The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1936 in Nordic music.
Events
Summer – Eric Bengtson and Axel Gauffin co-found the Midnight Concerts at the National Museum in Stockholm. October – Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz gives his first lieder recital. unknown date The Icelandic Singers (later the Reykjavik Male Choir) go on tour in North America for the first time.
New works John Fernström – Clarinet Concerto Uuno Klami – Psalmus Lars-Erik Larsson – Prinsessan av Cypern (opera)
Popular music Karl Olof Lagerkrans – "Kan du tänka dig honom utan hår?" Aage Stentoft & Poul Sørensen – "Ditt hjerte er i fare Andresen"
Births 28 April – John Tchicai, Danish jazz musician and composer (died 2012) 11 May – Kåre Kolberg, Norwegian organist, composer and music critic (died 2014) 25 October – Alf Cranner, Norwegian folk singer (died 2020)
Deaths 22 January – Louis Glass, Danish composer (born 1864) 4 March – Ruben Liljefors, Swedish conductor and composer (born 1871) 15 April – Hilda Sehested, Danish composer (born 1858) 22 October – Hedevig Quiding, Danish singer and music critic (born 1867) 8 December – Jakob Hveding Sletten, Norwegian priest and musician (born 1872) 14 December – Sven Scholander, Swedish musician, singer, composer and sculptor (born 1860) 24 December – Paul Knutsen Barstad Sandvik, Norwegian organist and teacher (born 1847) 27 December – Heikki Suolahti, Finnish composer (born 1920; peritonitis)
See also 1936 in Denmark
1936 in Iceland 1936 in Norwegian music 1936 in Sweden
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