The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1942 in Nordic music.
Events
edit- 26 October – Violinist Jacob Scharff is detained at Bredtveit prison along with his father and brother; they are later sent to Camp Berg outside Tønsberg.[1]
New works
edit- Selim Palmgren
- Ture Rangstrom – Hanneles himmelsfärd[3]
Popular music
edit- Matti Jurva & Tatu Pekkarinen – "Njet Molotoff"[4]
- Jacob Scharff & Arne Paasche Aasen – "Skjønne Sorina"[1]
Film music
editBirths
edit- 15 June – Birgitte Alsted, Danish violinist, teacher and composer[7]
- 17 June – Torgrim Sollid, Norwegian folk and jazz musician[8]
- 21 June – Ditlef Eckhoff, Norwegian jazz trumpeter[9]
- 25 August – Terje Fjærn, Norwegian musician, orchestra leader and musical conductor (died 2016)[10]
Deaths
edit- 8 January – Catharinus Elling, Norwegian organist, composer and ethnomusicologist (born 1858)[11]
- 20 March – Aksel Agerby, Danish organist, composer and music administrator (born 1889)[12]
- 14 April – Ida Ekman, Finnish soprano (born 1875)[13]
- 23 May – Harald Lie, Norwegian composer (born 1902)[14]
- 1 June – Ernest Pingoud, Finnish composer (born 1887; suicide)[15]
- 20 November – Emma Meissner, Swedish operatic soprano and actress (born 1866)[16]
- 2 December – Karen Jønsson née (Pedersen), Danish jazz singer, pianist, songwriter, composer, and actress (born 1909)[17]
- 3 December – Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, composer (born 1867)[18]
- December – Jacob Scharff, Latvian-born Norwegian violinist and composerr (born 1908)[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 "Jacob Scharff". Unfinished Lives. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- 1 2 "List of works by Selim Palmgren". IMSLP. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ↑ "Hanneles himmelsfärd". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ Marjo Kaartinen, Hannu Salmi & Marja Tuominen (2016). Maamme: itsenäisen Suomen kulttuurihistoria. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. p. 201. ISBN 978-952-222-686-0.
- ↑ "The Ingegerd Bremssen Case". MUBI. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 58.
- ↑ Eva Marie Jensen. "Birgitte Alsted". Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ Johs Bergh (15 February 2009). "Torgrim Sollid". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ↑ Bergh, Johs. Ditlef Eckhoff Biography (in Norwegian). Store Norske Leksikon. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Terje Fjærn er død 73 år gammel" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 8 June 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ "Catharinus Elling". Store Norsk Leksikon. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Aksel Agerby". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ida Ekman". Biografistk Lexikon for Finland (in Swedish). Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ↑ Andersen, Rune J. (29 November 2013). "Harald Lie". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Erkki Salmenhaara (January 1985). "Pingoud - the cosmopolitan in Finnish music". Finnish Music Quarterly. Retrieved 10 July 2025.
- ↑ "Emma O Meissner". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Archived from the original on 24 February 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ↑ Barbara Zalewski. "Karen Jønsson". Kvindebiografiskleksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ↑ "Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867−1942)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 10 July 2025.