1976 in Nordic music

none August 2025 1976 1976 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1976. Events 28 February – At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, a recording of Così fan tutte featuring Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda wins the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1976-224.html Grammy Award Nominees 1976 – Grammy Award Winners 1976 www.awardsandshows.com 3 November 2025 4 March – ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.http://www.abbaofficial.com/australia_1976.html The Promotional Tour March 1976 ABBA Official Australian Fan Club 17 November 2019 3 April – At the 21st Eurovision Song Contest, Finland is the best-performing Scandinavian country, finishing in 11th place. Norway, the only other competing Scandinavian country, finishes 18th.The Hague 1976 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final European Broadcasting Union 11 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210411063744/https://eurovision.tv/event/the-hague-1976/final 11 April 2021 live 18 June – ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time in Sweden at a gala concert in the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath.Friederike Haedecke Julia Melchior Royal Weddings. Königliche Hochzeiten TeNeues 2008 9783832792527 51 unknown date – Iceland's Atli Heimir Sveinsson is awarded the Nordic Music Prize.https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/composer/1544/Atli-Heimir-Sveinsson/ Atli Heimir Sveinsson Wise Music Classical 16 August 2025 New works Einar Englund – Symphony No. 4, "Nostalgic" (in memory of Shostakovich)Nordic Sounds Einar Englund NOMUS 1992 111 Per Nørgård Frostsalmehttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/21765/Frostsalme--Per-N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd/ Frostsalme (1976) Wise Music Classical 16 August 2025 Winter Cantatahttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/21750/Vinterkantate--Per-N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd/ Vinterkantate Wise Music Classical 16 August 2025 Ib Nørholm – Sonata No. 1, Op. 69, for guitarhttps://app.idagio.com/works/15957244 Sonata for Guitar No. 1 op. 69 (1976) Idagio 17 August 2025 Hit singles ABBA "Fernando" (No. 1 Australia, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, etc)https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/music/ed-sheeran-breaks-australian-music-chart-record-with-shape-of-you/news-story/d2d55f5a04b09dab9db04b795b2e9512 Ed Sheeran breaks Australian music chart record with Shape of You 2 May 2017 News Corp Australia Cameron Adams 4 January 2019 "Money, Money, Money" (No. 1 Australia, Belgium, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, etc)Australian Charts Book 1993—2005 David Kent 978-0-646-45889-2 2006 Australian Chart Book Pty Ltd, Turramurra, N.S.W. 10 Fredi and the Friends – "Pump-Pump"https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Fredi+%26+Friends&titel=Pump%2DPump&cat=s FREDI & FRIENDS - PUMP-PUMP (SONG) swedishcharts.com 18 August 2025 Harpo – "Horoscope" (No. 1 Denmark; No. 3 Germany)https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Harpo&do_search=do Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts Offizielle Deutsche Charts 26 October 2019 Chrisse Johansson – "R-A-K-A-S"https://www.tanssiin.fi/sanoittajalegenda-chrisse-johansson-on-kuollut/ Sanoittajalegenda Chrisse Johansson on kuollut tansslin.fi 17 August 2025 Veikko Lavi – "Jokainen ihminen on laulun arvoinen"Veikko Tiitto Veikko Lavi: Diskografia 1951–2006 Pop-lehti 2007 Hit albums ABBA – ArrivalGuinness Book of Rock Stars Rees Dafydd Crampton Luke Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1991 0-85112-971-4 Enfield 1 Megas – Fram Og Aftur Blindgötunais https://bokmenntir.is/bokmenntavefur/baekur/fram-og-aftur-blindgotuna Fram og aftur blindgötuna bokmenntavefur 17 August 2025 Thorleifs – Skänk mig dina tankar (No. 1 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Thorleifs&titel=Sk%E4nk+mig+ding+tankar&cat=a THORLEIFS - SKÄNK MIG DING TANKAR (ALBUM) swedishcharts.com 16 August 2025 Film and television music Julius Jacobsen – Hello Babyhttp://www.sfi.se/en-GB/Swedish-film-database/Item/?type=MOVIE&itemid=4971&iv=Awards Hallo Baby (1976) 6 March 2014 The Swedish Film Database Musical films Christer Boustedt – Sven Klang's Combohttps://ukjazznews.com/sven-klangs-combo-sven-klangs-kvintett-1976-efg-ljf-2023/ ‘Sven Klang’s Combo / Sven Klangs kvintett’ (1976) at Barbican Cinema 2 John L. Walters 15 November 2023 UK Jazz News 17 August 2025 Births 22 January – Sivert Høyem, Norwegian rock singerSivert Høyem Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Sivert_Høyem no 16 August 2025 22 March – Marita Sølberg, Norwegian opera singerMarita Sølberg Store norske leksikon https://www.snl.no/Marita_Sølberg no 9 January 2022 10 April – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006)Jan Werner Danielsen no https://snl.no/Jan_Werner_Danielsen Rønsen Arild Arild Rønsen 11 June 2014 Store Norske Leksikon 23 December 2014 23 July – Øyvind Torvund, Norwegian composerØyvind Torvund Store norske leksikon https://www.snl.no/Øyvind_Torvund Norwegian 9 January 2022 24 December – Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Icelandic musician2013-01-14 RUV - Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson profile http://www.ruv.is/sveinn-runar-sigurdsson RUV 5 June 2024 2013-02-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20130210095140/http://www.ruv.is/sveinn-runar-sigurdsson dead Deaths 31 January – Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (born 1890)Juhlin Johan 2022-11-12 Artisten och skådespelaren Sven-Bertil Taube död https://www.svt.se/kultur/sven-bertil-taube-dod 28 July 2023 SVT Nyheter sv 20 February – Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1901).https://snl.no/Erling_Asbj%C3%B8rn_Kjellsby Erling Asbjørn Kjellsby Store Norske Leksikon Rune J. Andersen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2013-11-25 1 April 2017 30 April – Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Norwegian composer and music conductor (born 1924).https://nbl.snl.no/Edvard_Fliflet_Br%C3%A6in Edvard Fliflet Bræin Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Elef Nesheim Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 2 May – Karin Juel, Swedish singer (born 1900)https://skbl.se/en/article/KarinSofiaJuel Karin Sofia Juel SKBL 15 August 2025 12 May – Sverre Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer (born 1892)Sverre Hagerup Bull Store norske leksikon 23 June 2021 http://www.snl.no/Sverre_Hagerup_Bull Norwegian 9 January 2022 7 June – Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (born 1903).https://snl.no/Leif_Rustad Leif Rustad Store Norske Leksikon Jon Gunnar Arntzen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2012-03-08 27 March 2017 6 September – Berit Brænne, Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter (born 1918)https://nbl.snl.no/Berit_Br%C3%A6nne Berit Brænne Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Tone Birkeland Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 30 March 2017 25 September – Gjermund Haugen, Norwegian fiddler (born 1914)Gjermund Haugen Store norske leksikon 29 November 2020 https://www.snl.no/Gjermund_Haugen Norwegian 9 January 2022 See also 1976 in Denmark 1976 in Iceland 1976 in Norwegian music 1976 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music