1951 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1951 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 25 June – Norwegian musicians Egil Monn-Iversen and Sølvi Wang are married at the Uranienborg Church in Oslo. ^[1]
• unknown date – Frank Meidell Falch is appointed the first director of the Bergen International Festival (1951–1956). ^[2]

New works

• Hugo Alfvén – Sängen till Folkare ^[3]
• Bengt Hambraeus – Cantata pro defunctis for baritone and organ ^[4]
• Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 8, "Sinfonia boreale" ^[5]
• Allan Pettersson – Seven Sonatas for Two Violins ^[6]
• David Wikander – Missa brevis in festis ^[7]

Popular music

• Karl Gerhard, Kaj Stighammar & Herbert Steen – "Axlarna ska slutta"^{[ citation needed ]}
• Tapio Rautavaaran – "Isoisän olkihattu" ^[8]

Film music

• Dag Wirén – Fröken Julie ^[9]

Musical films

• Mød mig på Cassiopeia , with music by Kai Normann Andersen, starring Bodil Kjer ^[10]

Births

• 10 January – Karólína Eiríksdóttir, Icelandic composer ^[11]
• 1 March – Kristinn Sigmundsson, Icelandic operatic bass ^[12]
• 12 April – Anneli Arho, Finnish music teacher, writer and composer ^[13]
• 14 April – Terje Tysland, Norwegian singer and songwriter. ^[14]
• 12 May – Jacob Groth, Danish film score composer ^[15]
• 9 June – Geir Bøhren, Norwegian musician and film composer^{[ citation needed ]}
• 15 October – Anne-Karine Strøm, Norwegian singer ^[16]
• 8 December – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter ^[17]

Deaths

• 24 January – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish composer (born 1885) ^[18]
• 6 April – Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer (born 1879) ^[19]
• 19 August – Christian Geisler, Danish organist and composer (born 1869)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 13 December – Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (born 1878) ^[20]

See also

• 1951 in Denmark
• 1951 in Iceland
• 1951 in Norwegian music
• 1951 in Sweden

References

1. "Egil Monn-Iversen" (in Norwegian). Rockipedia.no. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
2. "Festspillene i Bergen" (in Norwegian). BergenByarkiv.no. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
3. "Sången till Folkare". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. Robert Chase (2007). Memento Mori: A Guide to Contemporary Memorial Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 317. ISBN   9780810857452.
5. "(Symphony no. 8, 'Sinfonia Boreale')". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
6. "Pettersson Sonatas for two Violins". Gramophone. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
7. "David Wikander (1884−1955)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
8. Leevi Lehto (2017). Suloinen kuulla kuitenkin tuo oisi: Suomenkielisen maailmankirjallisuuden mahdollisuudesta ja vähän muustakin (in Finnish). ntamo. p. 52. ISBN   9789522156815.
9. "Fröken Julie". Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
10. "Mød mig på Cassiopeia". danskefilm.dk. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
11. "Karólína Eiríksdóttir". earsense. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
12. "Kristinn Sigmundsson (Bass)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
13. Virtamo, Keijo, ed. (1997). Otavan musiikkitieto: A–Ö (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 25. ISBN   951-1-14518-5.
14. Habbestad, Ida. "Terje Tysland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
15. "Jacob Groth". Danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
16. "Anne-Karine Strøm". Filmbooster. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
17. Bergan, Jon Vidar (6 October 2014). Jan Eggum. Store Norske Leksikon . Retrieved 24 August 2025.
18. "Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
19. Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Halfdan Cleve". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
20. David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1063. ISBN   9780385142786.