1989 in Nordic music

none May 2025 1989 1989 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1989. Events February – Yngwie Malmsteen plays several dates in Leningrad. A live recording is released later in the year as Trial by Fire: Live in Leningrad. Popoff Martin Martin Popoff The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties Collector's Guide Publishing 1 November 2005 Burlington, Ontario, Canada 978-1-894959-31-5 209 6 May – At the final of the 34th Eurovision Song Contest in Switzerland, Denmark is the most successful of the Scandinavian countries, finishing third. Sweden finish fourth, with Finland 7th, Norway 17th and Iceland in 22nd place.Lausanne 1989 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 17 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417084905/https://eurovision.tv/event/lausanne-1989/final 17 April 2021 live 4 July – Ulf Grahn's Fantasia for organ (composed in 1982) receives its first public performance, at Leksand Church, with Rolf Eriksson as the soloist.https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6848-Fantasia Fantasia Swedish Musical Heritage 21 May 2025 20 September Icelandic band the Sugarcubes release their second studio album Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week!, which eventually reaches number 15 on the UK Albums Chart and number one on the UK Indie Albums chart.allmusic ((( Here Today, Tomorrow Next Week! > Review ))) album r19321 yes AllMusic Dougan, John 20 March 2010 unknown date – Swedish band Dark Tranquillity is formed in Gothenburg.Becker Melker Hårdrock: Rundgång, nitar och nackspärr Lindeblad Mattias Lange Henrik Bokfabriken 2014 978-91-87301-34-6 Dark Tranquility sv 940711016 2008 Classical works Anders Eliasson – Sinfonia concertante: Symphony No. 3 for Alto-Saxophone and Orchestrahttps://anders-eliasson-society.com/works/ Works International Anders Eliasson Society 21 May 2025 Einar Englund – Wind Quintethttps://core.musicfinland.fi/works/kvintett Wind Quintet Music Finland Core 21 May 2025 Einojuhani Rautavaara – Piano Concerto No. 2Rautavaara, Einojuhani https://fennicagehrman.fi/composer/rautavaara-einojuhani/ Fennica Gehrman 13 January 2025 Jan Sandström – Motorbike Odysseyhttp://jimoleary.net/OLeary_Sandstrom_essay_rev08.pdf Jan Sandström's Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra: / motorbikes, postmodernism and popular success Jim O'Leary 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20120426000653/http://jimoleary.net/OLeary_Sandstrom_essay_rev08.pdf 26 April 2012 Film and TV scores Ragnar Bjerkreim – Kamilla and the Thief IIMay 2025 Hit singles MC Einar – "Jul det' cool" (#1 Denmark)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-01-28.pdf Eurochart Music & Media 21 May 2025 Kim Lönnholm – "Minä olen muistanut" Birthe Kjær – "Vi maler byen rød"https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Birthe+Kj%E6r&titel=Vi+maler+byen+r%F8d&cat=s BIRTHE KJÆR - VI MALER BYEN RØD (SONG) charts.nz 22 May 2025 Tommy Nilsson – "En dag" (#3 Sweden)https://www.aussievision.net/post/all-the-melodifestivalen-winning-songs-that-have-charted-in-sweden All the Melodifestivalen winning songs that have charted in Sweden Kyriakos Tsinivits Aussievision 11 March 2023 22 May 2025 Rob'n'Raz & Leila K – "Got to Get" (#1 Iceland; #8 UK)https://timarit.is/page/2568623?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up Íslenski Listinn (1990) Dagblaðið Vísir is 34 23 February 1990 2 May 2025 Roxette – "The Look" (#1 Denmark, Finland, Norway, Netherlands, Germany)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-06-17.pdf Top 3 Singles in Europe Music & Media 17 June 1989 23 25 September 2020 Stone – "Back to the Stone Age" (#1 Finland) Jake Nyman 2005 Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1st Tammi Helsinki 951-31-2503-3 18 Finnish Magnus Uggla – "Jag mår illa" (#1 Sweden; #9 Norway)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-10-14.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 14 October 1989 25 September 2020 Music & Media Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 Births 8 September – Avicii, Swedish DJ, remixer, and record producer (died 2018)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/22/avicii-obituary Avicii obituary McIver Joel 22 April 2018 The Guardian 22 April 2018 21 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180621171028/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/22/avicii-obituary live Deaths 29 April – Else Schøtt, Danish operatic soprano (born 1895)https://biografiskleksikon.lex.dk/Else_Sch%C3%B8tt Else Schøtt Krogh, Torben Gyldendal: Dansk Biografisk Leksikon 21 July 2014 14 April 2021 Danish 23 July – Martti Talvela, Finnish operatic bass (born 1935; heart attack)Pekka Hako Unohtumaton Martti Talvela: Elämäkerta [The Unforgettable Martti Talvela: A Biography.] Ajatus Kirjat 2004 373–376 951-20-6307-7 5 August – Valter Aamodt, Norwegian composer and music critic (born 1902)https://archive.org/details/heritageencyclop0001rehr_z6l5/page/n23/mode/2up Aamodt, Walter Emil The Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music: Composers and Their Music Integrity Press 1991 Rehrig William H. 978-0-918048-08-0 25 August – Gunnar Berg, Swiss-born Danish composer (born 1909)Jens Rossel 2002 Berg, Gunnar (Johnsson) Grove Music Online Oxford University Press 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.02769 31 August – Conrad Baden, Norwegian organist, composer, music educator, and music critic (born 1908)http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101215481685146257 Conrad Baden – Biography no Howard Gamble ListenTo.no 2002-10-12 19 March 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160303220047/http://www.listento.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2002101215481685146257 2016-03-03 28 December – Fred Lange-Nielsen, jazz bassist and vocalist (born 1919)May 2025 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music