1948 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1948 in Scandinavian music.
Events
New works
- Einar Englund – Symphony No. 2, "Blackbird"[2]
- Vagn Holmboe – Concerto No. 11 for trumpet and orchestra[3]
Popular music
- Hugo Alfvén – "Linden"[4]
- Hugo Lindh – "Flottarkärlek"[5]
- Evert Taube – "Så skimrande var aldrig havet"[6]
Film music
- Sven Gyldmark – Støt står den danske sømand[7]
- Erland von Koch – Musik i mörker[8]
- Charles Redland – Marknadsafton[9]
- Sven Sköld – Flickan från fjällbyn[10]
- Gunnar Sønstevold – Kampen om tungtvannet[11]
Births
- 26 April – Pekka Streng, Finnish rock musician (died 1975)[12]
- 1 May – Carl Morten Iversen, Norwegian jazz bassist (died 2023)[13]
- 26 May – Göran Fristorp, Swedish singer and songwriter (died 2024)[14]
- 30 August – Jukka Tiensuu, Finnish composer[15]
- 20 November – Martti Wallén, Finnish operatic bass (died 2024)[16]
- 14 December – Peter Thorup, Danish blues guitarist, singer and composer (died 2007)[17]
- 22 December – Stein Ove Berg, singer and songwriter (died 2002).[18]
Deaths
- 6 April – Eric Bengtson, Swedish film score composer (born 1897)[19]
- 14 June – Ernst Ellberg, Swedish violist and composer (born 1868)[20]
- 22 August – Frantz Rabinowitz, Danish baritone (born 1918)[21]
- 4 October – Camillo Carlsen, Danish composer (born 1876)[22]
- 8 October – Sven Körling, Swedish composer (born 1879)[23]
See also
References
- ^ Hjálmar H Ragnarsson (1990). "Jón Leifs" (pdf). Andvari. pp. 5–38. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
- ^ "Einar Englund". Music Web International. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Paul Rapoport (1996). The Compositions of Vagn Holmboe. Edition Wilhelm Hansen.
- ^ "Linden - Swedish folk song". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Peter Englund; Madelaine Levy (2017). Jag minns : svenska folket berättar om sitt 1900-tal (in Swedish). Natur & Kultur. p. 1948. ISBN 9789127152953.
- ^ Ingel Jakobsson (1975). Evert Taube och hans diktning (in Swedish). Norrbok. p. 84.
- ^ "Støt står den danske sømand". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Ingmar Bergman an unrequited love for music". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
- ^ Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 93.
- ^ Wallengren, Ann-Kristin (2014). Welcome Home Mr Swanson: Swedish Emigrants and Swedishness on Film. Nordic Academic Press. p. 40.
- ^ "Kampen om tungtvannet". MUBI. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Suonna Kononen (24 January 2009). "Pekka Strengin lyhyt elämä, ja kuinkas kävikään". Keskisuomalainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Carl Morten Iversen" (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Artisten Göran Fristorp är död". Göteborgs-Posten. 3 September 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ Numus-West, Volumes 6-8. L.K. Christensen. 1974. p. 46.
- ^ "Martti Wallén". Opera-Arias.com. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Peter Thorup". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ Bergan, Jon Vidar (9 June 2014). "Stein Ove Berg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "Eric Bengtson (1897−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ "Ernst Ellberg (1868−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.
- ^ Henrik Engelbrecht. "A Danish world class baritone with a tragic fate". Henrik Engelbrecht. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
- ^ "Camillo Carlssen". Naxos. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ^ "Sven Körling (1879−1948)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 9 August 2025.