The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1882 in Nordic music.
Events
Autumn – Iver Holter takes over from Edvard Grieg as conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway. unknown date Martin Wegelius establishes the Helsingfors Musikinstitut, the forerunner of the Sibelius Academy. Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra. Norwegian cellist and composer Anton Jörgen Andersen becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien). Danish flautist and composer Joachim Andersen co-founds the Berlin Philharmonic with 53 other musicians.
New works Niels Gade – Psyche Johan Svendsen – Polonaise Karl Valentin – "Erste Liebe" from Åtta sånger ur Fahrendes Volk (Eight songs from Fahrendes Volk), with words by Arthur Fitger, translated into Swedish by Gustaf Lagercrantz
Births 11 February Arne Bjørndal, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1965) Paul von Klenau, Danish composer (died 1946) 14 June – Anna Karolina Larsson (Lena Larsson), Swedish traditional folk singer (died 1967) 17 July – Christian Leden, Norwegian ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957). 14 September – Harald Fryklöf, Swedish composer and teacher (died 1919) 21 September – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1972).
Deaths 22 October – Oscar Ahnfelt, Swedish composer of hymn-tunes, 69 29 December – Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter, composer and music teacher, 70
See also 1882 in Denmark 1882 in Norwegian music 1882 in Swedish music
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