1962 in Nordic music

none November 2025 1962 1962 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1962 in Nordic music. Events 18 March – The 7th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Luxembourg and won by France. Sweden and Finland finish in joint 7th place, whilst Denmark and Norway finish in joint 10th place with Switzerland.Luxembourg 1962 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 30 March 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210330113251/https://eurovision.tv/event/luxembourg-1962/final 30 March 2021 live 29 May – At the 4th Annual Grammy Awards, Swedish-born singer Ann-Margret is nominated in the Best New Artist category.4th Annual GRAMMY Awards GRAMMY.com https://www.grammy.com/awards/4th-annual-grammy-awards 24 March 2025 grammy.com The Rome Opera Orchestra's recording of Turandot, featuring Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson, wins the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.http://www.awardsandshows.com/features/grammy-awards-1961-213.html Grammy Award Nominees 1961 – Grammy Award Winners 1961 www.awardsandshows.com 27 April 2017 unknown date Finnish composer Seppo Mustonen becomes the first to create music by computer.https://www.fmq.fi/articles/pioneers-and-explorers Finnish Music Quarterly Pioneers and Explorers – Electronic Music in Finland 1958–1998 January 1985 Jukka Ruohomäki 4 November 2025 Erkki Kurenniemi begins construction for an electronic music recording studio for Helsinki University's Department of Musicology. New works Jón Leifs – Víkingasvar (Viking’s Answer)List of works by Jón Leifs Víkingasvar Gösta Nystroem – Symphony no 4 ("Sinfonia Shakespeariana")https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/nystroem-gosta/SMH-W695-Sinfonia_Shakespeariana_Symphony_no_4 Sinfonia Shakespeariana Swedish Musical Heritage 4 November 2025 Popular music Bent Fabric – "Alley Cat" (#2 Australia; #7 US)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bent-fabric-mn0000054415 Bent Fabric Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More AllMusic 4 July 2023 Marion Rung – "Tipi-tii" (#1 Finland)https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=160 Timo Pennanen 2021 Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 Marion 160 Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava Helsinki fi New recordings Bent Fabric – Alley CatBillboard 6 April 1963 Billboard Top LP's Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 Film music Harry Arnold – Biljett till paradisetPer Olov Qvist Peter von Bagh Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland Greenwood Publishing Group 2000 61 Bent Fabric – Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærtenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/svinedrengen-og-prinsessen-pa-aerten Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten MUBI 5 November 2025 Births 6 August – Søren Hyldgaard, Danish film composer (died 2018)https://www.hafabramusic.com/biography/395/en HYLDGAARD Søren Hafabra Music 4 November 2025 22 October – Søren Reiff, Danish guitarist, producer and composerhttps://www.dr.dk/lyd/musik/kunstner/s%c3%b8ren-reiff-161179 Søren Reiff DR Musik 5 November 2025 Deaths 24 April – Finn Bø, Norwegian songwriter, revue writer, playwright, journalist and theatre critic (born 1893)https://nbl.snl.no/Finn_B%C3%B8 Finn Bø Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 27 April 2017 24 June – Alf Andersen, Norwegian flautist (born 1928)https://snl.no/Alf_Andersen Alf Andersen no Nils E. Bjerkestrand Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2015-07-20 4 April 2017 19 August – Emilius Bangert, Danish organist, composer and teacher (born 1883)https://lex.dk/Emilius_Bangert Emilius Bangert Den Store Danske 26 May 2015 Danish 29 October – Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer (born 1885)Torben Schousboe. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), 0-333-73432-7 and 1-56159-228-5 7 December – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian operatic soprano (born 1895)Obituaries from the Times Newspaper Archive Developments Limited 1975 267 See also 1960s Music 1962 in Denmark 1962 in Iceland 1962 in Norwegian music 1962 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music