1952 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1952 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 11 January – Lars-Erik Larsson's Violin Concerto is premièred on Swedish radio by the Swedish Radio Orchestra, with André Gertler as soloist. ^[1]
• 19 April – David Wikander's Olavus Petri Cantata is recorded at Stockholm Cathedral, with Wikander himself conducting and Olle Björling (brother of Jussi Björling) as one of the soloists. ^[2]
• c. July – Finnish composer Aarre Merikanto wins the Olympic hymn competition. ^[3]
• unknown date – David Wikander receives the Royal Swedish medal, Litteris et artibus. ^[4]

New works

• Jón Leifs – Endurskin úr norðri (Réminiscence du nord) ^[5]
• Gösta Nystroem – Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonia Shakespeariana" ^[6]
• David Wikander – Olavus Petri Cantata ^[4]
• Dag Wirén – Symphony No. 4 ^[7]

Popular music

• Gunnar Engedahl & Erling Stordahl – "Leken mellom roser" ^[8]
• Martti Jäppilä – "Iltatuulen viesti" (performed by Matti Kanto with the Masan Harmonikkaorkesteri) ^[9]

Film music

• Håkan von Eichwald – När syrenerna blomma ^[10]

Musical films

• Eldfågeln , with music by Stig Rybrant, starring Tito Gobbi and Eva Henning ^[11]

Births

• 13 January – Pekka Pohjola, Finnish musician and composer (died 2008) ^[12]
• 25 February – Tomas Ledin, Swedish singer and songwriter ^[13]
• 25 June – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer (died 1982) ^[14]
• 14 October – Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer (died 2023) ^[15]
• 23 December – Hans Abrahamsen, Danish composer ^[16]

Deaths

• 23 March – Margit Rosengren, Swedish operetta singer (born 1901) ^[17]
• 10 July – Rued Langgaard, Danish composer and organist (born 1893) ^[18]
• 14 December – Fartein Valen, Norwegian composer and musical theorist (born 1887) ^[19]

See also

• 1952 in Denmark
• 1952 in Iceland
• 1952 in Norwegian music
• 1952 in Sweden

References

1. Hedman, Frank (1986). Lars-Erik Larsson: Violin Concerto / A Winter's Tale / Violin Concertino (CD booklet). Stig Westerberg & Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Swedish Society Discofil Classical. p. 2–3. SCD 1004.  OCLC   17797595
2. "Olle Björling - Olavus Petri Cantata". YouTube. Dead Tenors' Society. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
3. Ruth-Esther Hillila; Barbara Blanchard Hong (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 226. ISBN   978-0-313-27728-3.
4. "David Wikander (1884−1955)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
5. "Endurskin úr norðri Op. 40". Iceland Music. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
6. "Sinfonia Shakespeariana [Symphony no. 4]". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
7. Åhlén, Carl-Gunnar (n.d.). "List of works and discography". dagwiren.se (The Dag Wirén Foundation). Retrieved 4 April 2020.
8. Norsk bokfortegnelse. Norske bokhandlerforening. 1951. p. 642.
9. "ILTATUULEN VIESTI, Matti Kanto ja Masan Harmonikkaorkesteri (Dallapé) v.1952". YouTube. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
10. Qvist, Per Olov; von Bagh, Peter (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 93.
11. "The Firebird (1952)". MUBI. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
12. "Basisti Pekka Pohjola on kuollut" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 27 November 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
13. International Who's who in Music: Popular music, volume 2. Melrose Press. 1998. p. 236.
14. Halvorsen, Tore. "Radka Toneff". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
15. Pitkänen, Heini; Tiikkaja, Samuli (2 June 2023). "Säveltäjä Kaija Saariaho on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 June 2023.
16. Anders Beyer (2001). "Abrahamsen, Hans". In Stanley Sadie; John Tyrrell (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2 ed.). Macmillan Publishers.
17. Vintkvist, Jennifer (24 February 2021). "Margit Ingeborg Rosengren". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
18. David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1220. ISBN   9780385142786.
19. Vollsnes, Arvid (13 February 2009). "Issay Dobrowen". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.