The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1949 in Nordic music.
Events
24 March – Gösta Nystroem's Sinfonia del mare (Symphony No 3) receives its première at Gothenburg Concert Hall. unknown date – Tromsø University's Department of Traditional Music is established by Arnt Bakke.
New works Erik Bergman – Intervalles Vagn Holmboe String Quartet No. 2 Cantata No. 7 Rued Langgaard – Symphony No. 15 Søstormen, BVN 375 Allan Pettersson – Violin Concerto No. 1 Johnny Schönning – Donky-Fugue Fartein Valen – Symphony No.4, Op. 43
Popular music Åke Grönberg – "Den gamla dansbanan" Reino Helismaa – "Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen"
Film music Hugo Alfvén – Singoalla Johnny Bode – Åsa-Nisse
Births 9 March – Kalevi Aho, Finnish composer 2 September – Knut Borge, Norwegian journalist, entertainer and broadcaster (died 2017) 19 December – Sebastian, Danish singer
Deaths 28 January – Gustaf Nordqvist, Swedish church musician and composer (born 1886) 28 September – Nancy Dalberg, Danish composer (born 1881) 13 November – Magna Lykseth-Skogman, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1874)
See also 1949 in Denmark
1949 in Iceland 1949 in Norwegian music 1949 in Sweden
References