1997 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1997.
Events
- 21 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Frank Jakobsen wins the festival prize[1]
- 3 May – At the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden (14th) is the highest-placed of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finishes 16th and Iceland 20th. Norway finishes in 24th place, earning no points.[2]
- 28–29 June – David Bowie, Prodigy, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave and Unni Wilhelmsen appear at the final Kalvøyafestivalen in Norway.[3]
- 8 July – Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen plays the title role in the première of Einojuhani Rautavaara's opera Aleksis Kivi, written at the request of Hynninen himself, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.[4]
- unknown date – Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren of the Swedish band Opeth dismiss bassist Johan De Farfalla without informing band member Anders Nordin, who decides to leave the band.[5]
Classical works
Film and television scores
Top hit singles
- Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (#1 Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, UK)[10]
- Björk
- "Bachelorette" (#6 Iceland)[11]
- "Jóga" (#1 Iceland; #16 Finland)[12]
- Blond – "Bara hon älskar mig" (#7 Sweden)[13]
- Per Gessle – "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (#1 Sweden)[14]
- Klamydia – "Perseeseen" (#1 Finland)[15]
- Kølig Kaj – "Stemmen i mit liv" (#4 Denmark)[16]
- Neljä baritonia – "Pop-musiikkia" (#1 Finland)[17]
- Jari Sillanpää – "Bum Bum Bum" (#8 Finland)
- Tehosekoitin – "C'mon baby yeah" (#1 Finland)[15]
- Tiggy – "Ring A Ling" (#1 Denmark)[18]
Eurovision Song Contest
- Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Births
- 26 March – Glowie, Icelandic singer
- 11 August – Saba, Danish singer and musical theatre actress
- 24 August – Alan Walker, British-born Norwegian DJ and record producer
- 16 December – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter
Deaths
- 7 February – Allan Edwall, Swedish actor, director, author, singer and composer (born 1924)[19]
- 3 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (born 1899)[20]
- 23 March – Arnljot Kjeldaas, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1916)[21]
- 7 April – Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (born 1917)[22]
- 16 June – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazz trumpeter (born 1922)[23]
- 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor (born 1956; suicide)[24]
- 12 September – Stig Anderson, Swedish music manager and publisher (born 1931; heart attack)[25]
- 29 September – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer (born 1919)[26]
- 30 November – Alfred Næss, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1927)[27]
- 10 December — Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (born 1920)[28]
References
- ^ "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossa Jazz. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Dublin 1997 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Kalvøya-festivalen avlyst". Dagbladet.no. 2 July 1998. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ Pekka Hako; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (2002). Finnish opera. Finnish Music Information Centre. p. 245. ISBN 9789525076202.
- ^ "Anders Nordin". Metal Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Feria (1997)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Lindberg, Magnus (1997). "Fresco". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ^ Chester Lee Alwes (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 285.
- ^ "Barbara (1997)". MUBI. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Aqua Now Faces Lawsuit Over 'Barbie Girl'". MTV News. 12 September 1997. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
- ^ "Íslenski Listinn NR. 249 Vikuna 27.11. – 4.12. 1997". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 28 November 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
- ^ "Björk– Jóga" (in French). Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Blond". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Årslista Singlar, 1997" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
- ^ a b "1997". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Kølig Kaj". Eurovision Universe. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
- ^ "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset singlet" [Best-selling domestic singles of all time] (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
- ^ David Sinclair. "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. No. 1 March 1997. p. 45.
- ^ "Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal". 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ^ "Finn Høffding". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ Andersen, Rune J. (17 November 2013). "Arnljot Kjeldaas". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
- ^ Mogens Landsvig. "Egil Harder". Danmarks Nationalleksikon. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Rolf Ericson". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ Gärdestad, Kenneth; Liimatainen, Keijo (2005). Jag vill ha en egen måne: boken om Ted Gärdestad (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. pp. 163–173. ISBN 91-37-12733-0.
- ^ Perrone, Pierre (15 September 1997). "OBITUARY : Stig Anderson". Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ Bergendal, Göran (1972). 33 svenska komponister. Lindblads. p. 113. ISBN 9132403747.
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Alfred Næss". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ Kismul, Laila (13 February 2009). "Karsten Andersen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 March 2017.