The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1956 in Nordic music.
Events
24 May – The first-ever Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Switzerland. There is no representation from Scandinavian countries, but Danish radio broadcasts the event. 13 June – Jean Sibelius meets the British conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent in Helsinki, and the two are photographed together. unknown date – Lars-Erik Larsson begins playing in the Swedish Radio Big Band.
New works Erik Bergman – Simbolo Lars-Erik Larsson – Concertino for Violin Bo Nilsson – Zwei Stücke, for flute, bass clarinet, piano, and percussion Allan Pettersson – Symphony No 3 Hilding Rosenberg – Lento per orchestra d'archi Dag Wirén – Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet and violoncello
Popular music Kai Gullmar & Hasse Ekman – "I Heidelberg"
Film music Håkan von Eichwald – Flickan i frack Sven Gyldmark – Flintesønnerne Erland von Koch – Sången om den eldröda blomman Ulrik Neumann, Svend Asmussen & Arvid Muller – Kispus
Births 15 February – Nils Landgren, Swedish jazz trombonist 13 March – John Frandsen, Danish composer 14 June – King Diamond, Danish heavy metal vocalist 6 July – Bubbi Morthens, Icelandic singer and songwriter 8 September – Eivin One Pedersen, jazz accordionist and pianist (died 2012) 24 November – Jouni Kaipainen, Finnish composer (died 2015)
Deaths 27 January – Harald Heide, Norwegian violinist, conductor, and composer (born 1876) 4 February – Peder Gram, Danish organist and composer (born 25 March – Sam Rydberg, Swedish military musician and composer (born 1885) 20 December – Hildur Andersen, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1864)
See also 1956 in Denmark 1956 in Finland 1956 in Iceland 1956 in Norwegian music 1956 in Sweden
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