The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1947 in Nordic music.
Events
12 July – Líf, the 18-year-old daughter of composer Jón Leifs, drowns while swimming off the coast of Sweden. The impact on her father and his musical creativity is huge. 10 December – Lars-Erik Larsson's Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra is premièred on Swedish Radio. unknown date – Norwegian composer Edvard Fliflet Bræin makes his conducting debut in Bergen.
New works Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 6 Jón Leifs – Requiem Harald Sæverud – Peer Gynt (incidental music)
Popular music Evert Taube – "Här är den sköna sommar"
Film music Sven Gyldmark – Familien Swedenhielm Kai Møller – Soldaten og Jenny Gunnar Sønstevold – Sankt Hans fest
Musical films Tappa inte sugen, with music by Albert Harris and Julius Jacobsen (Swedish version of a British musical)
Births 27 January – Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1999) 3 April – Anders Eliasson Swedish composer (died 2013) 20 April – Björn Skifs, Swedish singer 24 July – Loa Falkman, Swedish opera singerDavid Cummings (ed.), Falkman, Carl Johan, International Who's who in Music and Musicians' Directory, Routledge, 2000, p. 190. 15 August – Gertrud Maria Mell, Swedish musician and composer (died 2016)
Deaths 17 January – Agnes Janson, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1861) 20 March – Sigurd Wallén, Swedish actor and singer (born 1884) 11 May – Ture Rangström, Swedish composer (born 1884) 23 May – Per Kvist, Norwegian revue writer and entertainer (born 1890) 28 June – Per Steenberg, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1870) 6 October – Leevi Madetoja, Finnish composer (born 1887) 28 November – Georg Schnéevoigt, Finnish cellist, conductor and composer (born 1872)
See also 1947 in Denmark
1947 in Iceland 1947 in Norwegian music 1947 in Sweden
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