1932 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1932 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• January – The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Olav Kielland, devotes a concert to the works of Halfdan Jebe. ^[1]
• unknown date
  • Armas Järnefelt becomes conductor and artistic director of the Finnish Opera in Helsinki. ^[2]
  • Jørgen Bentzon and Finn Høffding work to establish public music schools in Denmark. ^[3]
  • Swedish film star Zarah Leander marries journalist Vidar Forsell. ^[4]

New works

• Gunnar de Frumerie – Variations and Fugue ^[5]
• Albert Henneberg – Festmarsch ^[6]
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Sinfonietta ^[7]

Popular music

• Sten Axelson & Åke Söderblom – "Kan du vissla Johanna?" ^[8]
• Evert Taube – "Calle Schewens vals" ^[9]

Film music

• Hugo Alfvén, Jean Sibelius & Evert Taube – Svarta rosor ^[10]
• Kai Normann Andersen – Skal vi vædde en million? ^[11]

Musical films

• Odds 777 , with music by Kai Normann Andersen & Dan Folke ^[12]
• Studenter i Paris ^[13]

Births

• 5 February – Ketil Vea, Norwegian composer and music teacher (died 2015) ^[14]
• 7 April – Rauno Lehtinen, Finnish bandleader and composer (died 2006) ^[15]
• 29 May – Jan Malmsjö, Swedish singer and actor ^[16]
• 13 July – Per Nørgård, Danish composer and music theorist (died 2025) ^[17]
• 13 September – Bengt Hallberg, Swedish jazz pianist (died 2013) ^[18]
• 21 November – Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Danish composer (died 2016) ^[19]

Deaths

• 24 December – Eyvind Alnæs, Norwegian pianist, organist and composer (born 1872) ^[20]
• 25 December – Ernst Rolf, Swedish actor, singer and composer and musical revue artist (born 1891; pneumonia) ^[21]

See also

• 1932 in Denmark
• 1932 in Iceland
• 1932 in Norwegian music
• 1932 in Sweden

References

1. Hampus Huldt-Nystrom (1969). Fra munkekor til symfoniorkester. Filharmonisk Selskap.
2. "Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
3. David Reinhardt Docter (1976). horal Music in Denmark, 1900-1960: Repertory and Stylistic Trends. University of Minnesota. p. 144.
4. Antje Ascheid (2003). Hitler's Heroines: Stardom & Womanhood In Nazi Cinema. Temple University Press. p. 250. ISBN   9781592138432.
5. "Gunnar de Frumerie". Fanfare. 15 (5): 290.
6. Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions. Library of Congress, Copyright Office. 1933. p. 11077.
7. Bergendal, Göran (2001). Lars-Erik Larsson: Konsertuvertyr Nr. 2 / En spelmans jordafärd / Sinfonietta / Det ljusa landet (CD booklet). Translated by Zetterqvist, Cynthia; Betteridge, Neil. Stefan Parkland & Sami Sinfonietta. Musica Svecae. p. 11–14. PSCD 714.
8. Karolina Wirdenäs (2002). Ungdomars argumentation: om argumentationstekniker i gruppsamtal (in Swedish). Acta Universitatis Gothoburgensis. p. 43. ISBN   9789173464499.
9. Bernt Himmelstedt (1999). 20:e århundradets: när var hur : vårt makalösa sekel ur svenskt perspektiv (in Swedish). Forum. p. 74. ISBN   9789137114897.
10. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 150.
11. Filmleksikon. Gyldendal. 2010. p. 542. ISBN   9788702045239.
12. Filmleksikon. Gyldendal. 2010. p. 18. ISBN   9788702045239.
13. Harry Waldman (2000). Missing Reels: Lost Films of American and European Cinema. McFarland. p. 227.
14. Nesheim, Elef (13 March 2009). "Ketil Vea". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
15. "Kuka kukin on (Aikalaiskirja) : Who's who in Finland". Runeberg.org. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
16. Qvist, P.O.; von Bagh, P. (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Reference guides to the world's cinema. Greenwood Press. p. 106. ISBN   978-0-313-30377-7.
17. Mellor, Andrew (28 May 2025). "Per Nørgård Obituary: 'The contemporary music world has lost an artist of colossal imagination and influence'". Gramophone . Retrieved 28 May 2025.
18. John Fordham (7 August 2013). "Bengt Hallberg obituary". theguardian.com.
19. David Daniels; David W. Oertel; David A. Rahbee (2022). Daniels' Orchestral Music. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 344. ISBN   9781442275218.
20. Grinde, Kirsti. "Eyvind Alnæs". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
21. Uno Myggan Ericson (1968). Ernst Rolf. Bonnier.