The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1924 in Nordic music.
Events
24 March – Jean Sibelius conducts the world premiere of his 7th and last symphony as Fantasia sinfonica No. 1 in Stockholm. unknown date – Spanish-born Olallo Morales joins the programme committee of Swedish Public Radio and also temporarily replaces Hugo Alfvén as director of music at Uppsala University.
New works Hugo Alfvén – Kantat vid Världspostunionens halvsekels jubileum 1924 Sigvaldi Kaldalóns – Klukknahljóð Ture Rangström – Vinden och trädet Hilding Rosenberg – Violin concerto no. 1, op. 22
Popular music Carl Nielsen – "Der er et yndigt land" (Nielsen's setting of the Danish national anthem, to lyrics by Adam Oehlenschläger) Evert Taube – "Sjuttonde balladen"
Births 26 January – Alice Babs, Swedish popular singer (died 2014) 6 June – Gunnar Brunvoll, Norwegian impresario and opera administrator (died 1999) 23 August – Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Norwegian conductor and composer (died 1976) 10 September – Putte Wickman, Swedish jazz clarinetist (died 2006) 18 October – Egil Hovland, Norwegian composer (died 2013) 7 December – Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer (died 2020) 20 December – Arne Domnérus, Swedish jazz saxophonist and clarinetist (died 2008)
Deaths 17 February – Oskar Merikanto, Finnish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1868) 27 February – Carolina Östberg, Swedish opera singer and teacher (born 1853) 12 April – Sjur Helgeland, Norwegian hardingfele fiddler and composer (born 1858) 13 September – P. J. Hannikainen, Finnish composer (born 1854) 2 December – Emmy Achté, Finnish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1850) 7 December – Rudolph Sophus Bergh, Danish composer (born 1859)
See also 1924 in Denmark
1924 in Iceland 1924 in Norwegian music 1924 in Sweden
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