The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1951 in Nordic music.
Events
25 June – Norwegian musicians Egil Monn-Iversen and Sølvi Wang are married at the Uranienborg Church in Oslo. unknown date – Frank Meidell Falch is appointed the first director of the Bergen International Festival (1951–1956).
New works Hugo Alfvén – Sängen till Folkare Bengt Hambraeus – Cantata pro defunctis for baritone and organ Vagn Holmboe – Symphony No. 8, "Sinfonia boreale" Allan Pettersson – Seven Sonatas for Two Violins David Wikander – Missa brevis in festis
Popular music Karl Gerhard, Kaj Stighammar & Herbert Steen – "Axlarna ska slutta" Tapio Rautavaaran – "Isoisän olkihattu"
Film music Dag Wirén – Fröken Julie
Musical films Mød mig på Cassiopeia, with music by Kai Normann Andersen, starring Bodil Kjer
Births 10 January – Karólína Eiríksdóttir, Icelandic composer 1 March – Kristinn Sigmundsson, Icelandic operatic bass 12 April – Anneli Arho, Finnish music teacher, writer and composer 14 April – Terje Tysland, Norwegian singer and songwriter. 12 May – Jacob Groth, Danish film score composer 9 June – Geir Bøhren, Norwegian musician and film composer 15 October – Anne-Karine Strøm, Norwegian singer 8 December – Jan Eggum, Norwegian singer-songwriter
Deaths 24 January – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish composer (born 1885) 6 April – Halfdan Cleve, Norwegian composer (born 1879) 19 August – Christian Geisler, Danish organist and composer (born 1869) 13 December – Selim Palmgren, Finnish composer (born 1878)
See also 1951 in Denmark
1951 in Iceland 1951 in Norwegian music 1951 in Sweden
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