1938 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1938 in Nordic music.

Events

• 18 January – Finnish singer Jukka Ahti and his wife are arrested by Soviet authorities.
• unknown dates
• Edgar Hayes and his jazz orchestra tour Sweden.
• Swedish trumpeter Thore Ehrling forms his own band.

New works

• Jacob Gade – Københavnerliv
• Uuno Klami – Symphony No. 1
• Ingemar Liljefors – Five studies for piano

Popular music

• Jules Sylvain & Karl Gerhard – "Jag är ett bedÃ¥rande barn av min tid"

Births

• 13 January – Paavo Heininen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 2022)
• 23 March – Berit Kullander, Norwegian singer, dancer and actress
• 23 April – Roland Cedermark, Swedish accordionist (died 2020)
• 9 June – Eje Thelin, Swedish jazz trombonist (died 1990)
• 17 June – Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (died 1990)
• 16 July – Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic pianist, conductor and composer (died 2013)
• 18 July – Povl Dissing, Danish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer (died 2022)
• 24 August – Rami Sarmasto, Finnish musician and actor (died 1965)
• 21 September – Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Icelandic composer (died 2019)

Deaths

• 26 February – Jukka Ahti, Finnish-born singer, songwriter and actor (born 1897; executed)
• 30 April – Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1852)
• 14 June – Thekla Hofer, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1852)
• 2 August – Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic priest, organist and collector of folk songs (born 1861)
• 18 September – Ole Hjellemo, Norwegian musician and composer (born 1873)
• 4 December – Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (born 1865)

See also

• 1938 in Denmark

• 1938 in Iceland
• 1938 in Norwegian music
• 1938 in Sweden

References