1956 in Nordic music

none September 2025 1956 1956 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1956 in Nordic music. Events 24 May – The first-ever Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Switzerland. There is no representation from Scandinavian countries, but Danish radio broadcasts the event.25 May 1956 Radio og Fjernsyn: Velkommen Eurovision Radio and TV: Welcome, Eurovision Berlingske Tidende 6 da 1367883859 13 June – Jean Sibelius meets the British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent in Helsinki, and the two are photographed together.https://www.gettyimages.se/detail/nyhetsfoto/music-helsinki-finland-13th-june-1956-composer-sibelius-nyhetsfoto/78946531?adppopup=true Getty Images Music. Helsinki, Finland. 13th June 1956 23 September 2025 unknown date – Lars-Erik Larsson begins playing in the Swedish Radio Big Band.Leon Joseph Bly  A History of the Music for Wind Band Lit 2023 9783643916549 877 New works Erik Bergman – Simbolohttps://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 Lars-Erik Larsson – Concertino for ViolinPer Skans Lars-Erik Larsson: Twelve Concertinos, Op. 45 Various artists 1991 8–9 CD booklet BIS CD–473/474 https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/BI%200473 25292700 Bo Nilsson – Zwei Stücke, for flute, bass clarinet, piano, and percussionJean Christensen New Music of the Nordic Countries Pendragon Press 2002 9781576470190 468 Allan Pettersson – Symphony No 3http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080908075423/http://www.allanpettersson.org/Allan%20Pettersson/AllanPetterssonhemsidan/Allan%20Petterssons%20hemsida/huvud/verkfrteckning/verkf.htm usurped September 8, 2008 Styrelsen Hilding Rosenberg – Lento per orchestra d'archihttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rosenberg-hilding/SMH-W6091-Lento_per_orchestra_darchi Lento per orchestra d'archi Swedish Musical Heritage 22 September 2025 Dag Wirén – Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and violoncellohttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/wiren-dag/SMH-W742-Quartet_for_flute_oboe_clarinet_and_violoncello/ Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and violoncello Swedish Musical Heritage 22 September 2025 Popular music Kai Gullmar & Hasse Ekman – "I Heidelberg"Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series Library of Congress 1957 509 Film music Håkan von Eichwald – Flickan i frackPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 142 Sven Gyldmark – Flintesønnernehttps://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=58 Flintesønnerne danskefilm 29 July 2022 Erland von Koch – Sången om den eldröda blommanGunnar Iverson Astrid Soderbergh Widding Tytti Soila Nordic National Cinemas Routledge 2005 201 Ulrik Neumann, Svend Asmussen & Arvid Muller – KispusJohn Sundholm Isak Thorsen Lars Gustaf Andersson Olof Hedling Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema Scarecrow Press 2012 9780810878990 68 Births 15 February – Nils Landgren, Swedish jazz trombonistHansson Dan 2010-08-01 Ingen blåsning https://www.svd.se/a/6beb5435-c0c6-3a3d-90da-a704a0fcbef2/ingen-blasning 2025-07-17 Svenska Dagbladet sv 1101-2412 13 March – John Frandsen, Danish composerSeptember 2025 14 June – King Diamond, Danish heavy metal vocalistDansk rockleksikon Bille, Torben Politikens Forlag 2002 87-567-6525-8 1st 253 da 6 July – Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriterStan Jeffries Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 Bloomsbury Academic 2003 9780313315473 135 8 September – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz accordionist and pianist (died 2012)http://www.mic.no/symfoni/kontakt.nsf/pub/per2012031509315535981689 Eivin One Pedersen Norwegian MIC.no 30 April 2017 24 November – Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer (died 2015)Finnish Music Quarterly 2006 Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK) 2006 17 Deaths 27 January – Harald Heide, Norwegian violinist, conductor, and composer (born 1876)https://nbl.snl.no/Harald_Heide Harald Heide no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Bjarne Kortsen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 4 February – Peder Gram, Danish organist and composer (born https://www.earsense.org/chamber-music/composer/Peder-Gram/ Peder Gram (1881-1956) earsense 24 September 2025 25 March – Sam Rydberg, Swedish military musician and composer (born 1885)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rydberg-sam/ Sam Rydberg (1885−1956) Swedish Musical Heritage 22 September 2025 20 December – Hildur Andersen, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1864)https://nbl.snl.no/Hildur_Andersen Hildur Andersen no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 22 March 2017 See also 1956 in Denmark 1956 in Finland 1956 in Iceland 1956 in Norwegian music 1956 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music