1957 in Nordic music

none September 2025 1957 1957 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1957 in Nordic music. Events 3 March – The 2nd Eurovision Song Contest is held in West Germany. The only Scandinavian country to enter is Denmark, represented by Birthe Wilke and Gustav Winckler, singing "Skibet skal sejle i nat", which finishes in third place.Frankfurt 1957 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 3 June 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220517112718/https://eurovision.tv/event/frankfurt-1957/final 17 May 2022 live 1 July – Nina & Frederik, not yet a married couple, make their professional performing debut at Mon Cœur, a nightclub in Copenhagen.September 2025 29 September – Finland's celebrated composer, Jean Sibelius, lies in state overnight, following a short memorial service at which musicians from the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra and Radio Symphony Orchestra carry his coffin into Helsinki Cathedral while Tapani Valsta plays the organ. 30 September – The state funeral of Jean Sibelius is held at Helsinki Cathedral. Many of Sibelius's own compositions are played. Aino Sibelius and Finland's president, Urho Kekkonen, lay wreaths, and composers Uuno Klami and Einojuhani Rautavaara are among the bearers. The coffin is taken to his home at Ainola for burial.https://sibelius.fi/en/the-man/death-and-funeral-1957/ Death and Funeral 1957 Sibelius 25 September 2025 New works Erik Bergman – Tre aspetti d’una serie dodecafonicahttps://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 piano and string orchestrahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/larsson-lars-erik/SMH-W2421-Concertino_for_piano_and_string_orchestra Concertino for piano and string orchestra Swedish Musical Heritage 25 September 2025 Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 2https://core.musicfinland.fi/works/sinfonia-2 Symphony No. 2 Music Finland Core 25 September 2025 Geirr Tveitt – Nykkenhttps://www.sco.org.uk/news/scandinavian-myths-in-music Scandinavian myths in music 11 March 2025 Scottish Chamber Orchestra 25 September 2025 Popular music Knut Brodin & Lennart Hellsing – "Hej, sa Petronella"Anders Palm Johan Stenström Barnens svenska sångbok 1999 Bonnier Stockholm Valto Laitinen – "Kun syksy saapuu Helsinkiin" http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/fi/kappale.php?Id=Kun+syksy+saapuu+helsinkiin Hakutulos kappaleelle Kun syksy saapuu helsinkiin Suomen äänitearkiston tietokanta vuosilta 1901–1999 Suomen äänitearkisto ry 5 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180905141100/http://www.aanitearkisto.fi/firs2/fi/kappale.php?Id=Kun+syksy+saapuu+helsinkiin 5 September 2018 Owe Thörnqvist – "Ett litet rött paket"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfSMX3QzgA4 Ett litet rött paket YouTube 23 April 2018 25 September 2025 New recordings Jussi Björling – "Nu Är Jag Pank Och Fågelfri"Jack W. Porter Harald Henrysson A Jussi Bjoerling Discography Jussi Bjoerling Memorial Archive 1982 9780960854608 90 Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann – "Slentre Gennem Regn"/"Kun en drømmer"https://archive.org/details/78_slentre-gennem-regn_grethe-og-jrgen-ingmann-robert-s-riley-otto-leisner_gbia7017881a Slentre gennem regn Internet Archive 27 September 2025 Film music Gunnar Sønstevold & Maj Sønstevold – Fjols til fjellshttps://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791516 Fjols til fjells Norsk filmografi 26 September 2025 Births 22 May – Anne Grete Preus, Norwegian rock singer (died 2019)Anne Grete Preus er død https://www.musikknyheter.no/nyheter/19883/Anne-Grete-Preus-er-d%C3%B8d.html musikknyheter.no Norwegian Robin Olsen 25 August 2019 25 September 2025 https://archive.today/20190826201845/https://www.musikknyheter.no/nyheter/19883/Anne-Grete-Preus-er-d%C3%B8d.html 26 August 2019 live unknown date – Karin Rehnqvisthttps://worldleaders.columbia.edu/directory/karin-rehnqvist#:~:text=Karin%20Rehnqvist%20(born%201957)%20is,cross%2Dgenre%20forms%20and%20ensembles Karin Rehnqvist Columbia University 26 September 2025 Deaths 7 July – Hiski Salomaa, Finnish folk singer and songwriter (born 1891)Silja Pitkänen Ville-Juhani Sutinen Värssyjä sieltä ja täältä – Hiski Salomaan elämä ja laulut Helsinki Teos 2011 978-951-851-304-2 320 28 August – Erik Tuxen, Danish conductor and composer and arranger (born 1902)Musical Courier, volumes 155-156 1957 10 23 August – Lille Bror Söderlundh, Swedish singer and composer (born 1912)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/soderlundh-lille-bror/ Lille Bror Söderlundh (1912−1957) Swedish Musical Heritage 26 September 2025 19 September – Heino Kaski, Finnish composer (born 1885)Lehtonen Tiina-Maija Säveltäjä Heino Kaski oli sydämeen käypä melodikko – Musiikin syntymäpäiväkalenteri https://yle.fi/aihe/a/20-301609 2025-07-28 Yle fi 2020-06-21 20 September Edvard Bræin, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1887)https://snl.no/Edvard_Br%C3%A6in Edvard Bræin no Grøndahl Carl Henrik Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2013-10-09 31 March 2017 Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (born 1865)Sibelius – Jean Sibelius 150 Years http://www.finncult.be/sibeulius150-jean-sibelius/?lang=en Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux 23 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105501/http://www.finncult.be/sibeulius150-jean-sibelius/?lang=en 23 August 2018 dead 14 October – Natanael Berg, Swedish composer (born 1879)Burnett R. Toskey Concertos for violin and viola: a comprehensive encyclopedia B.R. Toskey 1983 9780960105489 82 See also 1957 in Denmark 1957 in Iceland 1957 in Norwegian music 1957 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music