The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1908 in Nordic music.
Events
12 May – Jean Sibelius undergoes a preliminary operation for suspected throat cancer. On doctors' advice, he travels to Berlin for further operations, which are eventually successful, and he spends July recuperating. 28 September – Swedish baritone John Forsell gives a recital in Stockholm, accompanied by Finnish composer Armas Järnefelt at the piano. October – US sound recordist Fred Gaisberg visits Stockholm and records baritone August Svenson singing "I Småland där ä' de' så gutt, gutt, gutt" unknown date Armas Järnefelt and his wife, soprano Maikki Pakarinen, are divorced, following her affair with composer Selim Palmgren, whom she subsequently marries. Leevi Madetoja is accepted for private tuition by Jean Sibelius.
New works Hugo Alfvén – Drapa Toivo Kuula – Piano Trio Erkki Melartin – Pienoiskuvia III, Op.53 Carl Nielsen – Saga-Drøm (tone poem) Jean Sibelius Nightride and Sunrise Swanwhite, incidental music for a play by August Strindberg
Popular music Edwin Ericsson and Olof Thunman – "Vi gå över daggstänkta berg"
Births 20 February – Seymour Österwall, Swedish jazz musician, bandleader and composer (died 1981) 24 March – Birgit Åkesson, Swedish choreographer, dancer and dance researcher (died 2001) 15 May – Lars-Erik Larsson, Swedish conductor and composer (died 1986) 20 July – Gunnar de Frumerie, Swedish pianist and composer (died 1987) 3 August – Birgit Cullberg choreographer (died 1999) 31 August – Conrad Baden, Norwegian organist, composer, teacher and music critic (died 1989). 1 October – Herman David Koppel, Danish composer (died 1998) 19 October – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composer (died 1981) 8 November – Henning Elbirk, Danish conductor and composer (died 1985)
Deaths 8 June – Johan Lindegren, Swedish composer, musician and teacher (born 1842) 11 June – August Lagergren, Swedish organist and composer (born 1848)
See also 1908 in Denmark 1908 in Norwegian music 1908 in Sweden 1908 in Iceland
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