2003 in Nordic music

none February 2025 2003 2003 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2003. Events 3 January – At the Finnish Metal Music Awards held at Tavastia Club in Helsinki, death metal band Children of Bodom was awarded Finnish Band of the Year.http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=7129 Metal News - Finnish Metal Music Awards 2003 Results (Metal Underground.com) Metalunderground.com 22 July 2011 11 April – Kåre Opheim is awarded the Vossajazzprisen 2003 on the first day of the Vossajazz festival in Norway.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen 4 March 2025 24 May – The 48th Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Riga, Latvia. The highest-placed Scandinavian country is Norway in fourth. Sweden finishes fifth and Iceland eighth. Denmark and Finland do not participate.Riga 2003 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final European Broadcasting Union 7 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210407194917/https://eurovision.tv/event/riga-2003/final 7 April 2021 live 14 June – Finnish guitarist Alexander Kuoppala leaves Children of Bodom in the middle of a tour.http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/ChildrenOfBodom-Sept2003.htm Interview with Children of Bodom's Alexi Laiho Metal-Rules.com 22 July 2011 He is eventually replaced by Roope Latvala. August After the Belgian music association SABAM decides that Sweden's 2001 Eurovision entry "Listen to Your Heartbeat" plagiarised an earlier Belgian entry, "Liefde is een kaartspel", an accusation denied by songwriters Thomas G:son and Henrik Sethsson, the Swedish delegation settles out of court.Bakker Sistse 9 August 2003 Swedish entry 2001 now officially plagiarism http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/1744 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20040214010835/http://www.esctoday.com/news/read/1744 February 14, 2004 June 28, 2022 ESCToday Vocalist Marco Aro leaves Swedish band The Haunted, to be replaced by the band's original vocalist, Peter Dolving.http://www.the-haunted.com/site/?p=band The Band The Haunted 6 March 2025 21 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140221180937/http://www.the-haunted.com/site/?p=band dead 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held at the Oslo Spektrum. Stars include Craig David, The Cardigans and Jan Werner Danielsen.https://www.nrk.no/kultur/klare-for-nobel-konserten-1.535524 Klare for Nobel-konserten NRK 4 March 2025 date unknown – Norwegian folk metal band Trollfest is founded by John Espen Sagstad (Mr.Seidel) and Jostein Austvik (Trollmannen).https://mhf-mag.com/interview-with-trollfest/ Interview with Trollfest 1 February 2019 Keith Clement Metal Heads Forever 4 March 2025 Classical works Victoria Borisova-Ollas – The Kingdom of Silencehttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/borisova-ollas-victoria/SMH-W6955-The_Kingdom_of_Silence The Kingdom of Silence Swedish Musical Heritage 5 March 2025 Sampo Haapamäki – Signature for chamber orchestrahttps://issuu.com/saveltajat/docs/001_signature_kamariorkesterille__p/1 Sampo Haapamäki: Signature Issuu 5 March 2025 Hafliði Hallgrímsson – Cello Concertohttps://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/hallgr%C3%ADmsson-cello-concerto Hallgrímsson Cello Concerto Gramophone 4 March 2025 Frederik Magle – Phoenix for mixed choir and organ or piano four-handshttps://www.magle.dk/works.html List of works by Frederik Magle Frederik Magle 5 March 2025 Kaija Saariaho – Quatre instants Ashley Tim https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/apr/08/classicalmusicandopera.artsfeatures3 Karita Mattila The Guardian 8 April 2003 en 28 February 2026 Film/TV scores Halfdan E – Arvenhttps://cineuropa.org/en/film/2550/ Inheritance (Arven) CineEuropa 4 March 2025 Thomas Knak – Reconstructionhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/reconstruction MUBI Reconstruction 4 March 2025 Anders Matthesen – Jul på VesterbroNielsen Silas Bay 9 December 2013 Her er det mest populære julehit da DR https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/musik/her-er-det-mest-populaere-julehit 16 May 2020 Popular music Julie Berthelsen – "Every Little Part of Me" (#2 Denmark) http://www.hit-listen.dk Single Top 20 IFPI Danmark & ACNielsen AIM A/S Hitlisten 15 September 2019 da https://web.archive.org/web/20010331043031/http://www.hit-listen.dk/ 31 March 2001 live Dina – "Bli hos meg"https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Dina+%5BNO%5D&titel=Bli+hos+meg&cat=s Dina [NO] norwegiancharts.com 5 March 2025 Fame – Give Me Your Love" (#1 Sweden)Sweden single gold 2003 Jostein Hasselgård – "I'm Not Afraid to Move On" Birgitta Haukdal – "Segðu mér allt"Eurovision Song Contest - The Complete & Independent Guide 2010 978-1-4457-8415-1 https://books.google.com/books?id=BfuBF7fOnyoC&q=%22Birgitta+Haukdal%22&pg=PA116 Simon Barclay 17 June 2010 6 February 2011 116 Simon Barclay Lene Marlin – "You Weren't There" (#1 Norway, Italy)http://www.virginrecords.no/ Lene Marlin med ny single Lene Marlin with New Single Virgin Records Norway no https://web.archive.org/web/20030723004759/http://www.virginrecords.no/ 23 July 2003 30 November 2023 Kurt Nilsen – "She's So High" (#1 Norway)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/kurt-nilsen-mn0000365762/biography Kurt Nilsen Biography AllMusic The Rasmus – "In the Shadows" (#1 Finland, Germany, Hungary; #2 Sweden, Italy; #6 Denmark)https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-04-24.pdf Hits of the World – Eurocharts Billboard 116 17 49 24 April 2004 17 March 2020 21 January 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043900/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2004/BB-2004-04-24.pdf live Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus – "Tiernapojat" (#1 Finland) Eurovision Song Contest Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 Births 23 January – Bishara, Syrian-born Swedish singerhttps://www.birthday.se/Bishara-Morad/Link%C3%B6ping/2003/a0f2daab50 Bishara Morad Birthday.se 5 March 2025 11 April – Aksel Rykkvin, Norwegian singerhttps://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Rykkvin-Aksel.htm Akesel Rykkvin (Boy Soprano) Bach Cantatas 5 March 2025 Deaths 1 February – Bodil Kjer, Danish actress and occasional singer (born 1917)https://politiken.dk/kultur/art4924059/Bodil-Kjer-er-d%C3%B8d-85-%C3%A5r Bodil Kjer er død, 85 år 1 February 2003 da Politiken Ebbe Mørk 24 August 2025 16 March – Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta, Finnish guitarist, founding member of Finntroll (born 1977; injuries from a fall)Blabbermouth 2003-03-18 FINNTROLL Guitarist's Death Was Alcohol-Related https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/finntroll-guitarist-s-death-was-alcohol-related/ 2024-04-19 BLABBERMOUTH.NET en 31 March – Tommy Seebach, Danish singer, organist, pianist, composer and record producer (born 1949)https://esctoday.com/8828/tommy_seebach_%EF%BF%BD_new_greatest_hits_album/ Tommy Seebach new Greatest hits album ESCToday 4 March 2025 9 April – Vera Zorina, German-born Norwegian ballerina, choreographer and musical theatre star (born 1917https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/may/05/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries Vera Zorina 5 May 2003 Guardian 4 March 2025) 5 June – Ola Calmeyer, Norwegian jazz pianist (born 1930)http://swing-n-sweet.no/ola-calmeyer-prosjekt Ola Calmeyer Prosjekt no Swing-n-Sweet.no 2017-03-14 4 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250304102736/http://swing-n-sweet.no/ola-calmeyer-prosjekt dead 16 August – Gösta Sundqvist, Finnish musician and radio personality (born 1957; heart attack)https://ground.news/article/20-years-since-the-death-of-gosta-sundqvist-the-mysterious-suomiroki-great-man-was-a-hermit-and-a-control-freak 20 years since the death of Gösta Sundqvist — the mysterious Suomiroki great man was a hermit and a control freak Ground News 4 March 2025 17 November – Peter Lindroos, Finnish operatic tenor (born 1944; car accident)Ruth-Esther Hillila Barbara Blanchard Hong 1997 Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland 225 Greenwood Publishing Group 27 December – Ingeborg Cook, US-born Norwegian actress and singer (born 1915)March 2025 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music