1896 in Scandinavian music

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1896 in Scandinavian music

Events
- 18 March: Danish composer Carl Nielsen conducts his First Symphony in Dresden, helping launch his international career.
- 26 May: Jean Sibelius’s choral Hymn is premiered by an amateur choir at a memorial service in Helsinki.

New works
- Eyvind Alnæs – Symphony No. 1
- August Enna – Aucassin og Nicolette (opera)
- Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book VIII, Op. 65; Symphonic Dances
- Andreas Hallén – Hexfällan (opera)
- Johan Halvorsen – Air Norvégien, Op. 7; Vasantasena
- Carl Nielsen – Hymnus amoris (cantata)
- Jean Sibelius – Lemminkäinen Suite; The Maiden in the Tower
- Wilhelm Stenhammar – Excelsior!

Popular music
- Sigurd Lie – Sne (Snow) (setting of a poem by Helge Rode)
- Christian Sinding – Frühlingsrauschen

Births
- 20 January – Elmer Diktonius, Finnish poet and composer (died 1979)
- 26 July – Alfred Maurstad, Norwegian actor, director, singer and fiddle player (died 1967)
- 3 November – Trygve Lindeman, Norwegian cellist and music teacher (died 1961)
- 30 December – Hans Stenseth, Norwegian flautist (died 1994)

Deaths
- 1 August – Wilhelm Herman Barth, Danish musician and composer (born 1813)
- 21 February – Fritz Arlberg, Swedish operatic baritone and composer (born 1830)
- 13 December – Emma Dahl, Norwegian opera singer and composer (born 1819)

See also
- 1896 in Denmark
- 1896 in Norwegian music
- 1896 in Sweden