1943 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1943 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• March – Having made her last film appearance in Nazi Germany, still declining to take out German citizenship, Zarah Leander leaves Berlin for her native Sweden. ^[1]
• 27 March – The Royal Theatre in Copenhagen stages the European première of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess . ^[2]
• 29 October – Uuno Klami's Violin Concerto is premièred in Helsinki, with Toivo Haapanen conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, and soloist Anja Ignatius. ^[3]
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  • Danish pianist and composer Herman David Koppel leaves Denmark for Sweden with his Jewish family to avoid persecution by the Nazis. ^[4]
  • In a diary entry, Jean Sibelius expresses regret at having signed the Aryan certificate. ^[5]
  • In celebration of Edvard Grieg's centenary, Norway's far-right governing country, Nasjonal Samling, commissions a propaganda film. ^[6]

New works

• Páll Ísólfsson – Veislan á Sólhaugum (The Feast at Solhaug) (incidental music) ^[7]
• Uuno Klami – Violin Concerto; later revised ^[3]
• Paul von Klenau – String Quartet No. 2 ^[8]
• Jón Leifs ^[9]
  • Íslendingaljóð
  • 3 söngvar eftir Jónas Hallgrímsson

Popular music

• Hugo Alfvén – "Herr Olof i älvornas dans" ^[10]
• Anna-Lisa Frykman – "Julpolskan" (in Nu ska vi sjunga ) ^[11]

Film music

• Carl-Olof Anderberg & Kai Gullmar – Sonja ^[12]
• Nils-Eric Fougstedt – Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi ^[13]
• Lars-Erik Larsson & Nathan Görling – Elvira Madigan ^[14]
• Poul Schierbeck – Vredens dag ^[15]

Births

• 23 March – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish Sami artist, writer and musician (died 2001) ^[16]
• 10 April – Bo Hansson, Swedish progressive rock musician (died 2010) ^[17]
• 16 April – Erling Kroner, jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader (died 2011) ^[18]
• 22 July – Hans Wärmling, Swedish musician and songwriter (died 1995) ^[19]
• 28 August – Anne-Lise Berntsen, Norwegian soprano (died 2012) ^[20]

Deaths

• 1 April – Anders Hovden, Norwegian classical pianist, composer and radio personality (born 1860) ^[21]
• 26 May – Alice Tegnér, Swedish organist and composer (born 1864) ^[22]
• 23 November – Torolf Voss, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1877) ^{[23] [24]}

See also

• 1943 in Denmark
• 1943 in Iceland
• 1943 in Norwegian music
• 1943 in Sweden

References

1. Robert Charles Reimer, ed. (2000). Cultural History Through a National Socialist Lens: Essays on the Cinema of the Third Reich. Camden House. p. 77. ISBN   9781571131348.
2. Fjeldsøe, M. (2020). Getting away with Cultural Bolshevism: the first European performance of Porgy and Bess in Copenhagen, 1943. In D. Fanning, & E. Levi (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook to Music under German Occupation, 1938-1945: Propaganda, Myth and Reality (pp. 303-318). Routledge.
3. Aho, Kalevi (1997). Uuno Klami: Whirls, Act 1 / Violin Concerto / Suomenlinna (CD booklet). Translated by Barnett, Andrew. Osmo Vänskä & Lahti Symphony Orchestra. BIS. p. 4–9. CD–696.  OCLC   40569371
4. "Herman D. Koppel". Dacapo. 15 March 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. Sibelius, Jean (2005). Fabian Dahlström (ed.). Dagbok 1909–1944 (in Swedish). Helsingfors: Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. ISBN   978-951-583-125-5.
6. "Edvard Grieg Centennial 1943 – Propaganda Film Rediscovered". Centre for Grieg Research. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
7. "Ísólfsson / Viðar: Orchestral Works for the Stage". Chandos. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
8. "String Quartet No.2 (Klenau, Paul von)". IMSLP. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
9. "List of works by Jón Leifs". IMSLP. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
10. "Herr Olof i älvornas dans". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
11. "Könsuppdelad verklighet i "Nu ska vi sjunga"". Lararnas Nyheter. 19 March 2007. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
12. John Sundholm (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 152.
13. Qvist, Per Olov; Bagh, Peter Von (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 244. ISBN   978-0-313-30377-7 . Retrieved 25 July 2012.
14. Teddy Nyblom (1945). De nya herrarna: regissörer, litteratörer, traktörer och andra aktörer i nuets närbild (in Swedish). Ocean. p. 291.
15. Milne, Tom (1971). The Cinema of Carl Dreyer. New York: A. S. Barnes & Co. p. 125.
16. Drysdale, Helena (3 December 2001). "Obituary: Nils-Aslak Valkeapää". The Independent.
17. "Musikern Bo Hansson 65 år". HD.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 July 2025.
18. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Jazz. Virgin. 1999. p. 485. ISBN   9781852277543.
19. "Hans Axel Wärmling". Gravar.se. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
20. Hillveg, Kjell. "Anne-Lise Berntsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
21. Elstad, Hallgeir (4 March 2013). "Anders Hovden". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
22. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (2006). The New Grove Dictionary of Women Composers. London: Macmillan. p. 457. ISBN   978-0-33351-598-3.
23. Andersen, Rune J. (2013). "Torolf Voss". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 13 July 2020.
24. "Den norske Komponist Torolf Voss". Dansk musiktidsskrift. 18: 265. 1943.