1930 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1930 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• June – Carl Nielsen begins work on his final composition, Commotio . ^[1]
• June – The Althing Festival, commemorating the millennium of the Icelandic Althing, is held in Thingvellir and includes the first performance of Páll Ísólfsson’s Althing Festival Cantata. Jón Leifs decides not to submit his (as yet unfinished) work to the competition; his work, Þjóðhvöt, is premiered at a festival in Greifswald later that year. ^[2]
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  • The Reykjavik College of Music (Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík) is founded by Páll Ísólfsson. ^[3]
  • Julius Röntgen publishes his biography of his friend, Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. ^[4]
  • Ture Rangström loses his job as a critic on Stockholms Dagblad. ^[5]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Natt ^[6]
• Jón Leifs – Organ Concerto ^[7]
• Jón Leifs - Þjóðhvöt ^[8]
• Jean Sibelius
  • 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.115 ^[9]
  • 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.116 ^[10]
  • Karelia's Fate ^[11]
• Páll Ísólfsson - Althingi Festival Cantata ^[12]

Popular music

• Hiski Salomaa – "Lännen lokari" ^[13]

Film music

• Eric Bengtson
  • Fridas visor ^[14]
  • (with John Kåhrman) Kronans kavaljerer ^[15]

Births

• 27 January – Usko Meriläinen, Finnish composer (died 2004) ^[16]
• 14 April – Ola Calmeyer, jazz pianist (died 2003). ^[17]
• 23 April – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2005) ^[18]
• 28 April – Jürgen Ahrend, German organ builder who worked in Scandinavia (died 2024) ^[19]
• 8 May – Papa Bue, Danish jazz trombonist (died 2011) ^[20]
• 13 May – Erik Moseholm, Danish jazz bassist (died 2012) ^[21]
• 27 July – Einar Iversen, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2019) ^[22]
• 10 August – Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composer ^[23]
• 22 August – Rolf Billberg, Swedish jazz saxophonist (died 1966) ^[24]

Deaths

• 1 January – Peter Brynie Lindeman, Norwegian organist, cellist, and composer (born 1858) ^[25]
• 5 May – Henning Mankell, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1868) ^[26]
• 16 June – Hannah Løvenskiold, composer (born 1860) ^[27]
• 21 June – Hans Ingi Hedemark, Norwegian operatic tenor (born 1875) ^[28]
• 12 July – Lotten Edholm, Swedish composer and a pioneer in the Swedish Red Cross (born 1839)
• 30 October – Joël Blomqvist, hymnwriter (born 1840) ^[29]
• 1 December – Michael Flagstad, Norwegian conductor, grandfather of Mikkel Flagstad (born 1869)
• 29 December – Oscar Borg, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1851) ^[30]

See also

• 1930 in Denmark
• 1930 in Iceland
• 1930 in Norwegian music
• 1930 in Sweden

References

1. "Commotio, Op.58 (Nielsen, Carl)". IMSLP. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
2. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press. pp. 134–158. ISBN   9780253044075.
3. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press. p. 150. ISBN   9780253044075.
4. Beryl Foster (2007). The songs of Edvard Grieg. Boydell Press. p. 244. ISBN   9781843833437.
5. "Ture Rangström (1884−1947)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
6. "Natt - Rudén no. 116". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
7. Tore Størvold (2023). Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of Iceland. Wesleyan University Press. p. 100. ISBN   9780819500502.
8. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press. pp. 142–144. ISBN   9780253044075.
9. 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
10. 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
11. Tomi Mäkelä (2011). Jean Sibelius. Boydell Press. p. 119. ISBN   9781843836889.
12. Árni Heimir Ingólfsson (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Indiana University Press. pp. 138–140. ISBN   9780253044075.
13. "Columbia matrix W112128. Lännen lokari : Sottiisi / Hiski Salomaa ; Wäinö Kauppi, Larsen & Co". DAHR. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
14. "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
15. Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 62.
16. Finnish Music Quarterly. Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK). 2005. p. 4.
17. "Ola Calmeyer Prosjekt" (in Norwegian). Swing-n-Sweet.no. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
18. "Mikkel Flagstad". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
19. "Orgelmaker Jurgen Ahrend 94 overleden". Orgel Nieuws (in Dutch). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
20. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Grenfell, Joyce - Koller, Hans. MUZE. 2006. p. 617.
21. "Erik Moseholm". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
22. "Einar Iversen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
23. "BLF". blf.fi. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
24. "Billberg, Rolf". Orkester Journalen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 June 2025.
25. Karevold, Idar (13 February 2009). "Peter Lindeman". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
26. "Henning Mankell (1868−1930)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
27. "Hannah Løvenskiold – Composer". MIC.no. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
28. "Operasanger Hedemark død". Bergens tidende. Vol. 63, no. 141. 23 June 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
29. Blomqvist, Joël
30. Egil Arnt Gundersen; Ingebjørg Vilhelmsen. "Oscar Borg". SNL. Retrieved 1 June 2025.