The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1893 in Nordic music.
Events unknown date Jean Sibelius begins work on his Lemminkäinen Suite. Swedish poet and composer Gunnar Wennerberg is elected to the upper house of the Riksdag. Gustaf Hägg is permanently appointed to the position of organist at Klara Church, Stockholm.
New works Gustaf Hägg – La Coquette: Valse de salon, Op. 10 Johan Halvorsen – Entry March of the Boyars Jean Sibelius 6 Impromptus, Op. 5 Karelia Suite Piano Sonata in F major Sara Wennerberg-Reuter – Trio [for 2 violins and piano]
Popular music Alice Tegnér – "Gläns över sjö och strand"
Births 4 July – Finn Bø, Norwegian songwriter (died 1962) 28 July – Rued Langgaard, Danish organist and composer (died 1952) 13 December – Olav Gurvin, musicologist and academic (died 1974)
Deaths 12 August – Christian Henrik Glass, Danish organist, pianist and composer (born 1821) 13 September – Carl Ludvig Gerlach, Danish opera singer and composer (born 1832) 4 December - Maria Westberg, Swedish ballerina (born 1853)
See also 1893 in Denmark 1893 in Norwegian music 1893 in Sweden 1893 in Iceland
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