1937 in Nordic music

none June 2025 1937 1937 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1937 in Nordic music. Events 5 April – Finnish conductor Georg Schnéevoigt arrives in Australia, hoping to encourage interest in Finnish music. He is said to be the first musician to travel from the UK to Australia by air.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17357236 Finnish conductor 6 April 1937 Sydney Morning Herald 25 June 2025 unknown date Peder Gram becomes director of music at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation. Christiansen E. Statsradiofonien, 1925–1950 Gyldendal 1950 da 46 Jón Leifs resigns as musical director of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service after two years in post, and returns to Germany.Jón Leifs http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=292760&pageId=4313529 11 October 2013 Andvari 1990 Hjálmar H Ragnarsson 5–38 pdf New works Uuno Klami – Intermezzo, for cor anglais and chamber orchestraHeikki Poroila Yhtenäistetty Uuno Klami (List of Works by Uuno Klami) 2012 https://docplayer.fi/12065570-Yhtenaistetty-uuno-klami.html Helsinki fi Suomen musiikkikirjastoyhdistys no (Finnish Music Library Association) 978-952-5363-30-2 6 Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 "Søstormen" (Storm at Sea)https://www.stretta-music.net/langgaard-symphony-no15-sstormen-nr-1645077.html Symphony No.15 'Søstormen' Stretta Music 25 June 2025 Lars-Erik Larsson – Symphony No. 2Christoph Schlüren J. Bradford Robinson Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony No. 2 / Variations, Op. 50 / Barococo Suite, Op. 64 Andrew Manze & Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra 2015 14–20 CD booklet cpo 777 672–2 https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CX%207672 Recordings Karlakór Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Men's Choir) – Á aðventu með Karlakór Reykjavíkurhttps://www.kkor.is/dbpage.php?pg=history www.kkor.is Stiklað á stóru í sögu Karlakórs Reykjavíkur is 16 June 2025 Popular music Jules Sylvain & Åke Söderblom – "Klart till drabbning"Catalog of Copyright Entries: Musical compositions 32 5 Library of Congress, Copyright Office Klart till drabbning 1938 575 Film music Kai Gullmar – Familjen Anderssonhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/the-andersson-family The Andersson Family MUBI 27 June 2025 Jules Sylvain – Sara lär sig folkvetthttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/sara-learns-manners Sara Learns Manners MUBI 27 June 2025 Olof Thiel – Häxnattenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/witches-night-1937 Witches' Night MUBI 27 June 2025 Musical films Frk. Møllers jubilæum, starring Victor Borge, with music by Victor Cornelius & Karen Jønssonhttps://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/frk-mollers-jubilaeum Frk. Møllers jubilæum DFI 27 June 2025 Births 27 January – Fred Åkerström, Swedish folk guitarist and singer (died 1985)June 2025 7 February – Svante Thuresson, Swedish jazz musician (died 2021)June 2025 6 March – Arild Nyquist, Norwegian writer and musician (died 2004)Arild Nyquist Norsk biografisk leksikon Øystein Rottem Øystein Rottem Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Arild_Nyquist/utdypning Norwegian 17 January 2013 10 March – Alfred Janson, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2019) Alfred Janson Norsk biografisk leksikon Arvid Vollsnes Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Alfred_Janson/utdypning Norwegian 14 March 2012 15 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121015041402/http://snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Alfred_Janson/utdypning live 6 July – Vladimir Ashkenazy, Soviet-born pianist and conductor, Icelandic citizenVladimir Ashkenazy Biography & Facts Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vladimir-Ashkenazy 2024-10-15 www.britannica.com en 8 August – Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-born singer-songwriter who worked mainly in Sweden (died 1987)Ulf Carlsson Cornelis Vreeswijk: artist--vispoet--lyriker Corona 1996 9789156410253 5 20 September – Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (died 2005)Bergh Johs Monica Zetterlund 2020-12-07 http://snl.no/Monica_Zetterlund Store norske leksikon nb 2 May 2021 18 December – Knut Skram, Norwegian operatic baritoneAndersen, Rune J. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Knut_Skram/utdypning Knut Skram Store Norsk Leksikon no Deaths 30 January – Anna Bergström-Simonsson, Swedish singing teacher (born 1853)Moberg Carl-Allan Sundström Einar Morin Gösta Sohlmans musiklexikon: nordiskt och allmänt uppslagsverk för tonkonst, musikliv och dans. 1, A-Egypten 1948 Sohlman Stockholm 42146 14 February – Erkki Melartin, Finnish composer (born 1875)Finnish Music Quarterly 1 March 2000 8–19 Räihälä Osmo Tapio Osmo Tapio Räihälä Erkki Melartin, a Symphonic Composer of International Stature? http://www.fmq.fi/2000/03/erkki-melartin-a-symphonic-composer-of-international-stature/ Performing Music Promotion Centre (ESEK) Helsinki 2020-05-13 22 March – Thorvald Aagaard, Danish organist and composer (born 1877)https://www.classicalarchives.com/newca/#!/Composer/28676 Thorvald Aagaard Classical Archives 24 June 2025 17 October – Ludvig Birkedal-Barfod, Danish organist and composer (born 1850)https://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=ludvigbirkedal-barfod Ludvig Harbo Gote Birkedal-Barfod da gravsted.dk 26 June 2025 15 November – Eero Järnefelt, Finnish artist, brother of Armas Järnefelt and Aino Sibelius (born 1863)Konttinen Riitta Järnefelt, Eero (1863-1937) https://kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/3497 Kansallisbiografia 22 August 2020 20 April 2016 See also 1937 in Denmark 1937 in Iceland 1937 in Norwegian music 1937 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music