1891 in Scandinavian music
The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1891 in Scandinavian music.
Events
- 10 May – Danish composer Carl Nielsen marries fellow Dane, artist and sculptor Anne Marie Brodersen, in St Mark's English Church, Florence, Italy.
- unknown date – Swedish composer Hanna Hallberg marries church musician Nils Peter Norlind.
New works
- Hugo Alfvén – Till Mamma af Hugo Julen
- Elfrida Andrée – Organ Symphony in B minor
- Edvard Grieg – Lyric Pieces, Book V, Opus 54
- Andreas Hallén – I skymningen
- Carl Nielsen – Five Piano Pieces, Opus 3
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger – Berceuse
- Amanda Röntgen-Maier –
- Jean Sibelius – ''Seven Runeberg Songs''
Popular music
- August Ludvig Storm & Johannes Alfred Hultman" – Tack, min Gud, för vad som varit"
Births
- 27 February /15 February – Issay Dobrowen, Russian-Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer
- 15 April – Väinö Raitio, Finnish composer
- 19 April – Henrik Adam Due, US-Norwegian violinist
- 30 May – August Schønemann, Norwegian singer, actor and comedian
Deaths
- 8 January – Fredrik Pacius, German-born Finnish conductor and composer
- 3 June – Balduin Dahl, Danish conductor and composer
- 28 April – Cora Nyegaard, Danish composer
- 29 September – Joseph Glæser, German-born Danish organist and composer