1949 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1949 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 24 March – Gösta Nystroem's Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No 3) receives its première at Gothenburg Concert Hall. ^[1]
• unknown date – Tromsø University's Department of Traditional Music is established by Arnt Bakke. ^[2]

New works

• Vagn Holmboe
  • String Quartet No. 2 ^[3]
  • Cantata No. 7 ^[3]
• Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 Søstormen, BVN 375 ^[4]
• Allan Pettersson – Violin Concerto No. 1 ^[5]
• Johnny Schönning – Donky-Fugue ^[6]
• Fartein Valen – Symphony No.4, Op. 43 ^[7]

Popular music

• Åke Grönberg – "Den gamla dansbanan" ^[8]
• Reino Helismaa – "Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen" ^[9]

Film music

• Hugo Alfvén – Singoalla ^[10]
• Johnny Bode – Åsa-Nisse ^[11]

Births

• 9 March – Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer ^[12]
• 2 September – Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainerand broadcaster (died 2017) ^[13]
• 19 December – Sebastian, Danish singer ^[14]

Deaths

• 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, Swedish church musician and composer (born 1886) ^[15]
• 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (born 1881) ^[16]
• 13 November – Magna Lykseth-Skogman, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1874) ^[17]

See also

• 1949 in Denmark
• 1949 in Iceland
• 1949 in Norwegian music
• 1949 in Sweden

References

1. "Sinfonia del mare [Symphony no. 3]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
2. "About the Department of Traditional Music" (PDF). University of Tromsø . Retrieved 31 March 2017.
3. Rapoport, Paul (1996). The Compositions of Vagn Holmboe. Copenhagen: Edition Wilhelm Hansen. ISBN   87-598-0813-6.
4. "LANGGAARD, R.: Symphonies Nos. 15, "Sostormen" and 16, "Syndflod af Sol" (Danish National Symphony, Dausgaard)". Naxos. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
5. Guy Rickards. "PETTERSSON Concerto for Violin and String Quartet". Gramophone. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
6. "Donky-Fugue". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
7. Bjarne Kortsen (1965). Fartein Valen: Life and Music: The music (analyses). J. G. Tanum. p. 272.
8. The American Swedish Monthly, Volume 44. Swedish Chamber of Commerce of the U.S.A. 1949. p. 34.
9. Johanna Sinisalo (2003). Not Before Sundown. Peter Owen. p. 123. ISBN   9780720611717.
10. "Singoalla (1949) – Svensk filmdatabas". Svensk filmdatabas. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
11. John Sundholm (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 62.
12. "Kalevi Aho – Komponisten der Gegenwart (KDG)". Nachschlage.net. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
13. Revheim, Hanna Huglen (9 April 2017). "Kollegaer sørger over Knut Borge: – En vegg har falt ut" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 25 April 2017.
14. Bille, Torben (2009). Sebastian: Når lyset bryder frem (in Danish) (1st ed.). Lindhardt og Ringhof. p. 19. ISBN   978-87-11-43358-4.
15. Anders Lönn (2001). "Nordqvist, Gustaf ( Lazarus )". Nordqvist, Gustaf. Grove Music Online. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.20062.
16. Bernhardsson, Yngve. "Dalberg, Nancy (1881–1949)" (PDF). Kammermusikforbundet.se. Kammermusikforbundet. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
17. Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Leo Riemens, Leo (2012). Lykseth-Schjerven, Magna in Großes Sängerlexikon, Band 4 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. p. 2828. ISBN   978-3-598-44088-5.