1940 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1940 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 25 October – Lars-Erik Larsson's Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett, written in 1938, is premièred in Stockholm ^[1]

New works

• John Fernström – Cello Concerto ^[2]
• Lars-Erik Larsson – God in Disguise (cantata) ^[3]
• Gösta Nystroem – Viola Concerto, "Hommage à la France" ^[4]
• Geirr Tveitt – Dragaredokko (opera) ^[5]
• Dag Wirén – Sonatina for violin and piano ^[6]

Popular music

• Thore Ehrling, Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Hasse Ekman – "Regntunga skyar" ^[7]
• Leo Mathisen – "Take it Easy" ^[8]
• Nils Perne (Jokern) – "Min soldat" ^[9]
• Jean Sibelius – "Finlandia hymn" (new version with words by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi ^[10]

Film music

• Victor Cornelius – Familien Olsen ^[11]
• Jolly Kramer-Johansen – Vildmarkens sång ^[12]

Musical films

• SF-paraati, with music by Georg Malmstén ^[13]
• Swing it, magistern! , with music by Sten Axelsson, Alice Tegnér, Thore Ehrling & Kai Gullmar and others

Births

• 20 March – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian jazz trombonist, composer, music arranger, and conductor (died 2012) ^[14]
• 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, Danish jazz trumpeter (died 2020) ^[15]
• 3 May – Leif Rygg, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player (died 2018) ^[16]
• 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singer ^[17]
• 22 December – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish jazz and rock musician and schlager singer (died 2017) ^[18]

Deaths

• 7 January – Carl Boberg, Swedish hymn-writer (born 1859) ^[19]
• 29 May – Mathilda Grabow, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1852) ^[20]
• 6 November – Ivar F. Andresen, Norwegian operatic bass (born 1896) ^[21]
• 3 December – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish cellist (born 1851) ^[22]
• unknown date – Petur Alberg, Faroese violinist and composer (born 1885) ^[23]

See also

• 1940 in Denmark
• 1940 in Iceland
• 1940 in Norwegian music
• 1940 in Sweden

References

1. "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
2. "Compositions". John Fernström. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
3. Tillman, Joakim (2012). Förklädd Gud (A God Disguised) (CD booklet). Gustaf Sjökvist & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Kungliga Hovstaterna. p. 20–21. 7320470113356.
4. "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
5. Asknes, Hallgjerd (2001). "Tveitt, Geirr". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN   978-1-56159-239-5.‎
6. "Sonatina for violin and piano". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
7. Frank Hedman; Karleric Liliedahl; Lars Zackrisson (1973). Alice Babs (in Swedish). Rabén & Sjögren.
8. "Leo the Lion and Jazz in Denmark during the Nazi Occupation". WRTI. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
9. Marianne Stecher-Hansen, ed. (2021). Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory. Berghahn Books. p. 240. ISBN   9781789209624.
10. Tomi Mäkelä (2011). Jean Sibelius. Boydell Press. p. 300. ISBN   9781843836889.
11. "Familien Olsen". DFI. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
12. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 58.
13. "SF-Parade". MUBI. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
14. Staude, Tone; Aune, Oddvin (15 November 2012). "Frode Thingnæs er død" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 30 April 2017.
15. Larry Kemp (2018). Current Jazz Trumpet Legends. Dorrance Publishing Company. p. 14. ISBN   9781480977273.
16. Mjør, Kåre Johan. "Leif Rygg". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
17. "Recordings by Lill Lindfors". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
18. "Boris "Rock-Boris" Lindqvist fyller 65 år den 22 december" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
19. J. Irving Erickson (1976). Twice-born Hymns. Covenant Press. p. 90. ISBN   9780910452304.
20. "Mathilda E E Grabow". SBL. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
21. Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Andresen, Ivar". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 107–108. ISBN   978-3-59-844088-5.
22. "Lagervall, Lagerwall, Valborg, Walborg (Koncordia Conkordia Maria)". Sophie Drinker Institut (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2025.
23. Harry D. Schurdel (2006). Nationalhymnen der Welt: Entstehung und Gehalt (in German). Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag. p. 46. ISBN   9783254082213.