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The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1933 in Scandinavian music.

Events

22 April – YLE and the Helsinki City Orchestra broadcasts a programme of Sibelius compositions, with Anja Ignatius as soloist, to 14 countries in coordination with the International Broadcasting Union. The programme includes the tone poem The Oceanides, followed by his Fifth Symphony, and the Violin Concerto.^[1]
4 July – Australian composer Percy Grainger delivers a radio broadcast on "Characteristics of Nordic Music".^[2]
21 October – While touring Scandinavia, Louis Armstrong and his band are filmed for the first time, performing at the Lyric Park in Copenhagen.^[3]
unknown date – Danish tenor Aksel Schiøtz makes his first recordings.^[4]

New works

Kurt Atterberg – A Varmland Rhapsody^[5]
Edvin Kallstenius – Du gamla, du fria (orchestral arrangement)^[6]
Ture Rangström – Partita in B minor^[7]

Popular music

Hugo Alfvén – "Vaggvisa"^[8]

Film music

Kai Normann Andersen – De blaa drenge^[9]
Eric Bengtson – Hälsingar^[10]
Victor Cornelius – Københavnere^[11]
Sonja Sahlberg and Jules Sylvain – Vad veta väl männen^[12]

Musical films

I kongens klær, with music by Arne Svendsen^[13]

Births

1 January – Bo Linde, Swedish composer (died 1970)^[14]
26 April – Ilkka Kuusisto, Finnish organist, choirmaster, conductor and composer (died 2025)^[15]
21 May – Ulf Björlin, Swedish conductor and composer (died 1993)^[16]
17 August – Bonna Søndberg, Danish operatic soprano and singing teacher^[17]
19 August – Asmund Bjørken, Norwegian accordionist and saxophonist (died 2018)^[18]

Deaths

21 June – Alf Fasmer Dahl, priest and composer (born 1874)^[19]
6 July – Robert Kajanus, Finnish conductor and composer (born 1856)^[20]
29 July – Gerhard Schjelderup, Norwegian composer, known especially for his operas (born 1859)^[21]

References

^ Mäkelä, Janne (27 March 2024). "Radio ja Sibelius: Rajoja ylittävä mediasuhde vuosina 1926–1957" [Radio and Sibelius: A cross-border media relationship over the years]. Lähikuva – audiovisuaalisen kulttuurin tieteellinen julkaisu (in Finnish). 37 (1): 18. doi:10.23994/lk.144520. ISSN 2343-399X.
^ "The Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger" (PDF). Cambridge Scholars. p. xvii. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
^ Scott Allen Nollen (2004). Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music and Screen Career. McFarland & Company. p. 45. ISBN 9780786418572.
^ The Gramophone, Volume 85, Issues 1027-1086. C. Mackenzie. 2007. p. 87.
^ "Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ Holm, Anna Lena (August 1991). "Edvin Kallstenius". musikverket.se (in Swedish). Musik- och teaterbiblioteket / Musikverket. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^ "Partita in B minor". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ "Vaggvisa". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ Kosmorama (in Danish). Danske Filmmuseum. 1996. p. 43.
^ "THE PEOPLE OF HAELSINGLAND". MUBI. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 312. ISBN 9788702066692.
^ Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57.
^ "I kongens klær". Norsk filmografi. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ Stig Jacobsson; Ulf Jonsson (1998). Bo Linde: Manniskan, Kritikern, Verket. pp. 72, 96.
^ "Kuusisto, Ilkka (1933-2025)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
^ "Ulf Bjorlin, Composer And a Conductor, 60". The New York Times. 2 November 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ Christiansen, John (7 May 2020). "Bonna Søndberg". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ Stokdahl, Kristian (29 January 2018). "Folkekjære Asmund har gått bort". innherred.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
^ Vold, Karin Beate (13 February 2009). "Fasmer Dahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
^ Lappalainen, Seija (6 September 2001). "Kajanus, Robert (1856–1933)". Kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^ Skreien, Norvall (13 February 2009). "Gerhard Schjelderup". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[1] Mäkelä, Janne (27 March 2024). "Radio ja Sibelius: Rajoja ylittävä mediasuhde vuosina 1926–1957" [Radio and Sibelius: A cross-border media relationship over the years]. Lähikuva – audiovisuaalisen kulttuurin tieteellinen julkaisu (in Finnish). 37 (1): 18. doi:10.23994/lk.144520. ISSN 2343-399X.

[2] "The Life and Work of Percy Aldridge Grainger" (PDF). Cambridge Scholars. p. xvii. Retrieved 15 June 2025.

[3] Scott Allen Nollen (2004). Louis Armstrong: The Life, Music and Screen Career. McFarland & Company. p. 45. ISBN 9780786418572.

[4] The Gramophone, Volume 85, Issues 1027-1086. C. Mackenzie. 2007. p. 87.

[5] "Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[6] Holm, Anna Lena (August 1991). "Edvin Kallstenius". musikverket.se (in Swedish). Musik- och teaterbiblioteket / Musikverket. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.

[7] "Partita in B minor". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[8] "Vaggvisa". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[9] Kosmorama (in Danish). Danske Filmmuseum. 1996. p. 43.

[10] "THE PEOPLE OF HAELSINGLAND". MUBI. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[11] Morten Piil (2008). Gyldendals danske filmguide (in Danish). Gyldendal. p. 312. ISBN 9788702066692.

[12] Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 57.

[13] "I kongens klær". Norsk filmografi. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[14] Stig Jacobsson; Ulf Jonsson (1998). Bo Linde: Manniskan, Kritikern, Verket. pp. 72, 96.

[15] "Kuusisto, Ilkka (1933-2025)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 14 June 2025.

[16] "Ulf Bjorlin, Composer And a Conductor, 60". The New York Times. 2 November 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[17] Christiansen, John (7 May 2020). "Bonna Søndberg". Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (in Danish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[18] Stokdahl, Kristian (29 January 2018). "Folkekjære Asmund har gått bort". innherred.no (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 30 January 2018. Retrieved 29 January 2018.

[19] Vold, Karin Beate (13 February 2009). "Fasmer Dahl". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

[20] Lappalainen, Seija (6 September 2001). "Kajanus, Robert (1856–1933)". Kansallisbiografia.fi. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

[21] Skreien, Norvall (13 February 2009). "Gerhard Schjelderup". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 April 2017.

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