1954 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1954 in Scandinavian music.

Events

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  • Einojuhani Rautavaara wins the Thor Johnson Brass Composition Award for his composition A Requiem in Our Time . ^[1] Another Finnish composer, Usko Meriläinen, wins second place in the same competition with his Partita for Brass. ^[2]
  • Geirr Tveitt begins publishing his collection of Hardanger folk tunes as a suite. ^[3]
  • Uuno Klami finishes re-writing his Violin Concerto, the original manuscript of which was lost in 1944. ^[4]

New works

• Carl-Olof Anderberg – Musical vignettes for Charlotte Löwensköld ^[5]
• Olallo Morales  [ sv ] – Festspel ^[6]
• Lille Bror Söderlundh – Incidental music for Mariana Pineda ^[7]

Popular music

• Thorbjørn Egner – "Visen om vesle Hoa" (also translated from Norwegian into Finnish as "Hottentottilaulu" by Jukka Virtanen) ^[8]

Film music

• Egon Kjerrman – En natt på Glimmingehus ^[9]
• Egil Monn-Iversen – Kasserer Jensen ^[10]
• Lille Bror Söderlundh – Storm over Tjurö ^[11]
• Jules Sylvain – Dans på rosor ^[12]

Musical films

• I rök och dans , with music by Povel Ramel, Charles Redland and Lille Bror Söderlundh ^[13]

Births

• 14 January – Gunnar Andreas Berg, Norwegian guitarist, music teacher, and record label manager ^[14]
• 13 April – Niels "Noller" Olsen, of Denmark's Olsen Brothers ^[15]
• 27 April – Heikki Silvennoinen, Finnish musician and actor (died 2024) ^[16]
• 31 May – Anders Hillborg, Swedish composer ^[17]
• 12 June – Jesper Lundgaard, Danish jazz musician and composer ^[18]
• 11 December – Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson, Icelandic heavy metal musician ^[19]

Deaths

• 21 January – Per Reidarson, Norwegian composer and music critic (born 1879) ^[20]
• 6 October – Hakon Børresen, Danish composer (born 1876) ^[21]

See also

• 1954 in Denmark
• 1954 in Iceland
• 1954 in Norwegian music
• 1954 in Sweden

References

1. Johnston, Blair. "Einojuhani Rautavaara / A Requiem in our Time, for brass, Op. 3". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 July 2016.
2. "Partita for Brass". Music Finland Core. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
3. "Hundrad hardingtonar for orkester, op. 151. Suite nr. 1, 1-15". Norwegian Musical Heritage. Norwegian Academy of Music . Retrieved 25 July 2020.
4. Korhonen, Kimmo (2016). Uuno Klami / Einar Englund: Violin Concertos (CD booklet). Translated by Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko. Johannes Gustavsson & Oulu Symphony Orchestra. Ondine. p. 3–8. ODE 1278–2.  OCLC   966451034
5. "Musical vignettes [sic] for Charlotte Löwensköld (Musikvinjetter till Charlotte Löwensköld)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
6. "Festspel". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
7. "Lille Bror Söderlundh (1912−1957)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
8. Raimo Henriksson (1990). Rakkaimmat lastenlaulut: 150 koko perheen suosikkia (Valitut palat). Brepols, Turnhout. p. 60. ISBN   9518933146.
9. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 124.
10. Svend Erik Løken Larsen. "Egil Monn-Iversen". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
11. Alfred Krawc (1986). International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the beginnings to 1984). Saur. p. 569.
12. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 44.
13. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 108.
14. Monsen, Chris (29 December 2016). "Andreas Berg". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 May 2017.
15. "Olsen Brothers". Eurovision Universe. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
16. Seppänen, Elina (18 December 2024). "Heikki Silvennoinen ajoi kuolemaa edeltävänä iltana kotiin tv-ohjelman kuvauksista – Saara-tytär kertoo merkittävän tiedon viimeisistä hetkistä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
17. "Anders Hillborg (1954-)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
18. "Jesper Lundgaard – biography". allaboutjazz. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
19. "Guðlaugur Kristinn Óttarsson". Metal Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
20. Stenseth, Bodil (1995). "Reidarson, Per". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 . Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
21. "Hakon Børresen". Edition S. Retrieved 13 September 2025.