The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1938 in Nordic music.
Events
18 January – Finnish singer Jukka Ahti and his wife are arrested by Soviet authorities. unknown dates Edgar Hayes and his jazz orchestra tour Sweden. Swedish trumpeter Thore Ehrling forms his own band.
New works Jacob Gade – Københavnerliv Uuno Klami – Symphony No. 1 Ingemar Liljefors – Five studies for piano
Popular music Jules Sylvain & Karl Gerhard – "Jag är ett bedårande barn av min tid"
Births 13 January – Paavo Heininen, Finnish pianist and composer (died 2022) 23 March – Berit Kullander, Norwegian singer, dancer and actress 23 April – Roland Cedermark, Swedish accordionist (died 2020) 9 June – Eje Thelin, Swedish jazz trombonist (died 1990) 17 June – Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (died 1990) 16 July – Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic pianist, conductor and composer (died 2013) 18 July – Povl Dissing, Danish singer, multi-instrumentalist and composer (died 2022) 24 August – Rami Sarmasto, Finnish musician and actor (died 1965) 21 September – Atli Heimir Sveinsson, Icelandic composer (died 2019)
Deaths 26 February – Jukka Ahti, Finnish-born singer, songwriter and actor (born 1897; executed) 30 April – Gunnar Olavsson Helland, Hardanger fiddle maker (born 1852) 14 June – Thekla Hofer, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1852) 2 August – Bjarni Thorsteinsson, Icelandic priest, organist and collector of folk songs (born 1861) 18 September – Ole Hjellemo, Norwegian musician and composer (born 1873) 4 December – Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (born 1865)
See also 1938 in Denmark
1938 in Iceland 1938 in Norwegian music 1938 in Sweden
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