1939 in Nordic music

none July 2025 1939 1939 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1939 in Nordic music. Events 1 January – Jean Sibelius conducts his orchestral version of Andante festivo in a live broadcast to the New York World's Fair.Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson Sibelius and Nielsen: A Centenary Essay British Broadcasting Corporation 1965 22 17 June – The earliest surviving recording of the "Säkkijärven polkka", a folk song made popular by Finnish accordionist Viljo "Vili" Vesterinen is made at the German school in Helsinki, with former members of the Dallapé Orchestra. Toivo Tamminen Säkkijärven polkka. Tarina siitä, miten polkka tuli Amerikan kautta Suomeen Hanuri-lehti fi 1993 21 3 16–19 Suomen harmonikkaliitto ry unknown date – Eric Bengtson ceases to conduct the Svensk Filmindustri orkestern and becomes principal conductor of the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/bengtsson-eric/ Eric Bengtson (1897−1948) Swedish Musical Heritage 3 July 2025 New works John Fernström – A Chinese Rhapsodyhttps://johnfernstrom.com/en/compositions Compositions John Fernstrom 4 July 2025 Hilding Rosenberg – String Quartet No. 4https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rosenberg-hilding/SMH-W1213-String_Quartet_no_4 String Quartet no. 4 Swedish Musical Heritage 4 July 2025 Popular music Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen & Holger Sinding – "Fjellsangen"Thomas Seiler "Im Leben verschollen": zur Rekontextualisierung skandinavischer Gefängnis- und Holocaustliteratur 2006 9783825351816 de 187 Winter Nils "Jokern" Perne och Sven Paddock – "Vårat gäng"https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/varat-gang-signaturmelodi/RlAdVyZlXEo Vårat Gäng, signaturmelodi JioSaavn October 2021 4 July 2025 Film music Nathan Görling – Kalle på SpångenMariah Larsson Anders Marklund Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader Nordic Academic Press 2010 107 Adolf Kristoffer Nielsen – Gjest Baardsen, starring Alfred MaurstadListen to Norway, volumes 1-3 Norwegian Music Information Centre (NMIC) 1993 66 Jules Sylvain – Emilie HögquistMariah Larsson Anders Marklund Swedish Film: An Introduction and Reader Nordic Academic Press 2010 116 Births 21 March – Christer Boustedt, Swedish saxophonist and actor (died 1986)Jazz Forum: The Magazine of the International Jazz Federation International Jazz Federation 1986 23 13 May – Kari Løvaas, Norwegian operatic soprano (died 2025)https://snl.no/Kari_L%C3%B8vaas Store Norsk Leksikon Kari Løvaas 3 July 2025 22 June – Heikki Sarmanto, Finnish jazz pianist and composerThe Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Larkin, Colin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-939-0 2192 9 August Odd Børre, Norwegian singer (died 2023)July 2025 Ove Stokstad, Norwegian saxophonist (died 2018)Ove Stokstad Store norske leksikon Bolstad Erik Norsk nettleksikon Oslo https://snl.no/Ove_Stokstad Norwegian 4 March 2018 18 August – Harald Heide-Steen Jr., Norwegian actor and singer (died 2008)Harald Heide-Steen Jr. Larsen Svend Erik Løken https://nbl.snl.no/Harald_Heide-Steen_Jr. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2009-02-13 22 December 2014 Deaths 11 February – Gustav Fredrik Lange, Norwegian violinist, composer and music teacher (born 1861)https://nbl.snl.no/Gustav_Lange Gustav Lange Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Nils Grinde Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 2 April 2017 3 May – Jørgen Ditleff Bondesen, Danish composer and music theorist (born 1855)J.D. Bondesen lex.dk https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/J.D._Bondesen 2023-01-17 Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 17 July 2011 da 10 May – Sigfús Einarsson, Icelandic organist and composer (born 1877)https://handrit.is/manuscript/list/people/SigEin010?lang=en Sigfús Einarsson Handrit 5 July 2025 4 June – Carl Cohn Haste, blind Danish pianist, organist and composer (born 1874)July 2025 3 August – August Enna, Danish composer (born 1859)https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/04/archives/prof-august-enna-danish-composer-80-rose-from-shoemaker-to-write.html PROF. AUGUST ENNA, DANISH COMPOSER, 80; Rose From Shoemaker to Write Operas and Ballets 4 August 1939 New York Times 3 July 2025 16 October – Ludolf Nielsen, Danish violinist, pianist, conductor and composer (born 1876)Paul Griffiths The Penguin Companion to Classical Music Penguin Adult 2004 9780141009247 See also 1939 in Denmark 1939 in Iceland 1939 in Norwegian music 1939 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music