1972 in Nordic music

none November 2025 1972 1972 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1972. Events 25 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scotland, and is won by Luxembourg for the second year in a row. Of the Scandinavian entries, Finland finish 12th, Sweden 13th and Norway 14th.Edinburgh 1972 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/edinburgh-1972/final European Broadcasting Union 9 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210409125508/https://eurovision.tv/event/edinburgh-1972/final 9 April 2021 live 24 May – The 20th Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 7 June. Prominent musicians on the programme include Karsten Andersen and Magnar Mangersnes.https://issuu.com/bergenbibliotek/docs/__rsberetning_1972 Årsberetning 1972 no issuu.com 13 3 November 2025 21 June – Hilding Rosenberg's Lento per orchestra d'archi, composed in 1956, receives its first public performance, at Bosjökloster, by the Malmö Chamber Orchestra.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/rosenberg-hilding/SMH-W6091-Lento_per_orchestra_darchi Lento per orchestra d'archi Swedish Musical Heritage 1 November 2025 New works Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh (opera) Jensen Jørgen I. https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/21614/Gilgamesh--Per-N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd/ Gilgamesh (1972) Wise Music Group 2025 4 June 2025 Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus, for orchestraTwentieth Century Music 1478-5730 Rautavaara's Cantus Arcticus: National Exoticism or International Modernism? Owen Burton 19 2 251282 June 2022 10.1017/S1478572221000311 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/F88B93BCC3C29C80F335608AAD5403E6/S1478572221000311a.pdf/rautavaaras-cantus-arcticus-national-exoticism-or-international-modernism.pdf Popular music Carl Bertil Agnestig – "Adventstid"http://katalog.visarkiv.se/lib/views/visolat/ShowRecord.aspx?hit=1_5 Adventstid Svenskt visarkiv Swedish 1972 9 October 2014 Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – "Uppi við skógarásinn"https://glatkistan.com/2015/01/19/hljomsveit_ingimars_eydal_efni_a_plotum/ Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – Efni á plötum Glatkistan is 2 November 2025 Jukka Kuoppamäen – "Sininen ja valkoinen"Ari Mennander Kaisa Rautanen Jukka Kuoppamäki – Elämän mittainen laulu Docendo fi 2022 Kim Larsen – "Fi-fi dong", recorded by Gasolin'Musical Denmark, Issues 47-54 Danish Cultural Institute 1993 16 John Mogensen – "Fut i fejemøget" (#1 Denmark, Sweden)https://www.sverigesradio.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3470.txt Svensktoppen - 1972 2 November 2025 Olsen Brothers – "Angelina" (#1 Denmark)2016-03-12 danskehitlister.dk http://danskehitlister.dk/?hitlist_id=8 2022-01-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312182204/http://danskehitlister.dk/?hitlist_id=8 12 March 2016 dead Pugh Rogefeldt & Lasse Wellander – "Slavsång", recorded by Naturehttps://www.hakanpettersson.se/blogg.php?id=1723 70-talets mesta och bästa kompgrupp 14 March 2020 Pettersson Håkan Bo Setterlind – "En sång om frihet", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (#1 Sweden)Dikten framför allt: korta nutidsdikter på enkel svenska : antologi Sveriges radio 1975 78 Hit albums Ted Gärdestad – Undringarhttps://www.minnenasjournal.nu/ted-gardestad-underbarnet-som-gick-over-styr/ Ted Gärdestad – underbarnet som gick över styr Minnenas Journal sv-SE 2019-09-29 14 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191214235340/https://www.minnenasjournal.nu/ted-gardestad-underbarnet-som-gick-over-styr/ dead Gasolin' – Gasolin' 2Fremragende Gasolin-film https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/fremragende-gasolin-film DR 12 September 2025 da-DK 10 March 2006 Recordings Nicolai Gedda – Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, with the Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Colin Davis (Philips)Pines Roger The Berlioz Operas on CD, Surveyed by Our Contributing Editors and Reviewers: Benvenuto Cellini The Opera Quarterly 19 3 427–431 2003 10.1093/oq/19.3.427 Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Film and television music Bengst Ernryd & Georg Oddner – Nybyggarnahttps://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/54877 The New Land American Film Institute 3 November 2025 Paroni Paakkunainen, Tapio Rautavaara & Ilpo Saastamoinen – Lampaansyöjäthttps://elonet.finna.fi/Record/kavi.elonet_elokuva_101068 Lampaansyöjät Elonet 25 April 2024 fi Charles Redland – Andersson's KallePer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 151 Musical films Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Man sku være noget ved musikkenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/oh-to-be-on-the-bandwagon OH, TO BE ON THE BANDWAGON!Man sku' være noget ved musikken MUBI 3 November 2025 Births 11 January – Anthony Lledo, Danish composerhttps://www.dr.dk/lyd/musik/kunstner/anthony-lledo-5012484 Anthony Lledo DR Musik 1 November 2025 4 July – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian jazz guitaristKetil Gutvik Biography Norwegian Tor Hammerø https://snl.no/Ketil_Gutvik Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 14 February 2009 28 October 2013 6 December – Sebastian Fagerlund, Finnish composerhttps://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/music21c/archives/2015-2016/sebanstian-fagerlund.html Sebanstian Fagerlund University at Buffalo 2 November 2025 Deaths 4 January – Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish pianist, arranger and composer (born 1914)Burnett R. Toskey Concertos for violin and viola: a comprehensive encyclopedia B.R. Toskey 9780960105489 1983 21 5 March – Nils Björkander, Swedish composer (born 1893)https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/bjorkander-nils/ Nils Björkander (1893-1972) Swedish Musical Heritage 1 November 2025 10 January – Sverre Jordan, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1889)https://nbl.snl.no/Sverre_Jordan Sverre Jordan no Norvall Skreien Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 22 April 2017 12 August – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (born 1882)https://nbl.snl.no/Alf_Hurum Alf Hurum no Andersen Rune J. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2009-02-13 26 March 2017 3 October – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1901)Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser Store Norske Leksikon Godal Anne Marit Anne Marit Godal Norsk nettleksikon Oslo http://snl.no/Kari_Marie_Aarvold_Glaser no 14 February 2009 31 July 2013 See also 1972 in Denmark 1972 in Iceland 1972 in Norwegian music 1972 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music