1942 in Nordic music

none July 2025 1942 1942 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1942 in Nordic music. Events 26 October – Violinist Jacob Scharff is detained at Bredtveit prison along with his father and brother; they are later sent to Camp Berg outside Tønsberg. New works Selim Palmgren Sun & Clouds, 12 Pieces for Piano, Op. 102https://imslp.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Selim_Palmgren List of works by Selim Palmgren IMSLP 15 July 2025 Jouluaatto ("Christmas Morning") for Chorus and Orchestra, Op. 103a Ture Rangstrom – Hanneles himmelsfärdhttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rangstrom-ture/SMH-W4708-Hanneles_himmelsfard Hanneles himmelsfärd Swedish Musical Heritage 10 July 2025 Popular music Matti Jurva & Tatu Pekkarinen – "Njet Molotoff"Marjo Kaartinen, Hannu Salmi & Marja Tuominen 2016 978-952-222-686-0 Helsinki 201 Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura Maamme: itsenäisen Suomen kulttuurihistoria Jacob Scharff & Arne Paasche Aasen – "Skjønne Sorina"https://unfinishedlives.eu/en/jacob_scharff/ Jacob Scharff Unfinished Lives 10 July 2025 Film music Erik Baumann – Fallet Ingegerd Bremssenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/the-ingegerd-bremssen-case The Ingegerd Bremssen Case MUBI 10 July 2025 Lars-Erik Larsson – Farliga vägarPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 58 Births 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, Danish violinist, teacher and composerhttps://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Birgitte_Alsted Birgitte Alsted Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon Eva Marie Jensen 10 July 2025 17 June – Torgrim Sollid, Norwegian folk and jazz musicianhttps://snl.no/Torgrim_Sollid Torgrim Sollid Johs Bergh no Store Norske Leksikon 2009-02-15 2 November 2012 21 June – Ditlef Eckhoff, Norwegian jazz trumpeterDitlef Eckhoff Biography Norwegian Johs Bergh Store Norske Leksikon https://snl.no/Ditlef_Eckhoff 10 July 2025 25 August – Terje Fjærn, Norwegian musician, orchestra leader and musical conductor (died 2016)http://www.vg.no/rampelys/musikk/terje-fjaern-er-doed-73-aar-gammel/a/23706196 Verdens Gang Terje Fjærn er død 73 år gammel Norwegian 2016-06-08 21 July 2016 Deaths 8 January – Catharinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1858)https://snl.no/Catharinus_Elling#-Kammermusikk Catharinus Elling Store Norsk Leksikon 10 July 2025 20 March – Aksel Agerby, Danish organist, composer and music administrator (born 1889)https://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=akselagerby Aksel Agerby gravsted.dk da 22 September 2025 14 April – Ida Ekman, Finnish soprano (born 1875)https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=1465 Ida Ekman Biografistk Lexikon for Finland sv 22 September 2025 23 May – Harald Lie, Norwegian composer (born 1902)https://snl.no/Harald_Lie Harald Lie Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-11-29 1 April 2017 1 June – Ernest Pingoud, Finnish composer (born 1887; suicide)https://www.fmq.fi/articles/pingoud-the-cosmopolitan-in-finnish-music Pingoud - the cosmopolitan in Finnish music Erkki Salmenhaara January 1985 Finnish Music Quarterly 10 July 2025 20 November – Emma Meissner, Swedish operatic soprano and actress (born 1866) https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9243 Emma O Meissner Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 1 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20170224141739/https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=9243 24 February 2017 live 2 December – Karen Jønsson née (Pedersen), Danish jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, composer, and actress (born 1909)https://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Karen_J%c3%b8nsson Karen Jønsson Barbara Zalewski Kvindebiografiskleksikon da 15 July 2025 3 December – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer (born 1867)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/peterson-berger-wilhelm/ Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867−1942) Swedish Musical Heritage 10 July 2025 December – Jacob Scharff, Latvian-born Norwegian violinist and composerr (born 1908) See also 1942 in Denmark 1942 in Iceland 1942 in Norwegian music 1942 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music