1947 in Nordic music

none August 2025 1947 1947 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1947 in Nordic music. Events 12 July – Líf, the 18-year-old daughter of composer Jón Leifs, drowns while swimming off the coast of Sweden. The impact on her father and his musical creativity is huge.Árni Heimir Ingólfsson Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland Indiana University Press 2019 9780253044082 10 December – Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra is premièred on Swedish Radio.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/larsson-lars-erik/SMH-W2420-Concertino_for_bassoon_and_string_orchestra Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra Swedish Musical Heritage 4 August 2025 unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Fliflet Bræin makes his conducting debut in Bergen.Edvard Fliflet Bræin Norsk biografisk leksikon Elef Nesheim Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://nbl.snl.no/Edvard_Fliflet_Br%C3%A6in Norwegian 31 October 2009 New works Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 6John H. Yoell The Nordic Sound: Explorations Into the Music of Denmark, Norway, Sweden Crescendo Publishing Company 1974 9780875970905 122 Jón Leifs – RequiemPassion by Way of Iceland And the Idiosyncratic https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/29/arts/music-review-passion-by-way-of-iceland-and-the-idiosyncratic.html The New York Times 29 February 1996 Alex Ross 15 October 2013 Harald Sæverud – Peer Gynt (incidental music)Arvid O. Vollsnes Ludvig Irgens-Jensen: The Life and Music of a Norwegian Composer Toccata Press 2014 9780907689737 237 Popular music Evert Taube – "Här är den sköna sommar"Rigmor Schill Evert Taubes genombrott Evert Taube-sällskapet 1984 304 sv Film music Sven Gyldmark – Familien Swedenhielmhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/swedenhielm-family Swedenhielm Family MUBI 4 August 2025 Kai Møller – Soldaten og JennyPiil M. Gyldendals danske filmguide Gyldendal 2008 978-87-02-06669-2 508 Gunnar Sønstevold – Sankt Hans festhttps://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=101566 Sankthansfest Norsk filmografi 4 August 2025 Musical films Tappa inte sugen, with music by Albert Harris and Julius Jacobsen (Swedish version of a British musical)James Monaco The Encyclopedia of Film Perigee Books 1991 190 Births 27 January – Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999)https://bjornafzelius.com/biografi/ Biografi Bjorn Afzelius official website 3 August 2025 3 April – Anders Eliasson Swedish composer (died 2013)https://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/article/obituary-anders-eliasson-composer Obituary: Anders Eliasson, composer 22 May 2013 Charlotte Smith Gramophone 3 August 2025 20 April – Björn Skifs, Swedish singer2000 Skifs, Björn Nils Olof 20 April 1947 Försäkringskassan, uttag avseende 20001231 (2014) 24 July – Loa Falkman, Swedish opera singerDavid Cummings (ed.), Falkman, Carl Johan, International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory, Routledge, 2000, p. 190. 15 August – Gertrud Maria Mell, Swedish musician and composer (died 2016)https://minnessidor.fonus.se/memorial_page/memorial_page_personal_info.php?order_id=473386&set_site_id=2&fbrefresh=473386&sign=11cac54348e095fd0ade0406970dd9d9 Gertrud Maria Mell Fonus 3 August 2025 Swedish Deaths 17 January – Agnes Janson, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1861)23 January 1947 Death Of Well-Known Swedish Opera Singer https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30508684 4 May 2022 Trove The Advertiser (Adelaide) en 20 March – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and singer (born 1884)Evelyn Mack Truitt Who was who on screen Bowker 1977 9780835209144 476 11 May – Ture Rangström, Swedish composer (born 1884)Helmer Axel A J Ture Rangström Svenskt biografiskt lexikon 1995 Riksarchivet Stockholm 663 https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=7540 28 April 2020 sv 29 1995–1997 23 May – Per Kvist, Norwegian revue writer and entertainer (born 1890)https://nbl.snl.no/Per_Kvist Per Kvist no Diesen Andreas Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2009-02-13 30 March 2017 28 June – Per Steenberg, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1870)https://nbl.snl.no/Per_Steenberg Per Steenberg no Solhaug Arne J. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2009-02-13 26 March 2017 6 October – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (born 1887)Hillila Ruth-Esther Hong Barbara Blanchard 1997 Historical Dictionary of Music and Musicians of Finland London Greenwood Press 28 November – Georg Schnéevoigt, Finnish cellist, conductor and composer (born 1872)Georg Schneevoigt- Bio, Albums, Pictures – Naxos Classical Music. https://www.naxos.com/person/Georg_Scheevoigt/110568.htm 2021-05-25 www.naxos.com See also 1947 in Denmark 1947 in Iceland 1947 in Norwegian music 1947 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music