1956 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1956 in Nordic music.

Events

• 24 May – The first-ever Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Switzerland. There is no representation from Scandinavian countries, but Danish radio broadcasts the event.
• 13 June – Jean Sibelius meets the British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent in Helsinki, and the two are photographed together.
• unknown date – Lars-Erik Larsson begins playing in the Swedish Radio Big Band.

New works

• Erik Bergman – Simbolo
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Concertino for Violin
• Bo Nilsson – Zwei Stücke, for flute, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion
• Alan Petterson – Symphony No 3
• Hilding Rosenberg – Lento per orchestra d'archi
• Dag Wirén – Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and violoncello

Popular music

• Kai Gullmar & Hasse Ekman – "I Heidelberg"

Film music

• HÃ¥kan von Eichwald – Flickan i frack
• Sven Gyldmark – Flintesønnerne
• Erland von Koch – SÃ¥ngen om den eldröda blomman
• Ulrik Neumann, Svend Asmussen & Arvid Muller – Kispus

Births

• 15 February – Nils Landgren, Swedish jazz trombonist
• 13 March – John Frandsen, Danish composer
• 14 June – King Diamond, Danish heavy metal vocalist
• 6 July – Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter
• 8 September – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz accordionist and pianist (died 2012)
• 24 November – Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer (died 2015)

Deaths

• 27 January – Harald Heide, Norwegian violinist, conductor, and composer (born 1876)
• 4 February – Peder Gram, Danish organist and composer (born
• 25 March – Sam Rydberg, Swedish military musician and composer (born 1885)
• 20 December – Hildur Andersen, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1864)

See also

• 1956 in Denmark
• 1956 in Finland
• 1956 in Iceland
• 1956 in Norwegian music
• 1956 in Sweden

References