1902 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1902 in Nordic music. == Events == 9 April – The Finnish National Theatre's new building opens with the premiere of Finnish composer Jean Sibelius's The Origin of Fire ("Tulen synty"). 28 November – Danish composer Carl Nielsen's opera Saul og David receives its premiere in Copenhagen 1 December – Carl Nielsen conducts the premiere of his Symphony No. 2, De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments"). unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg produces the first of his Slåtter (Norwegian Peasant Dances). == New works == Carl Nielsen Symphony No. 2 Saul og David Jean Sibelius "Lastu lainehilla" ("Driftwood") from Seven Songs, Op. 17 Symphony No. 2 == Popular music == Vilhelm Svedbom – "Hej dunkom" == Births == 7 May – Jolly Kramer-Johansen, Norwegian composer (died 1968) 27 June – Georg Malmstén, Finnish entertainer (died 1981) 30 October – Bias Bernhoft, Norwegian singer and revue writer (died 1986). 21 November – Harald Lie, solo cellist for the Oslo Philharmonic (died 1942). == Deaths == 7 January – Adolfina Fägerstedt (90), Swedish ballet dancer 17 January – Elias Blix (65), Norwegian organist and composer 19 August – Lars Fykerud (42), Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and composer 12 April – Herman Amberg (67), Danish composer == See also == 1902 in Denmark 1902 in Norway 1902 in Sweden == References ==