1948 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1948 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• unknown date – Jón Leifs sets up the Performing Rights Society of Iceland (STEF). ^[1]

New works

• Einar Englund – Symphony No. 2, "Blackbird" ^[2]
• Vagn Holmboe – Concerto No. 11 for trumpet and orchestra ^[3]

Popular music

• Hugo Alfvén – "Linden" ^[4]
• Hugo Lindh – "Flottarkärlek" ^[5]
• Evert Taube – "Så skimrande var aldrig havet" ^[6]

Film music

• Sven Gyldmark – Støt står den danske sømand ^[7]
• Erland von Koch – Musik i mörker ^[8]
• Charles Redland – Marknadsafton ^[9]
• Sven Sköld – Flickan från fjällbyn ^[10]
• Gunnar Sønstevold – Kampen om tungtvannet ^[11]

Births

• 26 April – Pekka Streng, Finnish rock musician (died 1975) ^[12]
• 1 May – Carl Morten Iversen, Norwegian jazz bassist (died 2023) ^[13]
• 26 May – Göran Fristorp, Swedish singer and songwriter (died 2024) ^[14]
• 30 August – Jukka Tiensuu, Finnish composer ^[15]
• 20 November – Martti Wallén, Finnish operatic bass (died 2024) ^[16]
• 14 December – Peter Thorup, Danish blues guitarist, singer and composer (died 2007) ^[17]
• 22 December – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (died 2002). ^[18]

Deaths

• 6 April – Eric Bengtson, Swedish film score composer (born 1897) ^[19]
• 14 June – Ernst Ellberg, Swedish violist and composer (born 1868) ^[20]
• 22 August – Frantz Rabinowitz, Danish baritone (born 1918) ^[21]
• 4 October – Camillo Carlsen, Danish composer (born 1876) ^[22]
• 8 October – Sven Körling, Swedish composer (born 1879) ^[23]

See also

• 1948 in Denmark
• 1948 in Iceland
• 1948 in Norwegian music
• 1948 in Sweden

References

1. Hjálmar H Ragnarsson (1990). "Jón Leifs" (pdf). Andvari. pp. 5–38. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. "Einar Englund". Music Web International. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
3. Paul Rapoport (1996). The Compositions of Vagn Holmboe. Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
4. "Linden - Swedish folk song". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
5. Peter Englund; Madelaine Levy (2017). Jag minns : svenska folket berättar om sitt 1900-tal (in Swedish). Natur & Kultur. p. 1948. ISBN   9789127152953.
6. Ingel Jakobsson (1975). Evert Taube och hans diktning (in Swedish). Norrbok. p. 84.
7. "Støt står den danske sømand". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
8. "Ingmar Bergman an unrequited love for music". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
9. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 93.
10. Wallengren, Ann-Kristin (2014). Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press. p. 40.
11. "Kampen om tungtvannet". MUBI. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
12. Suonna Kononen (24 January 2009). "Pekka Strengin lyhyt elämä, ja kuinkas kävikään". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
13. "Carl Morten Iversen" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved 8 August 2025.
14. "Artisten Göran Fristorp är död". Göteborgs-Posten. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
15. Numus-West, Volumes 6-8. L.K. Christensen. 1974. p. 46.
16. "Martti Wallén". Opera-Arias.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
17. "Peter Thorup". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
18. Bergan, Jon Vidar (9 June 2014). "Stein Ove Berg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
19. "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
20. "Ernst Ellberg (1868−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
21. Henrik Engelbrecht. "A Danish world class baritone with a tragic fate". Henrik Engelbrecht. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
22. "Camillo Carlssen". Naxos. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
23. "Sven Körling (1879−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.