The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1901 in Nordic music.
Events 4 October – Carl Nielsen's String Quartet No. 3 receives its public première in the lesser hall of the Odd Fellows Mansion, Copenhagen.
New works Hugo Alfvén – Skärgårdsbilder Hakon Børresen – String Sextet opus 5 in G major Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book X Ludvig Holm – Praeludium for organ Jean Sibelius – Ten Pieces, Op. 24
Popular music Sigrid Sköldberg-Pettersson and Emmy Köhler – "Raska fötter springa tripp, tripp, tripp", published in Julklappen
Births 4 January – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (died 1972) 17 March – Margit Rosengren, Swedish operetta singer (died 1952) 14 June – Kjell Roikjer, Danish bassoonist and composer (died 1999) 16 August – Olav Kielland, Norwegian conductor and composer (died 1985) 8 October – Eivind Groven, Norwegian composer and music theorist (died 1977)
Deaths 2 March – Albert Rubenson, Swedish violinist and composer (born 1826) 11 April – Ivar Hallström, Swedish opera composer (born 1826) 24 August – Gunnar Wennerberg, Swedish poet, politician and composer (born 1817)
See also 1901 in Denmark 1901 in Norwegian music 1901 in Sweden
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