1958 in Nordic music

none October 2025 1958 1958 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1958 in Nordic music. Events 12 March – The 3rd Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Netherlands, and for the first time two Scandinavian countries are represented. Sweden, represented by Alice Babs, finishes in 4th place, and Denmark's Raquel Rastenni is 8th.Hilversum 1958 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 22 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210605213454/https://eurovision.tv/event/hilversum-1958/final 5 June 2021 live May – The 6th Bergen International Festival is held in Bergen, Norway.http://www.fib.no/festspillhistorier/#/tidslinje Festspillhistorier Bergen International Festival 22 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20131202232544/http://www.fib.no/festspillhistorier/#/tidslinje 2 December 2013 dead New works Lars-Erik Larsson – Concertino for trumpet and string orchestrahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/larsson-lars-erik/SMH-W7138-Concertino_for_trumpet_och_strakorkester_Concertino_for_trumpet_and_st Concertino för trumpet och stråkorkester Swedish Musical Heritage 20 October 2025 Per Nørgård – Constellations, for stringsOctober 2025 Gösta Nystroem – Herr Arnes Penningar (opera)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nystroem-gosta/SMH-W1136-Herr_Arnes_Penningar Herr Arnes Penningar Swedish Musical Heritage 20 October 2025 Allan Pettersson – Concerto for Strings 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 8 September 2008 Styrelsen Popular music Erik Leth & Sven Gyldmark – "Er du dus med himlens fugle"Bogmarkedet Den danske forlæggerforening og Den danske boghandlerforening 1997 14 Vidar Sandbeck – "Pengegaloppen"Hvem er hvem? Kunnskapsforlaget 1994 no 472 New recordings Monica Zetterlund – Swedish SensationJazz Discography Cassell 1960 269 Film music Sven Gyldmark – Styrmand Karlsen Library of Congress. Copyright Office Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series 1960 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_TSEhAQAAIAAJ 19 February 2018 416 Sven Rüno – Åsa-Nisse i kronans kläderAlfred Krawc International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (from the beginnings to 1984) Saur 1986 473 Musical films Musik ombord, starring Alice BabsJürgen Wölfer Roland Löper Das grosse Lexikon der Filmkomponisten: die Magier der cineastischen Akustik, von Ennio Morricone bis Hans Zimmer Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf 2003 9783896022967 de 218 Births 25 February – Eva Johansson, Danish operatic sopranohttps://kvindebiografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Eva_Johansson da Eva Johansson Sten Høgel Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon 20 October 2025 30 May – Marie Fredriksson, Swedish singer (died 2019)https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/arts/music/marie-fredriksson-roxette-dead.html Roxette Singer Marie Fredriksson Is Dead at 61 Edwards, Gavin Magra, Iliana The New York Times 10 December 2019 3 January 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20191215144948/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/arts/music/marie-fredriksson-roxette-dead.html 15 December 2019 live 30 June Kalevi Kiviniemi, Finnish organist (died 2024)https://www.classicalmusicdaily.com/articles/k/k/kalevi-kiviniemi.htm Kalevi Kiviniemi Classical Music Daily 20 October 2025 Esa-Pekka Salonen, Finnish conductor and composerL. C. Harnsberger Essential Dictionary of Music: The Most Practical and Useful Music Dictionary for Students and Professionals Alfred Music 2005 246 18 July – Bent Sørensen, Danish composerSørensen, Bent Musical Denmark 42–46 Danish Cultural Institute 28 1990 27 July – Kimmo Hakola, Finnish composerHakola, Kimmo Fennica Gehrman 27 July 1958 https://www.fennicagehrman.fi/composers/hakola-kimmo 22 October 2025 Deaths 18 January – Maja Flagstad, Norwegian pianist, choral conductor, and répétiteur (born 1871)https://nbl.snl.no/Kirsten_Flagstad Kirsten Flagstad Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Trond Olav Svendsen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-26 28 April 2017 23 June – Armas Järnefelt, Finnish-Swedish conductor and composer (born 1869)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/jarnefelt-armas/ Armas Järnefelt (1869−1958) Swedish Musical Heritage 20 October 2025 28 September – Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1893)http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kb/artikkeli/1439/ Merikanto, Aarre (1893-1958) Salmenhaara Erkki Kansallisbiografia 27 September 2016 fi 20 November – Arne Svendsen, Norwegian songwriter, folk poet and revue writer (born 1884)http://snl.no/Arne_Svendsen Arne Svendsen no Store Norske Leksikon Godal Anne Marit Anne Marit Godal Norsk nettleksikon Oslo 9 April 2015 30 March 2017 See also 1958 in Denmark 1958 in Iceland 1958 in Norwegian music 1958 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music