1951 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1951 in Nordic music.
Events
- 25 June – Norwegian musicians Egil Monn-Iversen and Sølvi Wang are married at the Uranienborg Church in Oslo.[1]
- unknown date – Frank Meidell Falch is appointed the first director of the Bergen International Festival (1951–1956).[2]
New works
- Hugo Alfvén – Sängen till Folkare[3]
- Bengt Hambraeus – Cantata pro defunctis for baritone and organ[4]
- Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 8, "Sinfonia boreale"[5]
- Allan Pettersson – Seven Sonatas for Two Violins[6]
- David Wikander – Missa brevis in festis[7]
Popular music
- Karl Gerhard, Kaj Stighammar & Herbert Steen – "Axlarna ska slutta"[citation needed]
- Tapio Rautavaaran – "Isoisän olkihattu"[8]
Film music
Musical films
- Mød mig på Cassiopeia, with music by Kai Normann Andersen, starring Bodil Kjer[10]
Births
- 10 January – Karólína Eiríksdóttir, Icelandic composer[11]
- 1 March – Kristinn Sigmundsson, Icelandic operatic bass[12]
- 12 April – Anneli Arho, Finnish music teacher, writer and composer[13]
- 14 April – Terje Tysland, Norwegian singer and songwriter.[14]
- 12 May – Jacob Groth, Danish film score composer[15]
- 9 June – Geir Bøhren, Norwegian musician and film composer[citation needed]
- 15 October – Anne-Karine Strøm, Norwegian singer[16]
- 8 December – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter[17]
Deaths
- 24 January – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish composer (born 1885)[18]
- 6 April – Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer (born 1879)[19]
- 19 August – Christian Geisler, Danish organist and composer (born 1869)[citation needed]
- 13 December – Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (born 1878)[20]