1941 in Nordic music

none July 2025 1941 1941 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1941 in Nordic music. Events March – Jón Leifs performs his Organ Concerto in Berlin with the Berlin Philharmonic. The work is condemned by critics and is so badly received by the audience that it is not performed in public again during his lifetime.Ingólfsson Árni Heimir Jón Leifs and the Musical Invention of Iceland 2019 Indiana University Press 9780253044051 Bloomington 2019 219 New works Kurt Atterberg – Aladdin (opera)https://bachtrack.com/review-atterberg-aladin-staatstheater-braunschweig-april-2017 New lamps for old: rediscovery of a Swedish Arabian Nights opera Bachtrack 9 July 2025 Vagn HolmboeRapoport, Paul The Compositions of Vagn Holmobe Edition Wilhelm Hansen 1996 Symphony No. 3, "Sinfonia rustica" Symphony No. 4, "Sinfonia sacra" Popular music Lasse Dahlquist "De' ä' dans på Brännö brygga"http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/000100763 De' ä' dans på Brännö brygga. Vals (Lasse Dahlquist); Sitt i båten, fröken lilla. Vals av Ernfrid Ahlin -- Gus Morris | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB) "Hallå du gamle indian"http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/000100751 Hallå du gamle indian Svensk mediedatabas 22 March 2011 Evert Taube – "Sjösala vals"http://smdb.kb.se/catalog/id/000103442 Flicka från Backafall (Gunnar Turesson, Gabriel Jönsson); Sjösala vals (Evert Taube) | Svensk mediedatabas (SMDB) Film music Jolly Kramer-Johansen & Jens Larsen – Hansen og Hansenhttps://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=791526 Hansen og Hansen Norsk filmografi no 9 July 2025 Musical films Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig, starring Lilian Ellis, with music by Kai Normann Andersenhttps://www.danskefilm.dk/film.php?id=51 Alle gaar rundt og forelsker sig Danish danskefilm.dk 16 March 2017 Births 6 March – Palle Mikkelborg, Danish jazz trumpeterThe Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-580-8 282 12 March – Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer (died 2002)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/may/23/guardianobituaries Obituary: Erkki Salmenhaara TheGuardian.com 23 May 2002 22 March – Hugo Rasmussen, Danish jazz bassist (died 2015)https://londonjazznews.com/2015/09/01/rip-hugo-rasmussen-1941-2015/ London Jazz News RIP Hugo Rasmussen (1941-2015) 1 September 2015 9 July 2025 7 May – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist (died 2015)Lars Sjösten Nationalencyklopedin Swedish http://www.ne.se/lars-sjösten 21 June 2010 27 May – Teppo Hauta-aho, Finnish double bassist and composer (died 2021)Korhonen Kimmo 2001 Hauta-Aho, Teppo Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.45888 18 September – Hafliði Hallgrímsson, Icelandic composerÍsmús Hafliði Halgrímsson https://www.ismus.is/einstaklingar/1006616 unknown date – Else Paaske, Danish operatic mezzo-sopranohttps://lex.dk/Else_Paaske Else Paaske Lex 10 July 2025 Deaths 27 January – Iver Holter, Norwegian musician and bandleader, Norwegian Army Band (born 1850)https://nbl.snl.no/Iver_Holter Iver Holter Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Øyvin Dybsand Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 31 March 2017 18 April – Harald Steen, Norwegian tenor and actor (born 1886)Harald Steen Store norske leksikon 2018 https://snl.no/Harald_Steen Norwegian 6 June 2020 3 May – Selma Ek, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1856)Karl-Josef Kutsch Leo Riemens Hansjörg Rost Großes Sängerlexikon De Gruyter 2012 de 9783598440885 1 May – Julia Claussen, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1879)May 3, 1941 Julia Claussen, 62; Ex-Opera Singer 15 The New York Times 3 December – Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (born 1856)Christian Sinding Norsk biografisk leksikon Per Vollestad Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Christian_Sinding/utdypning Norwegian 9 June 2010 See also 1941 in Denmark 1941 in Iceland 1941 in Norwegian music 1941 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music