1940 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1940 in Nordic music.
Events
- 25 October – Lars-Erik Larsson's Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett, written in 1938, is premièred in Stockholm[1]
New works
- John Fernström – Cello Concerto[2]
- Lars-Erik Larsson – God in Disguise (cantata)[3]
- Gösta Nystroem – Viola Concerto, "Hommage à la France"[4]
- Geirr Tveitt – Dragaredokko (opera)[5]
- Dag Wirén – Sonatina for violin and piano[6]
Popular music
- Thore Ehrling, Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Hasse Ekman – "Regntunga skyar"[7]
- Leo Mathisen – "Take it Easy"[8]
- Nils Perne (Jokern) – "Min soldat"[9]
- Jean Sibelius – "Finlandia hymn" (new version with words by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi[10]
Film music
Musical films
- SF-paraati, with music by Georg Malmstén[13]
- Swing it, magistern!, with music by Sten Axelsson, Alice Tegnér, Thore Ehrling & Kai Gullmar and others
Births
- 20 March – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian jazz trombonist, composer, music arranger, and conductor (died 2012)[14]
- 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, Danish jazz trumpeter (died 2020)[15]
- 3 May – Leif Rygg, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player (died 2018)[16]
- 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singer[17]
- 22 December – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish jazz and rock musician and schlager singer (died 2017)[18]
Deaths
- 7 January – Carl Boberg, Swedish hymn-writer (born 1859)[19]
- 29 May – Mathilda Grabow, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1852)[20]
- 6 November – Ivar F. Andresen, Norwegian operatic bass (born 1896)[21]
- 3 December – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish cellist (born 1851)[22]
- unknown date – Petur Alberg, Faroese violinist and composer (born 1885)[23]