The following is a list of notable events that occurred in the year 1882 in Scandinavian music.

• Autumn – Iver Holter takes over from Edvard Grieg as conductor of the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra in Norway.^[1]
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  • Martin Wegelius establishes the Helsingfors Musikinstitut, the forerunner of the Sibelius Academy.^[2]
  • Finnish composer Robert Kajanus founds the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Scandinavia's first permanent professional orchestra.^[3]
  • Norwegian cellist and composer Anton Jörgen Andersen becomes a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music (Kungliga Musikaliska Akademien).^[4]

• Niels Gade – Psyche^[5]
• Johan Svendsen – Polonaise^[6]

• 11 February – Arne Bjørndal, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1965).^[7]
• 7 July – Christian Leden, Norwegian ethno-musicologist and composer (died 1957).^[8]
• 21 September – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (died 1972).^[9]

• 22 October – Oscar Ahnfelt, Swedish composer of hymn-tunes, 69^[10]
• 29 December – Josabeth Sjöberg, Swedish painter, composer and music teacher, 70^[11]

• 1882 in Denmark
• 1882 in Norwegian music
• 1882 in Swedish music