1927 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1927 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 4 January – In a letter to his wife, Carl Nielsen writes that he has only 8-10 days "to write an overture to mark a big Faroese gala at the Royal Theatre supported by the State..." The occasion is later postponed until November 1927.
• 31 July – Kurt Atterberg's incidental music for Shakespeare's Julius Caesar is broadcast on Sveriges Radio. ^[1]
• December – Eric Bengtson becomes music director at the Svensk Filmindustri in Stockholm. ^[2]
• unknown date – At the Nordic Music Festival in Stockholm, Hilding Rosenberg’s first violin concerto is premièred by Tobias Wilhelmi. ^[3]

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Julius Caesar (incidental music) ^[1]
• Carl Nielsen – An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands ^[4]
• Jean Sibelius – Vapaamuurareiden rituaalimusiikkia ^[5]

Popular music

• Helge Lindberg & Gösta Stevens – "De' ä' grabben med chokla' i" ^[6]

Births

• 10 May – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian classical pianist (died 2006). ^[7]
• 11 July – Herbert Blomstedt, US-born Swedish conductor^{[ citation needed ]}
• 14 July – Max Brüel, Danish jazz pianist and saxophonist (died 1995) ^[8]
• 5 October – Karin Langebo, Swedish operatic soprano and harpist (died 2019) ^[9]
• 28 November – Gullan Bornemark, Swedish musician, lyricist and composer^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 4 February – Thomas Laub, Danish organist and composer (born 1852) ^[10]
• 10 February – Laura Netzel, Swedish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1839) ^[11]
• 23 February – Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Icelandic composer (born 1847) ^[12]
• 1 October – Wilhelm Harteveld, Swedish composer and musicologist (born 1859) ^[13]
• 4 November – Ole Olsen, Norwegian organist, composer, conductor and military musician (born 1850) ^[14]
• 20 November – Wilhelm Stenhammar, Swedish pianist conductor and composer (born 1871) ^[15]
• 24 December – Helmer Alexandersson, Swedish violinist and composer (born 1886) ^[16]

See also

• 1927 in Denmark
• 1927 in Iceland
• 1927 in Norwegian music
• 1927 in Sweden

References

1. "Julius Caesar". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
2. "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
3. "Tobias Wilhelmi (1885−1944)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
4. "arl Nielsen Edition - Prefaces and Critical Commentaries". Royal Danish Library. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
5. Fabian Dahlström (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Breitkopf & Härtel. pp. 473–483. ISBN   3-7651-0333-0.
6. Nordiska Museets och Skansens Årsbok. Fataburen (in Swedish). Nordiska museet. 1968. p. 145.
7. Habbestad, Ida (5 September 2006). "Eva Knardahl er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
8. A Perspective of Modern Scandinavian Architecture. Process Architecture Publishing Company. 1977. p. 254.
9. Grosjean, Alexia (25 September 2022). "Karin Hillevi Langebo". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
10. Jensen, Niels Martin (20 January 2001). "Laub, Thomas". Grove Music Online.
11. "Laura Netzel (1839−1927)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
12. "Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
13. "Wilhelm Harteveld (1859−1927)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
14. Gundersen, Egil Arnt. "Ole Olsen". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
15. "Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871−1927)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
16. "Helmer Alexandersson (1886−1927)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 May 2025.