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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"
- Tapio Rautavaaran – "Isoisän olkihattu"[8]
Film music
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
- 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)
- 13 December – Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (born 1878)[20]
See also
References
- ^ "Egil Monn-Iversen" (in Norwegian). Rockipedia.no. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
- ^ "Festspillene i Bergen" (in Norwegian). BergenByarkiv.no. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ^ "Sången till Folkare". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ Robert Chase (2007). Memento Mori: A Guide to Contemporary Memorial Music. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 317. ISBN 9780810857452.
- ^ "(Symphony no. 8, 'Sinfonia Boreale')". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "Pettersson Sonatas for two Violins". Gramophone. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "David Wikander (1884−1955)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ Leevi Lehto (2017). Suloinen kuulla kuitenkin tuo oisi: Suomenkielisen maailmankirjallisuuden mahdollisuudesta ja vähän muustakin (in Finnish). ntamo. p. 52. ISBN 9789522156815.
- ^ "Fröken Julie". Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
- ^ "Mød mig på Cassiopeia". danskefilm.dk. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Karólína Eiríksdóttir". earsense. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Kristinn Sigmundsson (Bass)". Bach Cantatas. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ Virtamo, Keijo, ed. (1997). Otavan musiikkitieto: A–Ö (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 25. ISBN 951-1-14518-5.
- ^ Habbestad, Ida. "Terje Tysland". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Jacob Groth". Danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Anne-Karine Strøm". Filmbooster. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ Bergan, Jon Vidar (6 October 2014). Jan Eggum. Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Halfdan Cleve". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ David Mason Greene (1985). Greene's biographical encyclopedia of composers. Doubleday. p. 1063. ISBN 9780385142786.