1984 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1984. == Events == The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, held in Luxembourg, is won by the Swedish entry, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", performed by Herreys. Denmark finish in 4th place, Finland 9th and Norway 17th. August – Finnish power metal band Stratovarius is formed, under the name "Black Water". September – Lars H.U.G. releases his first solo album, City Slang. unknown date – Kirka receives his first gold disc for his album Hengaillaan, and is awarded the Emma, the most important Finnish music prize, for Best Male Singer. == Classical works == Ulf Grahn – Symphony no 2 Knut Nystedt – Missa brevis Aulis Sallinen – Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (opera) == Hit singles == Åge Aleksandersen – "Lys og varme" Stefan Borsch – "Det är ju dej jag går och väntar på" (#32 Sweden; Swedish version of "Det' lige det") Agneta Fältskog – "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (#2 Sweden; #11 UK) Marie Fredriksson – "Ännu doftar kärlek" (#18 Sweden) Carola Häggkvist – "Tommy tycker om mig" (#9 Norway; #10 Sweden) Hot Eyes – "Det' lige det" Nanna Lüders Jensen – "Buster" == Eurovision Song Contest == Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 == Film and television music == Björn Isfält – Ronja Rövardotter Bo Holten – Tro, håb og kærlighed == Births == 14 February – Víkingur Ólafsson, Icelandic pianist 1 September – Ludwig Göransson, Swedish Academy-Award winning film score composer == Deaths == 10 January – Thore Jederby, Swedish jazz bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster (born 1913) 28 July – Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (born 1914) 12 August – Arild Sandvold, Norwegian organist, choir conductor and composer (born 1895) 3 September – Rolf Gammleng, Norwegian classical violinist and organizational leader (born 1898) 13 September – Konsta Jylhä, Finnish folk musician (born 1910) 13 October – Kjeld Bonfils, Danish pianist and vibraphonist (born 1918) 8 November – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian classical violinist and composer (born 1903) == See also == 1984 in Denmark 1984 in Iceland 1984 in Norwegian music 1984 in Sweden == References ==