1944 in Nordic music

none July 2025 1944 1944 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1944 in Nordic music. Events 4 August – The Swedish inhabitants of the island of Ruhnu (Runö) are evacuated to make way for the Soviet occupation. Some of their folk traditions, including music, are recorded for posterity.https://xn--runborna-p4a.se/historia/historiska-runodatum/ Historiska Runödatum sv Runöborna.se 21 July 2025 unknown date John Fernström begins working as a composer for the Malmö stadsteater (the Malmö city theatre).https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/fernstrom-john/ John Fernström (1897−1961) Swedish Musical Heritage 20 July 2025 King Frederik IX of Denmark is recorded conducting the Orchestra of the Royal Danish Theatre.https://classical.music.apple.com/gb/album/1532810584 King Frederik IX conducts The Orchestra of Royal Danish Theatre Apple Music 21 July 2025 New works Jørgen Bentzon – Saturnalia (opera)https://seismograf.org/dmt/46/04/some-danish-composers-1600-1960s Some Danish composers from 600 to the 1960s Frede Nielsen Seismograf 21 July 2025 Klaus Egge – Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 2, "Symfoniske variasjoner og fuge over en norsk folketone", Op. 21Oscar Thompson The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians Dodd, Mead 1975 629 Elisabeth Huselius-Wickter – I ensamhet och tystnadhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/tonsattare/huselius-wickter-elisabeth/ Elisabeth Huselius-Wickter (1901−1965) Swedish Musical Heritage 20 July 2025 Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 5https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/21938/Symfoni-nr-5--Vagn-Holmboe/ Symfoni nr. 5, Op. 34 (1944) Wise Music Classical 21 July 2025 David Wikander – Passacaglia över koralen Jag ville lova och prisahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/wikander-david/ David Wikander (1884−1955) Swedish Musical Heritage 20 July 2025 Popular music Lasse Dahlquist – "Gå upp och pröva dina vingar"Uno Myggan Eriksson 1989 Myggans Nöjeslexikon vol 4 40 Juul Strømme & Rolf Holst – "Farvel Finnmark"https://www.sagat.no/farvel-finnmark/19.8256 Kommentar:Farvel Finnmark! Ságat no 21 July 2025 Musical theatre Song of Norway adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest from the work of Edvard GriegHischak Thomas The Oxford Companion to the American Musical: Theatre, Film andTelevision New York City Oxford University Press 2008 694 Film music Sven Gyldmark Elly PetersenElly Petersen https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/elly-petersen Det Danske Filminstitut 4 June 2025 Teatertossethttps://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/teatertosset Teatertosset DFI 27 April 2021 Hilding Rosenberg – Tormenthttps://www.ingmarbergman.se/en/production/torment Torment Ingmar Bergman 21 July 2025 Jules Sylvain – Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blottPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 53 Births 2 March – Leif Segerstam, Finnish composer and conductor (died 2024)Nossiter Adam Leif Segerstam, Who Wrote 371 Symphonies, Is Dead at 80 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/arts/music/leif-segerstam-dead.html The New York Times 21 October 2024 7 June – Erling Wicklund, Swedish-Norwegian trombonist and composer (died 2019) 1 October – Yngvar Numme, Norwegian singer, actor, revue writer and director (died 2023)Thomas Numme Trond Smith-Meyer Øyvind Holen Øyvind Holen Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Thomas_Numme no 25 November 2023 14 November – Niels la Cour, Danish composerhttp://www.doks.dk/organistbladet/210-2007/oktober/902-niels-la-cour-om-kirke-og-orgelmusik Niels la Cour om kirke- og orgelmusik Mikael Garnæs DOKS 21 July 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20160816011939/http://www.doks.dk/organistbladet/210-2007/oktober/902-niels-la-cour-om-kirke-og-orgelmusik 2016-08-16 1 December – Arja Saijonmaa, Finnish singer and actressWho's who in Scandinavia Who's Who, the international red series Verlag 1981 879 Deaths 2 March – Johanne Stockmarr, Danish pianist (born 1869)http://denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Musik/Pianist/Johanne_Stockmarr Johanne Stockmarr Dansk Biografisk Leksikon Schiørring, Nils 18 July 2011 2 June 2017 Danish 1 April – Sandra Droucker, Norwegian pianist, composer and radio personality (born 1875)https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/26/0303.html Droucker, Sandra Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon 31 March 2017 7 July – Emil Thoroddsen, Icelandic composer (born 1898)https://handrit.is/manuscript/list/people/EmiTho001?lang=en Emil Thoroddsen handrit.is is 20 July 2025 8 August – Aino Ackté, Finnish operatic soprano (born 1876)Suhonen Pekka 29 July 2016 Ackté, Aino (1876 - 1944) https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1448 live Kansallisbiografia 25 June 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20170805140804/http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1448 2017-08-05 18 November – Per Biørn, Danish operatic baritone (born 1887)https://classicmusiccds.com/product/danish-baritone-per-biorn-1887-1944-cdr/ DANISH BARITONE PER BIØRN (1887-1944) CDR Classic Music CDs 21 July 2025 See also 1944 in Denmark 1944 in Iceland 1944 in Norwegian music 1944 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music