The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1953 in Nordic music.
Events
1–15 June – The 1st Bergen International Festival is held in Bergen, Norway. 31 October – Nordmanns-Forbundet, a friendship association in the United States, holds a "Music of Norway" concert at Carnegie Hall, featuring music by Edvard Grieg and Sparre Olsen, with Percy Grainger as piano soloist. unknown dates Swedish tenor Jussi Björling records roles from the operas Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, both with Stockholm Opera. The Wihuri Sibelius Prize, founded by Antti Wihuri, is awarded for the first time, to Jean Sibelius, after whom it is named.
New works Kurt Atterberg – Sinfonia per archi Erland von Koch Musica intima Musica malinconica Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 4
Popular music Åke Gerhard & Leon Landgren – "Mjölnarens Iréne"
Film music Toivo Kärki – Rantasalmen sulttaani Sven Gyldmark Farlig Ungdom Far til Fire
Musical films Lumikki ja 7 jätkää (Snow White and the 7 Loggers), with music by George de Godzinsky
Births 28 February – Osmo Vänskä, Finnish clarinettist, conductor and composer 22 April – Juhani Komulainen, Finnish composer 4 May – Jakob Frímann Magnússon, Icelandic composer, filmmaker and politician 10 June – Svein Nymo, Norwegian violinist and composer (died 2014) 30 June – Ståle Wikshåland, Norwegian musicologist (died 2017) 14 July – Åke Parmerud, Swedish composer and artist
Deaths 2 February – Bergliot Ibsen, Norwegian mezzo-soprano (born 1869) 9 December – Issay Dobrowen, Norwegian pianist, composer and conductor (born 1891)
See also 1953 in Denmark
1953 in Iceland 1953 in Norwegian music 1953 in Sweden
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