1936 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1936 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• Summer – Eric Bengtson and Axel Gauffin co-found the Midnight Concerts at the National Museum in Stockholm. ^[1]
• October – Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz gives his first lieder recital. ^[2]
• unknown date
  • The Icelandic Singers (later the Reykjavik Male Choir) go on tour in North America for the first time. ^[3]

New works

• John Fernström – Clarinet Concerto ^[4]
• Uuno Klami – Psalmus ^[5]
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Prinsessan av Cypern (opera) ^[6]

Popular music

• Karl Olof Lagerkrans – "Kan du tänka dig honom utan hår?" ^[7]
• Aage Stentoft & Poul Sørensen – "Ditt hjerte er i fare Andresen" ^[8]

Births

• 28 April – John Tchicai, Danish jazz musician and composer (died 2012) ^[9]
• 11 May – Kåre Kolberg, Norwegian organist, composer and music critic (died 2014) ^[10]
• 25 October – Alf Cranner, Norwegian folk singer (died 2020) ^[11]

Deaths

• 22 January – Louis Glass, Danish composer (born 1864) ^[12]
• 4 March – Ruben Liljefors, Swedish conductor and composer (born 1871) ^[13]
• 15 April – Hilda Sehested, Danish composer (born 1858) ^[14]
• 22 October – Hedevig Quiding, Danish singer and music critic (born 1867) ^[15]
• 8 December – Jakob Hveding Sletten, Norwegian priest and musician (born 1872) ^[16]
• 14 December – Sven Scholander, Swedish musician, singer, composer and sculptor (born 1860) ^[17]
• 24 December – Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik, Norwegian organist and teacher (born 1847)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 27 December – Heikki Suolahti, Finnish composer (born 1920; peritonitis) ^[18]

See also

• 1936 in Denmark
• 1936 in Iceland
• 1936 in Norwegian music
• 1936 in Sweden

References

1. "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
2. "Aksel Schiøtz, Danish Tenor". Classical Music and Musicians. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
3. "The Icelandic Singers". Folkways. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
4. Oscar Thompson (1975). The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians. Dodd, Mead. p. 684.
5. Finnish Music Quarterly. Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK). 1996. p. 29.
6. Per Krarup (1970). Vår kulturarv: Nåtidskulturen (in German). Forlaget for faglitteratur. p. 469.
7. Pelle Holm (1951). Bevingade ord och andra stående uttryck och benämningar. Bonnier. p. 334.
8. "Dit hjerte er i fare, Andresen del 1". Internet Archive. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
9. Ratliff, Ben (10 October 2012). "John Tchicai, Saxophone Player in Free Jazz Movement, Dies at 76". The New York Times . Retrieved 3 March 2021.
10. Andersen, Rune J. "Kåre Kolberg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
11. Klaus Hagerup (25 November 2024). "Alf Cranner". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 June 2025.
12. Baker, Theodore (1919). Remy, Alfred (ed.). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians. New York: Schirmer. p. 313.
13. "Ruben M Liljefors". sbl (in Danish). Retrieved 22 June 2025.
14. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. ISBN   9780393034875 . Retrieved 12 November 2010.
15. Bruland, Inge (2003). "Hedevig Quiding (1867 - 1936)" (in Danish). Kvinfo. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
16. Bore, Thor Bjarne (13 February 2009). "Klaus Sletten". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
17. Jahrbuch der Musikbibliothek Peters (in German). Kraus Reprint Limited. 1933. p. 96.
18. Finnish Music Quarterly. Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK). 1991. p. 27.