The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1948 in Nordic music.
Events
unknown date – Jón Leifs sets up the Performing Rights Society of Iceland (STEF).
New works Einar Englund – Symphony No. 2, "Blackbird" Vagn Holmboe – Concerto No. 11 for trumpet and orchestra
Popular music Hugo Alfvén – "Linden" Hugo Lindh – "Flottarkärlek" Evert Taube – "Så skimrande var aldrig havet"
Film music Sven Gyldmark – Støt står den danske sømand Erland von Koch – Musik i mörker Charles Redland – Marknadsafton Sven Sköld – Flickan från fjällbyn Gunnar Sønstevold – Kampen om tungtvannet
Births 26 April – Pekka Streng, Finnish rock musician (died 1975) 1 May – Carl Morten Iversen, Norwegian jazz bassist (died 2023) 26 May – Göran Fristorp, Swedish singer and songwriter (died 2024) 30 August – Jukka Tiensuu, Finnish composer 20 November – Martti Wallén, Finnish operatic bass (died 2024) 14 December – Peter Thorup, Danish blues guitarist, singer and composer (died 2007) 22 December – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (died 2002).
Deaths 6 April – Eric Bengtson, Swedish film score composer (born 1897) 14 June – Ernst Ellberg, Swedish violist and composer (born 1868) 22 August – Frantz Rabinowitz, Danish baritone (born 1918) 4 October – Camillo Carlsen, Danish composer (born 1876) 8 October – Sven Körling, Swedish composer (born 1879)
See also 1948 in Denmark
1948 in Iceland 1948 in Norwegian music 1948 in Sweden
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