1955 in Nordic music

none September 2025 1955 1955 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1955 in Nordic music. Events 1 June – The 3rd Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 15 June.http://www.fib.no/festspillhistorier/#/tidslinje Festspillhistorier Bergen International Festival 2017-03-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232544/http://www.fib.no/festspillhistorier/#/tidslinje 2013-12-02 dead https://snl.no/Festspillene_i_Bergen Festspillene i Bergen no Svendsen Trond Olav Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2017-02-02 22 March 2017 New works Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 1Jean Christensen New Music of the Nordic Countries Pendragon Press 2002 9781576470190 145 Vagn Holmboe String Quartet No. 5, Op. 66https://www.classicstoday.com/review/the-nightingale-string-quartet-vagn-holmboe-cycle-continues/ The Nightingale String Quartet Vagn Holmboe Cycle Continues Classics Today Jed Distler 18 September 2025 Cantata No. 9Paul Rapoport Vagn Holmboe: a catalogue of his music, discography, bibliography, essays Triad Press 1974 Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 1 Sinfonia austeraEdward Greenfield Ivan March Paul Czajkowski Robert Layton The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings: The Must-Have CDs and DVDs Nørgård, Per Penguin Books Limited 2011 9780141399768 Popular music Karl Gerhard – "Så var det med det lilla helgonet"Kalle Lind Karl Gerhard: Estradör och provokatör sv  Svenska Historiska Media Förlag 2022 9789177899235 Åsta Hjelm – "Teddyen min", recorded by Lille GretheGrethe, "Lille Grethe" Kausland Norsk biografisk leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Grethe%2C_%E2%80%9CLille_Grethe%E2%80%9D_Kausland/utdypning/utdypning no 14 January 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120930235111/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Grethe,_%e2%80%9cLille_Grethe%e2%80%9d_Kausland/utdypning/utdypning 30 September 2012 Johan Øian & Alf Prøysen – "Nøtteliten"https://site.uit.no/mgb-conference/abstracts/ Sonic Values: Narratives of Masculinity in the Music Classroom Ingeborg Lunde Vestad Eirik Askerøi Music and Gender in Balance 18 September 2025 Evert Taube – "Anttilan keväthuumaus" (Finnish translation) Pekka Nissilä Tapio Rautavaara - kulkurin taival 2008 Warner Music Finland 978-952-67044-2-5 fi Film music Harry Arnold & Sverre Bergh – Ute blåser sommarvindPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 30 Lars-Erik Larsson – EnhörningenPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 30 Poul Schierbeck – Ordethttps://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/ordet Ordet Det Danske Filminstitut 17 September 2025 Musical films Danssalongen, with music by Gunnar Lundén-Welden & Charlie NormanGunnar Iverson Astrid Soderbergh Widding Tytti Soila Nordic National Cinemas Routledge 2005 188 Births 8 August – Diddú, Icelandic singerhttp://vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is/Vefir/comenius/people/diddu.htm Sigrun Hjalmtysdottir vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is 18 September 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20071020182623/http://vestmannaeyjar.ismennt.is/Vefir/comenius/people/diddu.htm 2007-10-20 30 December – Sanne Salomonsen, Danish singer and songwriterThe Book Salomonsen, Sanne Njor, Maise People's Press 2005 87-91693-47-0 1st 212 da Deaths 10 April – Oskar Lindberg, Swedish church musician and composer (born 1884)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/lindberg-oskar/ Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955) Swedish Musical Heritage 18 September 2025 13 April – Davida Afzelius-Bohlin, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1866)https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5588&forceOrdinarySite=true Davida Carolina Afzelius-Bohlin (f. Larsson) Hennerberg, F. Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 22 May 2021 svhttp://nyaidun.se/davida-afzelius-bohlin/ Davida Afzelius-Bohlin Nya Idun 22 May 2021 sv 25 July – Ilmari Hannikainen, Finnish composer (born 1892; drowned)https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/Ilmari-Hannikainen-Air/ Ilmari Hannikainen earsense 17 September 2025 26 October – Arne Eggen, Norwegian composer and organist (born 1881)https://nbl.snl.no/Arne_Eggen Arne Eggen no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Morten Eide Pedersen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 31 March 2017 15 November – David Wikander, Swedish composer (born 1884)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/wikander-david/ David Wikander (1884−1955) Swedish Musical Heritage 18 September 2025 See also 1955 in Denmark 1955 in Iceland 1955 in Norwegian music 1955 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music