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{{Year in music|1940}}
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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year '''1940 in Scandinavian music'''.
==Events==
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==New works==
*[[John Fernström]] – Cello Concerto<ref>{{cite web|url=https://johnfernstrom.com/en/compositions|title=Compositions|website=John Fernström|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[Lars-Erik Larsson]] – ''[[God in Disguise]]'' (cantata)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|first=Joakim|last=Tillman|title=Förklädd Gud (A God Disguised)|others=Gustaf Sjökvist & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra|year=2012|page=20–21|type=CD booklet|publisher=Kungliga Hovstaterna|id=7320470113356|url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8024559--forkladd-gud-a-god-disguised}}</ref>
*[[Gösta Nystroem]] – Viola Concerto, "Hommage à la France"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nystroem-gosta/SMH-W2386-Concerto_for_Viola_and_Orchestra_Homage_a_la_France|title=Concerto for Viola and Orchestra|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[Geirr Tveitt]] – ''[[Dragaredokko]]'' (opera)<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=Asknes |first=Hallgjerd |title=Tveitt, Geirr}}</ref>
==Popular music==
*[[Thore Ehrling]], Eskil Eckert-Lundin, [[Hasse Ekman]] – "[[Regntunga skyar]]"<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Hedman|author2=Karleric Liliedahl|author3=Lars Zackrisson|title=Alice Babs|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|year=1973|language=sv}}</ref>
*Nils Perne (Jokern) – "[[Min soldat]]"<ref>{{cite book|title=Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory|publisher=Berghahn Books|editor=Marianne Stecher-Hansen|year=2021|isbn=9781789209624|page=240}}</ref>
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – "[[Finlandia hymn]]" (new version with words by [[Veikko Antero Koskenniemi]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Tomi Mäkelä|title=Jean Sibelius|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2011|isbn=9781843836889|page=300}}</ref>
==Births==
*[[29 March]] – [[Allan Botschinsky]], Danish jazz trumpeter (died [[2020 in Scandinavian music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Larry Kemp|title=Current Jazz Trumpet Legends|publisher=Dorrance Publishing Company|year=2018|isbn=9781480977273|page=14}}</ref>
*[[3 May]] – [[Leif Rygg]], Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player (died [[2018 in Scandinavian music|2018]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leif Rygg |first=Kåre Johan |last=Mjør |encyclopedia=Allkunne |editor-last=Grepstad | editor-first=Ottar | editor-link=Ottar Grepstad |publisher=Nynorsk kultursentrum |location= |url= https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/r/leif-rygg/101/2591/ |language=Norwegian|access-date= 8 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[12 May]] – [[Lill Lindfors]], Finnish-Swedish singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recordings by Lill Lindfors|url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Lill_Lindfors/74919 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
==Deaths==
*[[7 January]] – [[Carl Boberg]], Swedish hymn-writer (born [[1859 in music|1859]])<ref>{{Cite book |author=J. Irving Erickson|title=Twice-born Hymns|publisher=Covenant Press|year=1976|isbn=9780910452304|page=90}}</ref>
*[[29 May]] – [[Mathilda Grabow]], Swedish operatic soprano (born [[1852 in music|1852]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13121|title=Mathilda E E Grabow|website=SBL|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[6 November]] – [[Ivar F. Andresen]], Norwegian operatic bass (born [[1896 in Scandinavian music|1896]])<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kutsch| first1 = K.-J.| authorlink = Karl-Josef Kutsch| last2 = Riemens| first2 = Leo| authorlink2 = Leo Riemens| chapter = Andresen, Ivar| title = [[Großes Sängerlexikon]]| publisher = [[De Gruyter]]| edition = 4th| language = de| date = 2012| pages = 107–108| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5}}</ref>
*[[3 December]] – [[Walborg Lagerwall]], Swedish cellist (born [[1851 in music|1851]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/lagervall-valborg|title=Lagervall, Lagerwall, Valborg, Walborg (Koncordia Conkordia Maria)|website=Sophie Drinker Institut|language=de|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[1940 in Denmark]]
<!--* [[1940 in Finland]]-->
* [[1940 in Iceland]]
* [[1940 in Norwegian music]]
* [[1940 in Sweden]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Nordic music}}
{{Music of Europe}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1940}}
[[Category:1940 in music|Scandinavian]]
[[Category:Scandinavian culture]]
[[Category:Years in Scandinavian music]]
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2025}}
{{Year in music|1940}}
{{Year topic navigation|1940|Scandinavian music}}
The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year '''1940 in Scandinavian music'''.
==Events==
<!--ALL EVENTS MUST BE SOURCED-->
==New works==
*[[John Fernström]] – Cello Concerto<ref>{{cite web|url=https://johnfernstrom.com/en/compositions|title=Compositions|website=John Fernström|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[Lars-Erik Larsson]] – ''[[God in Disguise]]'' (cantata)<ref>{{Cite AV media notes|first=Joakim|last=Tillman|title=Förklädd Gud (A God Disguised)|others=Gustaf Sjökvist & Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra|year=2012|page=20–21|type=CD booklet|publisher=Kungliga Hovstaterna|id=7320470113356|url=https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8024559--forkladd-gud-a-god-disguised}}</ref>
*[[Gösta Nystroem]] – Viola Concerto, "Hommage à la France"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nystroem-gosta/SMH-W2386-Concerto_for_Viola_and_Orchestra_Homage_a_la_France|title=Concerto for Viola and Orchestra|website=Swedish Musical Heritage|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[Geirr Tveitt]] – ''[[Dragaredokko]]'' (opera)<ref>{{Cite Grove |last=Asknes |first=Hallgjerd |title=Tveitt, Geirr}}</ref>
==Popular music==
*[[Thore Ehrling]], Eskil Eckert-Lundin, [[Hasse Ekman]] – "[[Regntunga skyar]]"<ref>{{cite book|author1=Frank Hedman|author2=Karleric Liliedahl|author3=Lars Zackrisson|title=Alice Babs|publisher=Rabén & Sjögren|year=1973|language=sv}}</ref>
*Nils Perne (Jokern) – "[[Min soldat]]"<ref>{{cite book|title=Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory|publisher=Berghahn Books|editor=Marianne Stecher-Hansen|year=2021|isbn=9781789209624|page=240}}</ref>
*[[Jean Sibelius]] – "[[Finlandia hymn]]" (new version with words by [[Veikko Antero Koskenniemi]]<ref>{{cite book|author=Tomi Mäkelä|title=Jean Sibelius|publisher=Boydell Press|year=2011|isbn=9781843836889|page=300}}</ref>
==Births==
*[[29 March]] – [[Allan Botschinsky]], Danish jazz trumpeter (died [[2020 in Scandinavian music|2020]])<ref>{{cite book|author=Larry Kemp|title=Current Jazz Trumpet Legends|publisher=Dorrance Publishing Company|year=2018|isbn=9781480977273|page=14}}</ref>
*[[3 May]] – [[Leif Rygg]], Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player (died [[2018 in Scandinavian music|2018]])<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|title=Leif Rygg |first=Kåre Johan |last=Mjør |encyclopedia=Allkunne |editor-last=Grepstad | editor-first=Ottar | editor-link=Ottar Grepstad |publisher=Nynorsk kultursentrum |location= |url= https://www.allkunne.no/framside/biografiar/r/leif-rygg/101/2591/ |language=Norwegian|access-date= 8 February 2018}}</ref>
*[[12 May]] – [[Lill Lindfors]], Finnish-Swedish singer<ref>{{Cite web |title=Recordings by Lill Lindfors|url=https://www.naxos.com/Bio/Person/Lill_Lindfors/74919 |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=www.naxos.com}}</ref>
==Deaths==
*[[7 January]] – [[Carl Boberg]], Swedish hymn-writer (born [[1859 in music|1859]])<ref>{{Cite book |author=J. Irving Erickson|title=Twice-born Hymns|publisher=Covenant Press|year=1976|isbn=9780910452304|page=90}}</ref>
*[[29 May]] – [[Mathilda Grabow]], Swedish operatic soprano (born [[1852 in music|1852]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=13121|title=Mathilda E E Grabow|website=SBL|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
*[[6 November]] – [[Ivar F. Andresen]], Norwegian operatic bass (born [[1896 in Scandinavian music|1896]])<ref>{{cite book| last1 = Kutsch| first1 = K.-J.| authorlink = Karl-Josef Kutsch| last2 = Riemens| first2 = Leo| authorlink2 = Leo Riemens| chapter = Andresen, Ivar| title = [[Großes Sängerlexikon]]| publisher = [[De Gruyter]]| edition = 4th| language = de| date = 2012| pages = 107–108| isbn = 978-3-59-844088-5}}</ref>
*[[3 December]] – [[Walborg Lagerwall]], Swedish cellist (born [[1851 in music|1851]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sophie-drinker-institut.de/lagervall-valborg|title=Lagervall, Lagerwall, Valborg, Walborg (Koncordia Conkordia Maria)|website=Sophie Drinker Institut|language=de|access-date=5 July 2025}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[1940 in Denmark]]
<!--* [[1940 in Finland]]-->
* [[1940 in Iceland]]
* [[1940 in Norwegian music]]
* [[1940 in Sweden]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Nordic music}}
{{Music of Europe}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1940}}
[[Category:1940 in music|Scandinavian]]
[[Category:Scandinavian culture]]
[[Category:Years in Scandinavian music]]
