1930 in Nordic music

none June 2025 1930 1930 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1930 in Nordic music. Events June – Carl Nielsen begins work on his final composition, Commotio.https://imslp.org/wiki/Commotio,_Op.58_(Nielsen,_Carl) Commotio, Op.58 (Nielsen, Carl) IMSLP 2 June 2025 June – The Althing Festival, commemorating the millennium of the Icelandic Althing, is held in Thingvellir and includes the first performance of Páll Ísólfsson’s Althing Festival Cantata. Jón Leifs decides not to submit his (as yet unfinished) work to the competition; his work, Þjóðhvöt, is premiered at a festival in Greifswald later that year.Árni Heimir Ingólfsson Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044075 2019 134–158 unknown date The Reykjavik College of Music (Tónlistarskólinn í Reykjavík) is founded by Páll Ísólfsson.Árni Heimir Ingólfsson Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044075 150 Julius Röntgen publishes his biography of his friend, Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg.Beryl Foster The songs of Edvard Grieg Boydell Press 2007 9781843833437 244 Ture Rangström loses his job as a critic on Stockholms Dagblad.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rangstrom-ture/ Ture Rangström (1884−1947) Swedish Musical Heritage 2 June 2025 New works Hugo Alfvén – Natthttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/alfven-hugo/SMH-W2062-Natt/ Natt - Rudén no. 116 Swedish Musical Heritage 2 June 2025 Jón Leifs – Organ ConcertoTore Størvold Dissonant Landscapes: Music, Nature, and the Performance of Iceland Wesleyan University Press 2023 9780819500502 100 Jón Leifs - ÞjóðhvötÁrni Heimir Ingólfsson Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044075 142–144 Jean Sibelius 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.1154 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.115 (Sibelius, Jean) 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.1163 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op.116 (Sibelius, Jean) 4 Pieces for Violin and Piano Karelia's FateTomi Mäkelä Jean Sibelius Boydell Press 2011 9781843836889 119 Páll Ísólfsson - Althingi Festival CantataÁrni Heimir Ingólfsson Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044075 138–140 Popular music Hiski Salomaa – "Lännen lokari"https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000131079/W112128-Lnnen_lokari_Sottiisi Columbia matrix W112128. Lännen lokari : Sottiisi / Hiski Salomaa ; Wäinö Kauppi, Larsen & Co. DAHR 1 June 2025 Film music Eric Bengtson Fridas visorhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/bengtsson-eric/ Eric Bengtson (1897−1948) Swedish Musical Heritage 2 June 2025 (with John Kåhrman) Kronans kavaljererQvist, Per Olov von Bagh, Peter Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 62 Births 27 January – Usko Meriläinen, Finnish composer (died 2004)Finnish Music Quarterly Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK) 2005 4 14 April – Ola Calmeyer, jazz pianist (died 2003).http://swing-n-sweet.no/ola-calmeyer-prosjekt Ola Calmeyer Prosjekt Norwegian Swing-n-Sweet.no 14 March 2017 23 April – Mikkel Flagstad, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2005)https://snl.no/Mikkel_Flagstad Mikkel Flagstad Store norske leksikon 3 June 2025 28 April – Jürgen Ahrend, German organ builder who worked in Scandinavia (died 2024)Orgelmaker Jurgen Ahrend 94 overleden Orgel Nieuws https://www.orgelnieuws.nl/orgelmaker-jurgen-ahrend-94-overleden/ 2 August 2024 nl 3 August 2024 8 May – Papa Bue, Danish jazz trombonist (died 2011)The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Grenfell, Joyce - Koller, Hans MUZE 2006 617 13 May – Erik Moseholm, Danish jazz bassist (died 2012)https://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=erikmoseholm Erik Moseholm gravsted.dk 3 June 2025 27 July – Einar Iversen, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2019)https://snl.no/Einar_Iversen Einar Iversen Store norske leksikon 3 June 2025 10 August – Jorma Panula, Finnish conductor and composerBLF https://blf.fi/artikel.php?id=1506 1 June 2025 blf.fi 22 August – Rolf Billberg, Swedish jazz saxophonist (died 1966)https://orkesterjournalen.com/biografi/billberg-rolf/ Billberg, Rolf Orkester Journalen sv 3 June 2025 Deaths 1 January – Peter Brynie Lindeman, Norwegian organist, cellist, and composer (born 1858)https://nbl.snl.no/Peter_Lindeman Peter Lindeman Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Idar Karevold Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 6 April 2017 1 May – Emil Genetz, Finnish composer (born 1852) Genetz, Emil Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland Ruth-Esther Hillila and Barbara Blanchard Hong Greenwood Press 1997 0-313-27728-1 99 5 May – Henning Mankell, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1868)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/mankell-henning/ Henning Mankell (1868−1930) Swedish Musical Heritage 1 June 2025 16 June – Hannah Løvenskiold, composer (born 1860)http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub_e/per2001122009365799886015 Hannah Løvenskiold – Composer MIC.no 6 June 2017 21 June – Hans Ingi Hedemark, Norwegian operatic tenor (born 1875)Operasanger Hedemark død https://www.nb.no/items/43b9fc5fa87f8ed5aa40bac92999add4?page=3 6 July 2025 Bergens tidende 63 141 June 23, 1930 4 12 July – Lotten Edholm, Swedish composer and a pioneer in the Swedish Red Cross (born 1839) 30 October – Joël Blomqvist, hymnwriter (born 1840)Blomqvist, Joël 1 December – Michael Flagstad, Norwegian conductor, grandfather of Mikkel Flagstad (born 1869) 29 December – Oscar Borg, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1851)https://snl.no/Oscar_Borg Oscar Borg Egil Arnt Gundersen Ingebjørg Vilhelmsen SNL 1 June 2025 See also 1930 in Denmark 1930 in Iceland 1930 in Norwegian music 1930 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music