The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1922 in Nordic music.
Events
24 January – Danish composer Carl Nielsen conducts the first public performance of his Symphony No. 5, in Copenhagen. 8 July – At Denmark's Third National Choral Festival, Nielsen's Fynsk Foraar (Springtime on Funen), with lyrics by the poet Aage Berntsen, is premièred at Odense's Kvæghal, conducted by Georg Høeberg.
New works Kurt Atterberg – Cello Concerto (final version) Carl Nielsen – Wind Quintet Jean Sibelius – Andante festivo
Popular music Adolf Wiklund – "En Solvisa"
Births 6 January – Finn Mortensen, Norwegian composer, music critic, and music teacher (died 1983). 18 May – Kai Winding, Danish-born jazz musician (died 1983) 1 June – Baron Povel Ramel, Swedish musician and entertainer (died 2007) 10 June – Edvard Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer (died 2012) 12 June – Leif Thybo, Danish organist and composer (died 2001) 30 June – Hanna-Marie Weydahl, Norwegian pianist (died 2016) 29 August – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazztrumpeter and flugelhornist (died 1997) 4 October – Stan Hasselgård, Swedish jazz clarinetist (died 1948) 27 October – Poul Bundgaard, Danish actor and singer (died 1998) 6 November – Lars Edlund, Swedish organist, composer and music teacher (died 2013)
Deaths 22 February – Thorvald Lammers, Norwegian baritone, choral conductor and composer (born 1841) 15 March – Ika Peyron, Swedish pianist, organist and composer (born 1845) 2 July – Christian Sibelius, Finnish psychiatrist and amateur cellist, brother of the composer Sibelius (born 1869; pernicious anaemia) 26 October – Theodora Cormontan, Norwegian pianist, music publisher, and composer (born 1840) 1 November – Wilhelm Theodor Söderberg, Swedish composer and music teacher (born 1845)
See also 1922 in Denmark
1922 in Iceland 1922 in Norwegian music 1922 in Sweden
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