1964 in Nordic music

none November 2025 1964 1964 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1964 in Nordic music. Events 21 March – The 9th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Copenhagen, and presented by Denmark's Lotte Wæver. The contest is won by Italy. Of the Scandinavian countries, Finland finish 7th, Norway 8th and Denmark 9th.Copenhagen 1964 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964/final European Broadcasting Union 6 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210406172136/https://eurovision.tv/event/copenhagen-1964/final 6 April 2021 live 12 May – At the 8th Annual Grammy Awards, Kai Winding is nominated in the Best Performance by an Orchestra or Instrumentalist with Orchestra category for "More".https://www.grammy.com/artists/kai-winding/7316 Kai Winding Grammy 15 November 2025 Autumn – A "jazz weekend" is organised as a precursor to the Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Norway.https://kongsbergjazz.no/en/historien/ Kongsberg Jazz Festival The Story 15 November 2025 New works Eyvin Andersen – Concerto for Violin and Orchestrahttps://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2003/may03/Danish_TWENTY_danacord.htm Twenty-Six Danish Violin Concertos Musicweb International 15 November 2025 Hilding Rosenberg – Sönerna (Cain and Abel), ballet, for orchestra Dag Wirén – Symphony No. 5Dag Wirén: Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5, Oscarsbalen ballet suite Thomas Dausgaard & Norrköping Symphony Orchestra 1998 Stig Jacobsson booklet cpo 999563-2 Germany 22 Popular music Carl Christian Bøyesen (C. C. Bøyesen) – "Min lille pa-papegøye", performed by Frank Cooks OrkesterBruyninckx Walter 60 Years of Recorded Jazz 1917–1977, Volume 5 1980 Walter Bruyninckx Mechelen, Belgium 6545Lord Tom The Jazz Discography, Volume 8 1994 Lord Music Reference West Vancouver, BC, Canada 577 Susanne Palsbo and Thore Skogman – "Lille fregnede Louise", performed by Johnny ReimarMade in Sweden: Studies in Popular Music Taylor & Francis 2016 9781134858507 43 New recordings Nicolai Gedda plays the male lead in a recording of Georges Bizet's Carmen, opposite Maria Callas, with Georges Prêtre conducting the Paris Opera Orchestra.Technology and the Diva: Sopranos, Opera, and Media from Romanticism to the Digital Age Karen Henson Cambridge University Press 2016 9780521198066 187 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1964 Film music Sven Gyldmark – Kampen om NæsbygårdKampen om Næsbygaard https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/kampen-om-naesbygaard Danish Film Database Danish Film Institute 15 March 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190419040529/https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/kampen-om-naesbygaard 19 April 2019 Jørgen Jersild – Gertrudhttp://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/nationalfilmografien/nffilm.aspx?id=6237 Gertrud da Nationalfilmografien Danish Film Institute 9 October 2011 Erik Nordgren – Klänningenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/the-dress-1964 The Dress (1964) MUBI 16 November 2025 Births 13 May – Harald Devold, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (died 2016).http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 Komponist Leif Solberg (101) er død Norwegian Solhaug Espen Amundrud Oppland Arbeiderblad 2016-02-18 18 February 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160126125023/http://www.oa.no/musikk/kultur/lena/komponist-leif-solberg-101-er-dod/s/5-35-226866 2016-01-26 Deaths 27 March – Emil Reesen, Danish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1887)https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Emil_Reesen Emil Reesen Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 15 November 2025 1 May – Håkan von Eichwald, Finnish-Swedish bandleader and conductor (born 1908)Håkan von Eichwald The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz 2 Barry Kernfeld 18 June – Egil Rasmussen, Norwegian author, literature critic and pianist (born 1903)https://snl.no/Egil_Rasmussen Egil Rasmussen no Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2010-08-02 23 April 2017 1 July – Sigurd Islandsmoen, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1881).https://nbl.snl.no/Sigurd_Islandsmoen Sigurd Islandsmoen no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Fredrik Th. Bolin Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 20 April 2017 15 August – Eino Kettunen, Finnish composer and lyricist (born 1894)Kärki Kalervo https://www.google.com/books/edition/Syd%C3%A4meni_s%C3%A4vel/oniRAQAACAAJ?hl=uk Sydämeni sävel: Toivo Kärki ja hänen musiikkinsa 2015 Mediapinta 978-952-235-888-2 245 fi 1 September – Otto Olsson, Swedish organist and composer (born 1879https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/olsson-otto/ Otto Olsson (1879−1964) Swedish Musical Heritage 15 November 2025 4 October – Set Svanholm, Swedish operatic tenor (born 1904)Rosenthal, H. and Warrack, J., "Svanholm, Set" in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1979 See also 1960s Music 1964 in Denmark 1964 in Iceland 1964 in Norwegian music 1964 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music