1937 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1937 in Nordic music.

Events

5 April â Finnish conductor Georg SchnÃ©evoigt 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.^[1]
unknown date
- Peder Gram becomes Director of Music at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.^[2]
- JÃ³n Leifs resigns as Musical Director of the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service after two years in post, and returns to Germany.^[3]

KarlakÃ³r ReykjavÃkur (ReykjavÃk Men's Choir) â Ã aÃ°ventu meÃ° KarlakÃ³r ReykjavÃkur^[7]

27 January â Fred ÃkerstrÃ¶m, Swedish folk guitarist and singer (died 1985)^{[citation needed]}
7 February â Svante Thuresson, Swedish jazz musician (died 2021)^{[citation needed]}
6 March â Arild Nyquist, Norwegian writer and musician (died 2004)^[13]
10 March â Alfred Janson, Norwegian pianist and composer (died 2019)^[14]
6 July â Vladimir Ashkenazy, Soviet-born pianist and conductor, Icelandic citizen^[15]
8 August â Cornelis Vreeswijk, Dutch-born singer-songwriter who worked mainly in Sweden (died 1987)^[16]
20 September â Monica Zetterlund, Swedish singer and actress (died 2005)^[17]
18 December â Knut Skram, Norwegian operatic baritone^[18]