1997 in Nordic music

none March 2025 1997 1997 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1997. Events 21 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Frank Jakobsen wins the festival prizehttps://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossa Jazz 29 March 2025 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.Dublin 1997 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 14 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210414084557/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1997/final 14 April 2021 live 28–29 June – David Bowie, Prodigy, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave and Unni Wilhelmsen appear at the final Kalvøyafestivalen in Norway.https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/kalvoya-festivalen-avlyst/65466199 Kalvøya-festivalen avlyst 2 July 1998 Dagbladet.no 24 September 2021 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.Pekka Hako Jaakko Mäntyjärvi Finnish opera Finnish Music Information Centre 2002 9789525076202 245 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.https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Anders_Nordin/212 Anders Nordin Metal Archives 29 March 2025 Classical works Magnus Lindberg Feriahttps://www.boosey.com/pages/cr/catalogue/cat_detail?site-lang=en&musicid=6254&langid=1 Feria (1997) Boosey & Hawkes 29 March 2025 FrescoLindberg Magnus Magnus Lindberg 1997 Fresco Boosey & Hawkes http://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Magnus-Lindberg-Fresco/4362 2 June 2016 Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis MaritimaeChester Lee Alwes A History of Western Choral Music Oxford University Press 2015 285 Film and television scores Gunner Møller Pedersen – Barbarahttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/barbara Barbara (1997) MUBI 29 March 2025 Top hit singles Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (#1 Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, UK)http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424996/19970912/story.jhtml Aqua Now Faces Lawsuit Over 'Barbie Girl' MTV News 12 September 1997 8 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070610113238/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1424996/19970912/story.jhtml 10 June 2007 Björk "Bachelorette" (#6 Iceland)Íslenski Listinn NR. 249 Vikuna 27.11. – 4.12. 1997 Dagblaðið Vísir is 22 28 November 1997 10 April 2018 https://timarit.is/page/2962249?iabr=on#page/n7/mode/2up "Jóga" (#1 Iceland; #16 Finland)http://www.ultratop.be/fr/song/dca/Bjoerk-Joga fr Björk– Jóga Ultratop 50. Hung Medien 19 January 2015 Blond – "Bara hon älskar mig" (#7 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blond&titel=Bara+hon+%E4lskar+mig&cat=s Blond swedishcharts.com 30 March 2025 Per Gessle – "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (#1 Sweden)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1997&dspp=1 Årslista Singlar, 1997 Sverigetopplistan sv 27 March 2022 Klamydia – "Perseeseen" (#1 Finland)https://finnishcharts.com/archiv.asp?sparte=s&woche=14&jahr=1997&todo=show 1997 finnishcharts.com 29 March 2025 Kølig Kaj – "Stemmen i mit liv" (#4 Denmark)https://www.eurovisionuniverse.com/encyclopedia/kolig-kaj/ Kølig Kaj Eurovision Universe 30 March 2025 Neljä baritonia – "Pop-musiikkia" (#1 Finland)http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/kaikki/kotimaiset/singlet Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset singlet Best-selling domestic singles of all time Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland Finnish 30 August 2013 Jari Sillanpää – "Bum Bum Bum" (#8 Finland) Tehosekoitin – "C'mon baby yeah" (#1 Finland) Tiggy – "Ring A Ling" (#1 Denmark)Billboard 1 March 1997 Global Music Pulse David Sinclair 45 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 singerMarch 2025 11 August – Saba, Danish singer and musical theatre actressMarch 2025 24 August – Alan Walker, British-born Norwegian DJ and record producerMarch 2025 16 December – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriterMarch 2025 Deaths 7 February – Allan Edwall, Swedish actor, director, author, singer and composer (born 1924)http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article23689589.ab Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal 11 October 2016 11 October 2016 2016-10-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20161011224502/http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/article23689589.ab live 3 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (born 1899)Finn Høffding https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86098887 id.loc.gov Library of Congress 29 March 2025 23 March – Arnljot Kjeldaas, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1916)https://snl.no/Arnljot_Kjeldaas Arnljot Kjeldaas no Rune J. Andersen Store Norske Leksikon 17 November 2013 2 April 2017 7 April – Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (born 1917)https://lex.dk/Egil_Harder Egil Harder Mogens Landsvig Danmarks Nationalleksikon 29 March 2025 16 June – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazz trumpeter (born 1922) Rolf Ericson http://data.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138936962 data.bnf.fr Bibliothèque nationale de France 3 April 2022 French 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor (born 1956; suicide)Gärdestad Kenneth Liimatainen Keijo Jag vill ha en egen måne: boken om Ted Gärdestad 2005 Forum Stockholm sv 91-37-12733-0 163–173 12 September – Stig Anderson, Swedish music manager and publisher (born 1931; heart attack)https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-stig-anderson-1239364.html OBITUARY : Stig Anderson Perrone Pierre 15 September 1997 Independent 12 July 2020 29 September – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer (born 1919)Bergendal Göran 33 svenska komponister 1972 Lindblads 9132403747 113 30 November – Alfred Næss, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1927)https://nbl.snl.no/Alfred_N%C3%A6ss Alfred Næss Norsk biografisk leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 29 April 2017 10 December — Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (born 1920)https://nbl.snl.no/Karsten_Andersen Karsten Andersen no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Laila Kismul Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 16 March 2017 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music