1941 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1941 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• March – Jón Leifs performs his Organ Concerto in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic. The work is condemned by critics and is so badly received by the audience that it is not performed in public again during his lifetime. ^[1]

New works

• Kurt Atterberg – Aladdin (opera) ^[2]
• Vagn Holmboe ^[3]
  • Symphony No. 3, "Sinfonia rustica"
  • Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonia sacra"

Popular music

• Lasse Dahlquist
  • "De' ä' dans på Brännö brygga" ^[4]
  • "Hallå du gamle indian" ^[5]
• Evert Taube – "Sjösala vals" ^[6]

Film music

• Jolly Kramer-Johansen & Jens Larsen – Hansen og Hansen ^[7]

Musical films

• Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig , starring Lilian Ellis, with music by Kai Normann Andersen ^[8]

Births

• 6 March – Palle Mikkelborg, Danish jazz trumpeter ^[9]
• 12 March – Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer (died 2002) ^[10]
• 22 March – Hugo Rasmussen, Danish jazz bassist (died 2015) ^[11]
• 27 May – Teppo Hauta-aho, Finnish double bassist and composer (died 2021) ^[12]
• 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Icelandic composer ^[13]
• unknown date – Else Paaske, Danish operatic mezzo-soprano ^[14]

Deaths

• 27 January – Iver Holter, Norwegian musician and bandleader, Norwegian Army Band (born 1850) ^[15]
• 18 April – Harald Steen, Norwegian tenor and actor (born 1886) ^[16]
• 3 May – Selma Ek, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1856) ^[17]
• 1 May – Julia Claussen, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1879) ^[18]
• 3 December – Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (born 1856) ^[19]

See also

• 1941 in Denmark
• 1941 in Iceland
• 1941 in Norwegian music
• 1941 in Sweden

References

1. Ingólfsson, Árni Heimir (2019). Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. p. 219. ISBN   9780253044051.
2. "New lamps for old: rediscovery of a Swedish Arabian Nights opera". Bachtrack. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
3. Rapoport, Paul (1996). The Compositions of Vagn Holmobe. Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
4. "De' ä' dans på Brännö brygga. Vals (Lasse Dahlquist); Sitt i båten, fröken lilla. Vals av Ernfrid Ahlin -- Gus Morris | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)".
5. "Hallå du gamle indian". Svensk mediedatabas. Retrieved 22 March 2011.
6. "Flicka från Backafall (Gunnar Turesson, Gabriel Jönsson); Sjösala vals (Evert Taube) | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB)".
7. "Hansen og Hansen". Norsk filmografi (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 July 2025.
8. "Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 March 2017.
9. Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 282. ISBN   0-85112-580-8.
10. "Obituary: Erkki Salmenhaara". TheGuardian.com . 23 May 2002.
11. "RIP Hugo Rasmussen (1941-2015)". London Jazz News. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
12. Korhonen, Kimmo (2001), Hauta-Aho, Teppo, Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45888
13. "Ísmús | Hafliði Halgrímsson".
14. "Else Paaske". Lex. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
15. Dybsand, Øyvin (13 February 2009). "Iver Holter". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
16. "Harald Steen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
17. Karl-Josef Kutsch; Leo Riemens; Hansjörg Rost (2012). Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). De Gruyter. ISBN   9783598440885.
18. "Julia Claussen, 62; Ex-Opera Singer". The New York Times. 3 May 1941. p. 15.
19. Vollestad, Per. "Christian Sinding". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 9 June 2010.