1970 in Nordic music

none November 2025 1970 1970 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1970. Events 11 March – At the 12th Annual Grammy Awards presented in the United States, Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen is co-nominated in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category, for Violin Summit, on which he performs with Stéphane Grappelli and others.1969 GRAMMY Winners 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards 1970-03-11 The Recording Academy https://www.grammy.com/awards/12th-annual-grammy-awards 1 June 2023 21 March – The 15th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Dublin, and is won by Ireland. Finland, Norway and Sweden all boycott the contest.Dean Vuletic Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest Bloomsbury Academic 2019 9781350107397 84 New works Ulf Grahn – Callinghttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6855-Calling Calling Swedish Musical Heritage 12 November 2025 Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 2https://brahms.ircam.fr/en/work/symfoni-nr.-2 Symfoni nr. 2 (1970) IRCAM 12 November 2025 Allan Pettersson – Symphony No. 9Pettersson: Symphony No. 9 Christian Lindberg and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra https://www.chandos.net/chanimages/Booklets/BI2038.pdf 2013 Per-Henning Olsson 2–7 booklet 995556946 BIS-2038 Åkersberga Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 5https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/tonsattare/wiren-dag/SMH-W749-String_Quartet_no_5 String Quartet no. 5 Swedish Musical Heritage 12 November 2025 Popular music Jan Johansson – "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump" (#1 Denmark), recorded by Inger NilssonThe Encyclopedia of Best Films Bloomsbury 2019 9781538134146 1646 Hootenanny Singers – "Omkring Tiggarn Från Luossa"Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality Springer International Publishing 2019 9783030233525 Malmio Kristina Kurikka Kaisa 191 Hit albums Made in Sweden – Made in Englandhttps://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=40348 Made in England Prog Archives 13 November 2025 Recordings Svein Finnerud Trio – Plastic Sunhttps://www.allaboutjazz.com/plastic-sun-svein-finnerud-trio-odin-records-review-by-chris-may Svein Finnerud Trio: Plastic Sun Chris May All About Jazz 11 April 2018 12 November 2025 Film and television music Sven Gyldmark – Hurra for de blå husarerhttps://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/hurra-de-bla-husarer Hurra for de blå husarer Danish Film Institute 13 November 2025 Bengt-Arne Wallin – Ann och Eve - de erotiskahttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/ann-and-eve Ann and Eve (1970) MUBI 13 November 2025 Musical films Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven, with music by Georg Riedel & Jan Johansson Song of Norway, based on music by Edvard Grieg, starring Toralv Maurstad and Christina SchollinDaily Variety 6 February 1970 2 Cinerama Holiday Births 8 February – Lotta Wennäkoski, Finnish composerPaavilainen, Ulla Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015 993 Helsinki Otava 2014 978-951-1-28228-0 Who’s Who in Finland, 2015 Finnish 28 February – Linda Brava, Finnish violinisthttps://www.uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-170045-LampeniusLinda Lampenius, Linda Uppslagsverket Finland 12 November 2025 11 April – Whigfield (Sannie Charlotte Carlson), Danish singerStan Jeffries Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001 Bloomsbury Academic 2003 9780313315473 222 Deaths 12 April – Kerstin Thorborg, Swedish opera singer (born 1896)https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/30/archives/kerstin-thorborg-of-the-met-was-73-wagnerian-mezzo-is-dead-san-here.html KERSTIN THORBORG OF THE MET WAS 73 30 May 1970 New York Times 12 November 2025 15 August – Karl Andersen, Norwegian cellist and composerhttps://snl.no/Karl_August_Andersen Karl August Andersen no Andersen Rune J. Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo 2013-12-29 1 April 2017 2 October – Bo Linde, Swedish composer (born 1933)Bo Linde: Manniskan, Kritikern, Verket Stig Jacobsson, Ulf Jonsson 1998 72, 96 See also 1970 in Denmark 1970 in Iceland 1970 in Norwegian music 1970 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music