel Seurahuone, Viipuri, during the Finnish Civil War.
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• The Swedish Society of Composers is founded, with Natanael Berg as its first president.
• Carl Nielsen's daughter Anne Marie marries Hungarian violinist Emil Telmányi, who promotes Nielsen's music throughout the world.

New works

• Leevi Madetoja – Symphony No. 2
• Carl Nielsen – Pan and Syrinx
• Jean Sibelius – Oma maa

Popular music

• Felix Körling – "Ett gammalt fult och elakt troll det var en gÃ¥ng"

Births

• 22 March – Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish composer (died 1980)
• 3 April – Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor (died 2005)
• 17 May – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (died 2005)
• 21 July – Vidar Sandbeck, folk singer, composer, and writer (died 2005).
• 17 September – Berit Brænne, Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter (died 1976).
• 26 October – Eric Ericson, Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (died 2013)
• 16 November – Finn Ludt, pianist, composer and music critic (died 1992)
• 24 November – Torstein Grythe, Norwegian choir leader (died 2009)
• 7 December – Jórunn Viðar, Icelandic pianist and composer (died 2017)

Deaths

• 1 March – Emil Sjögren, Swedish organist and composer (born 1853)
• 1 April – Karl Valentin, Swedish composer (born 1853)
• 18 May – Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer (born 1883)
• 20 May – , Swedish pianist and composer (born 1851)
• 10 November – Frants Beyer, Norwegian tax inspector and composer (born 1851)
• 3 December – Anders Heyerdahl, Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector (born 1832)

See also

• 1918 in Denmark
• 1918 in Finland
• 1918 in Iceland
• 1918 in Norwegian music
• 1918 in Sweden

References