The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1885 in Nordic music.
Events unknown date Finn Jean Sibelius, already a budding composer, passes his final school examination, qualifying him for university. Swedish music teacher Alice Sandström marries Jakob Tegnér.
New works Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite (expanded version for string orchestra) Robert Kajanus – Aino Jean Sibelius – String Quartet in E-flat major August Winding – Concert Overture, Op. 14 (published)
Popular music Carl Boberg – O Store Gud (written; published the following year)
Births 6 March – Hildor Lundvik, Swedish musician and composer (died 1951) 11 August – Lilly Kajanus-Blenner, Finnish harpist, daughter of Robert Kajanus (died 1963) 15 October – Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Norwegian pianist, composer and music teacher (died 1959) 6 December – Helge Klæstad, Norwegian Supreme Court judge and composer (died 1965)
Deaths 11 February – Niels Peter Hillebrandt, Danish organist and composer (born 1831) 28 March – Ludvig Norman, Swedish pianist, conductor and composer (born 1831) 17 July – Søffren Degen, Danish guitarist and composer (born 1816) 21 November – Amalia Redec, Swedish pianist, teacher and composer (born 1810)
See also 1880s in Danish music 1885 in Norwegian music 1885 in Sweden
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