1959 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1959 in Nordic music.

Events

• 29 January – Melodifestivalen, an annual Swedish music competition that determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, is held for the first time, in Stockholm.
• 12 March – The 4th Eurovision Song Contest is held in France. Denmark (5th) and Sweden (9th) are the only Scandinavian countries to compete.
• unknown date – Icelandic new-music collective Musica Nova is founded by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and others.

New works

• Erik Bergman – Aton
• Sven-Erik Bäck – A Game around a Game
• Niels Viggo Bentzon – Piano Sonata No. 7, op. 121

Popular music

• Sven Gyldmark – "", performed by Ib Mossin
• Per Martin Hamberg – ""

New recordings

• Louis Armstrong – Americans in Sweden

Film music

• Sven Gyldmark
• Far til fire pÃ¥ Bornholm
• Vi er allesammen tossede
• Maj Sønstevold – Støv pÃ¥ hjernen

Musical films

• Raggare!, with music by Harry Arnold and others

Births

• 12 January – Per Gessle, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist
• 6 August – Sigurd Køhn Norwegian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer (died 2004)
• 14 September – Morten Harket, Norwegian singer
• 13 December – Staffan William-Olsson, Swedish jazz musician

Deaths

• 2 March – Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (born 1892)
• 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, Danish singer and entertainer (born 1871)
• 21 April – Hakon Andersen, Danish organist and composer (born 1875)
• 30 April – Daniel Andersen, Danish composer, sculptor and ceramist (born 1885)
• 3 June – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1886)
• 21 June – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (born 1885).
• 7 August – Armas Launis, Finnish composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1884)

See also

• 1959 in Denmark

• 1959 in Iceland
• 1959 in Norwegian music
• 1959 in Sweden

References