1959 in Nordic music

none October 2025 1958 1959 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1959 in Nordic music. Events 29 January – Melodifestivalen, an annual Swedish music competition that determines the country's representative for the Eurovision Song Contest, is held for the first time, in Stockholm.Leif Thorsson Melodifestivalen genom tiderna 2006 19publisher=Premium Publishing AB 91-89136-29-2 12 March – The 4th Eurovision Song Contest is held in France. Denmark (5th) and Sweden (9th) are the only Scandinavian countries to compete.Cannes 1959 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 22 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20220103013906/https://eurovision.tv/event/cannes-1959/final 3 January 2022 live unknown date – Icelandic new-music collective Musica Nova is founded by Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson and others.Magnús Blöndal Jóhannsson tónskáld http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=5495386 13 March 2014 Dagblaðið Vísir 4 January 2005 25 Icelandic New works Erik Bergman – Atonhttps://www.fmq.fi/articles/hearing-the-self-through-the-other Hearing the Self through the Other Juha Torvinen Finnish Music Quarterly January 1985 11 November 2025 Sven-Erik Bäck – A Game around a GameCatalog of Copyright Entries: Third series Library of Congress 1961 132 Niels Viggo Bentzon – Piano Sonata No. 7, op. 121https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/19232/Sonate-nr-7-for-klaver--Niels-Viggo-Bentzon/ Sonate nr 7 for klaver Wise Music Classical 22 October 2025 Popular music Sven Gyldmark – "Bornholmervalsen", performed by Ib Mossin Per Martin Hamberg – "Nu tändas åter ljusen i min lilla stad"Anders Berglund Musik att minnas: Vägvisare till vår gemensamma sångskatt 2022 9789180572279 30 New recordings Louis Armstrong – Americans in Swedenhttps://librarycatalog.mountainview.gov/search/card?id=56bf7260-b12a-46d8-bf72-60b12aa6d898&entityType=FormatGroup Americans in Sweden Mountain View Public Library 23 October 2025 Film music Sven Gyldmark Far til fire på Bornholmhttps://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=87 Far til fire på Bornholm Danskefilm.dk da 23 October 2025 Vi er allesammen tossedehttp://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=8771 https://archive.today/20070906070234/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnffuldvis&p_parmlist=filmid=8771 dead 2007-09-06 Vi er allesammen tossede – Danmarks Nationalfilmografi Maj Sønstevold – Støv på hjernen Musical films Raggare!, with music by Harry Arnold and othershttps://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=4601#soundtrack-listing Raggare! Swedish Film Database 23 October 2025 Births 12 January – Per Gessle, Swedish singer, songwriter and guitaristGraham Betts Complete UK Hit Albums 1956-2005 Collins 2005 9780007205325 347 6 August – Sigurd Køhn Norwegian jazz saxophonist, bandleader and composer (died 2004)https://snl.no/Sigurd_K%C3%B8hn Sigurd Køhn no Store norske leksikon 14 September – Morten Harket, Norwegian singerhttps://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/europe-travel/guest-list-the-pop-singer-morten-harket-xnnjrmh2k3g Guest List: The pop singer Morten Harket Potton Ed 18 July 2009 The Times 29 October 2022 subscription none 13 December – Staffan William-Olsson, Swedish jazz musicianhttps://snl.no/Staffan_William-Olsson Staffan William-Olsson Norwegian 23 October 2025 Store Norske Leksikon Deaths 2 March – Yrjö Kilpinen, Finnish composer (born 1892)The NATS Bulletin: The Official Magazine of the National Association of Teachers of Singing 1970 2 13 April – Dagmar Hansen, Danish singer and entertainer (born 1871)Thomsen Allan Mylius 2001 Dagmar Hansen https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/181/origin/170/ Kvindebiografisk Leksikon 2 8–9 Danish 21 April – Hakon Andersen, Danish organist and composer (born 1875) October 2025 30 April – Daniel Andersen, Danish composer, sculptor and ceramist (born 1885)https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=danielandersen Daniel Andersesn Gravsted 23 October 2025 3 June – Ole Windingstad, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1886)https://nbl.snl.no/Ole_Windingstad Ole Windingstad Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Harry T. Cleven 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 21 June – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (born 1885).https://nbl.snl.no/Fridtjof_Backer-Gr%C3%B8ndahl Fridtjof Backer Grøndahl Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Øyvind Norheim 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 7 August – Armas Launis, Finnish composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1884)Susanne Rode-Breymann Die Wiener Staatsoper in den Zwischenkriegsjahren: ihr Beitrag zum zeitgenössischen Musiktheater H. Schneider 1994 de 9783795207724 379 See also 1959 in Denmark 1959 in Iceland 1959 in Norwegian music 1959 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music