1949 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1949 in Nordic music.

Events

• 24 March – Gösta Nystroem's Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No 3) receives its première at Gothenburg Concert Hall.
• unknown date – Tromsø University's Department of Traditional Music is established by Arnt Bakke.

New works

• Erik Bergman – Intervalles
• Vagn Holmboe
• String Quartet No. 2
• Cantata No. 7
• Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 Søstormen, BVN 375
• Allan Pettersson – Violin Concerto No. 1
• Johnny Schönning – Donky-Fugue
• Fartein Valen – Symphony No.4, Op. 43

Popular music

• Åke Grönberg – ""
• Reino Helismaa – ""

Film music

• Hugo Alfvén – Singoalla
• Johnny Bode – Åsa-Nisse

Births

• 9 March – Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer
• 2 September – Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainerand broadcaster (died 2017)
• 19 December – Sebastian, Danish singer

Deaths

• 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, Swedish church musician and composer (born 1886)
• 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (born 1881)
• 13 November – Magna Lykseth-Skogman, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1874)

See also

• 1949 in Denmark

• 1949 in Iceland
• 1949 in Norwegian music
• 1949 in Sweden

References