1918 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1918 1918 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1918 in Nordic music. Events February – Jean Sibelius's home in Ainola is twice searched by Finland's Red Guards. His family is subsequently escorted to Helsinki as a result of the intervention of Robert Kajanus.Tawaststjerna Erik W. 2008 Sibelius Volume III: 1914–1957 Civil War Faber and Faber 978-057-12477-4-5 London https://books.google.com/books?id=wZUItERMn-wC 1 May – Composer Toivo Kuula is mortally wounded by a gunshot during an incident at the Hotel Seurahuone, Viipuri, during the Finnish Civil War.Finnish Music Quarterly Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK) fi 1993 59 unknown dates The Swedish Society of Composers is founded, with Natanael Berg as its first president.Oscar Thompson The International Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians Dodd, Mead 1975 197 Carl Nielsen's daughter Anne Marie marries Hungarian violinist Emil Telmányi, who promotes Nielsen's music throughout the world.The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1996 9780674372993 910 New works Leevi Madetoja – Symphony No. 2Salmenhaara Erkki Biografiskt lexikon för Finland (Biographical Dictionary of the Republic of Finland) Leevi Madetoja http://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=1438 August 3, 2016 sv 4 2011 M to Z Carl Nielsen – Pan and Syrinxhttps://imslp.org/wiki/Pan_og_Syrinx,_Op.49_(Nielsen,_Carl) Pan og Syrinx IMSLP 11 April 2025 Jean Sibelius – Oma maaAndrew Barnett Sibelius: Song of the Earth Osmo Vänskä, Lahti Symphony Orchestra, & Dominante Choir 2005 booklet BIS BIS CD-1365 7 62255940 Popular music Felix Körling – "Ett gammalt fult och elakt troll det var en gång"Körling Felix Nyman Hilding Kisse-Misse-Måns och andra visor 1918 Åhlén & Åkerlund Stockholm sv Births 22 March – Tauno Pylkkänen, Finnish composer (died 1980)https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-281209 Pohjolan Puccini, säveltäjä Tauno Pylkkänen oli punaorpo – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri 22 March 2019 YLE 12 April 2025 3 April – Sixten Ehrling, Swedish conductor (died 2005)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/apr/22/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries David Nice Obituary for Sixten Ehrling The Guardian London 22 April 2005 17 May – Birgit Nilsson, Swedish operatic soprano (died 2005)https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/12/arts/music/birgit-nilsson-soprano-legend-who-tamed-wagner-dies-at-87.html Birgit Nilsson, Soprano Legend Who Tamed Wagner, Dies at 87 Holland Bernard Bernard Holland 12 January 2006 The New York Times 17 May 2017 21 July – Vidar Sandbeck, folk singer, composer, and writer (died 2005).https://nbl.snl.no/Vidar_Sandbeck Vidar Sandbeck Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Øystein Øystå Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 17 September – Berit Brænne, Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter (died 1976).https://nbl.snl.no/Berit_Br%C3%A6nne Berit Brænne Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Tone Birkeland Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 26 October – Eric Ericson, Swedish choral conductor and choral teacher (died 2013)https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Ericson-Eric.htm Eric Ericson Bach Cantatas 11 April 2025 16 November – Finn Ludt, pianist, composer and music critic (died 1992)https://nbl.snl.no/Finn_Ludt Finn Ludt Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Anders Eggen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-07-08 13 April 2017 24 November – Torstein Grythe, Norwegian choir leader (died 2009)https://nbl.snl.no/Torstein_Grythe Torstein Grythe Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Erik Østby Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-05-04 13 April 2017 7 December – Jórunn Viðar, Icelandic pianist and composer (died 2017)https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2017/02/28/andlat_jorunn_vidar_tonskald/ Andlát: Jórunn Viðar tónskáld 18 February 2017 is MBL.is 11 April 2025 Deaths 1 March – Emil Sjögren, Swedish organist and composer (born 1853)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/sjogren-emil/ Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) Swedish Musical Heritage 11 April 2025 1 April – Karl Valentin, Swedish composer (born 1853)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/valentin-karl/ Karl Valentin (1853−1918) Swedish Musical Heritage 12 April 2025 18 May – Toivo Kuula, Finnish composer (born 1883)The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1996 9780674372993 474 20 May – Richard Andersson, Swedish pianist and composer (born 1851)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/andersson-richard/ Richard Andersson (1851−1918) Swedish Musical Heritage 12 April 2025 10 November – Frants Beyer, Norwegian tax inspector and composer (born 1851)http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Frants_Beyer/utdypning Frants Beyer Norsk biografisk leksikon Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo Norwegian 10 September 2011 3 December – Anders Heyerdahl, Norwegian violinist, composer and folk music collector (born 1832)https://snl.no/Anders_Heyerdahl Anders Heyerdahl Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-01-24 13 April 2017 See also 1918 in Denmark 1918 in Finland 1918 in Iceland 1918 in Norwegian music 1918 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music