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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1940 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- 25 October – Lars-Erik Larsson's Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett, written in 1938, is premièred in Stockholm[1]
New works
- John Fernström – Cello Concerto[2]
- Lars-Erik Larsson – God in Disguise (cantata)[3]
- Gösta Nystroem – Viola Concerto, "Hommage à la France"[4]
- Geirr Tveitt – Dragaredokko (opera)[5]
- Dag Wirén – Sonatina for violin and piano[6]
Popular music
- Thore Ehrling, Eskil Eckert-Lundin, Hasse Ekman – "Regntunga skyar"[7]
- Leo Mathisen – "Take it Easy"[8]
- Nils Perne (Jokern) – "Min soldat"[9]
- Jean Sibelius – "Finlandia hymn" (new version with words by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi[10]
Film music
Musical films
- SF-paraati, with music by Georg Malmstén[13]
- Swing it, magistern!, with music by Sten Axelsson, Alice Tegnér, Thore Ehrling & Kai Gullmar and others
Births
- 20 March – Frode Thingnæs, Norwegian jazz trombonist, composer, music arranger, and conductor (died 2012)[14]
- 29 March – Allan Botschinsky, Danish jazz trumpeter (died 2020)[15]
- 3 May – Leif Rygg, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player (died 2018)[16]
- 12 May – Lill Lindfors, Finnish-Swedish singer[17]
- 22 December – Boris Lindqvist, Swedish jazz and rock musician and schlager singer (died 2017)[18]
Deaths
- 7 January – Carl Boberg, Swedish hymn-writer (born 1859)[19]
- 29 May – Mathilda Grabow, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1852)[20]
- 6 November – Ivar F. Andresen, Norwegian operatic bass (born 1896)[21]
- 3 December – Walborg Lagerwall, Swedish cellist (born 1851)[22]
- unknown date – Petur Alberg, Faroese violinist and composer (born 1885)[23]
See also
References
- ^ "Intima miniatyrer för stråkkvartett". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
- ^ "Compositions". John Fernström. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Tillman, Joakim (2012). Förklädd Gud (A God Disguised) (CD booklet). Gustaf Sjökvist & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Kungliga Hovstaterna. p. 20–21. 7320470113356.
- ^ "Concerto for Viola and Orchestra". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Asknes, Hallgjerd (2001). "Tveitt, Geirr". In Sadie, Stanley; Tyrrell, John (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. ISBN 978-1-56159-239-5.
- ^ "Sonatina for violin and piano". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Frank Hedman; Karleric Liliedahl; Lars Zackrisson (1973). Alice Babs (in Swedish). Rabén & Sjögren.
- ^ "Leo the Lion and Jazz in Denmark during the Nazi Occupation". WRTI. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Marianne Stecher-Hansen, ed. (2021). Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory. Berghahn Books. p. 240. ISBN 9781789209624.
- ^ Tomi Mäkelä (2011). Jean Sibelius. Boydell Press. p. 300. ISBN 9781843836889.
- ^ "Familien Olsen". DFI. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 58.
- ^ "SF-Parade". MUBI. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Staude, Tone; Aune, Oddvin (15 November 2012). "Frode Thingnæs er død" (in Norwegian). NRK. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Larry Kemp (2018). Current Jazz Trumpet Legends. Dorrance Publishing Company. p. 14. ISBN 9781480977273.
- ^ Mjør, Kåre Johan. "Leif Rygg". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ^ "Recordings by Lill Lindfors". www.naxos.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Boris "Rock-Boris" Lindqvist fyller 65 år den 22 december" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. 22 December 2005. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ J. Irving Erickson (1976). Twice-born Hymns. Covenant Press. p. 90. ISBN 9780910452304.
- ^ "Mathilda E E Grabow". SBL. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Andresen, Ivar". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). De Gruyter. pp. 107–108. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
- ^ "Lagervall, Lagerwall, Valborg, Walborg (Koncordia Conkordia Maria)". Sophie Drinker Institut (in German). Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ^ Harry D. Schurdel (2006). Nationalhymnen der Welt: Entstehung und Gehalt (in German). Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag. p. 46. ISBN 9783254082213.