1935 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1935 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 23 November – Helvi Leiviskä makes her debut as a composer, premiering her own piano concerto. ^[1]
• 8 December – Jean Sibelius celebrates his 70th birthday. Adolf Hitler awards him the Goethe-Medal. ^[2]
• 14 December – Sven Blohm's melodrama Öde jul is premièred by the Stockholm Concert Society, conducted by Adolf Wiklund. ^[3]
• unknown date – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger founds the Frösö outdoor festival at Frösön, his summer home. ^[4]

New works

• Leevi Madetoja – Juha (opera) ^[5]
• Väinö Raitio
  • Forest Idylls ^[6]
  • Legend ^[6]
• Maidens on the Headlands ^[6]

Popular music

• Alice Tegnér – "Melodi" ^[7]
• "När ljusen tändas därhemma" – translated into Swedish by Nils Hellström

Film music

• Kai Normann Andersen – Äventyr i pyjamas ^[8]
• Eric Bengtson & Yngve Sköld – Bränningar ^[9]
• Jules Sylvain – Munkbrogreven ^[10]

Births

• 19 May – Aulis Sallinen, Finnish composer ^[11]
• 9 April – Tore Jensen, Norwegian jazz trumpeter ^[12]
• 23 September – Liv Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher ^[13]
• 12 December – Juhani Aaltonen, Finnish jazz saxophonist and flautist ^[14]

Deaths

• 9 January – Dina Edling, opera singer (born 1854)
• 12 January – Albert Lindström, Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1853) ^[15]
• 18 January – Svante Sjöberg, Swedish organist, arranger and composer (born 1873) ^[16]
• 11 May – Nanna Liebmann, Danish composer and music critic (born 1849) ^[17]
• 10 November – Adrian Dahl, Swedish pianist, composer and music critic (born 1864) ^[18]
• 4 December – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, conductor and composer (born 1864) ^[19]
• 9 December – Nina Grieg, soprano and wife of Edvard Grieg (born 1845) ^[20]

See also

• 1935 in Denmark
• 1935 in Iceland
• 1935 in Norwegian music
• 1935 in Sweden

References

1. "Helvi Leiviskä: Piano Concerto Op. 7 & Symphony No. 1". Naxos. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
2. Tom Service (20 September 2007). "The silence of Sibelius". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
3. "Sven Blohm". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
4. "Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867−1942)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
5. Pulliainen, Riitta (2000). Madetoja Orchestral Works 1: I Have Fought My Battle (booklet). Arvo Volmer & Oulu Symphony Orchestra. Tampere, Finland: Alba. pp. 4–6. ABCD 132.
6. "List of works by Väinö Raitio". IMSLP. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
7. "Melodi [Melody]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
8. "ADVENTURE IN PAJAMAS - Äventyr i pyjamas". MUBI. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
9. Constantine Santas; James M. Wilson (2018). The Essential Films of Ingrid Bergman. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 190. ISBN   9781538101407.
10. "The Count of the Old Town". MUBI. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
11. "Aulis Sallinen". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
12. Bergh, Johs. "Tore Jensen Biografi". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 22 August 2013.
13. Nesheim, Elef. "Liv Glaser". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
14. Gronow, Pekka. "Aaltonen, Juhani". New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. Oxford Music Online.
15. "Albert Lindström (1853−1935)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
16. "Svante Sjöberg (1873−1935)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
17. "Nanna Liebmann". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 20 June 2025.
18. "Adrian Dahl (1864−1935)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
19. Norman E. Smith (2002). Program Notes for Band. GIA Publications. p. 266. ISBN   978-1-57999-147-0.
20. Grieg, Edvard (1993). Grieg and Delius: a chronicle of their friendship in letters. London New York: M. Boyars. p. 213. ISBN   9780714529615.