1990 in Nordic music

none May 2025 1990 1990 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1990. Events 6 April – Knut Kristiansen is awarded the festival prize at Norway's annual Vossa Jazz festival.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossa Jazz 10 May 2025 5 May – In the final of the 35th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Zagreb, Iceland finish in fourth place to become the most successful of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finish 8th, Sweden 16th and Finland and Norway joint 21st.Zagreb 1990 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 17 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417141404/https://eurovision.tv/event/zagreb-1990/final 17 April 2021 live unknown date – Guitarists Dan Nilsson & Micke Bargstörm, bassists Martin Persson and drummer Rille Even, all original members of Opeth, leave the band, after Mikael Åkerfeldt is recruited without their knowledge.January 2008 Joel McIver Pressing the Red Button Metal Hammer Classical works Kaija Saariaho – ...à la FuméePirkko Moisala Kaija Saariaho University of Illinois Press 2009 9780252091933 17 Pirkko Moisala Aulis Sallinen – Symphony No. 6, "From a New Zealand Diary"https://core.musicfinland.fi/works/sinfonia-no-6-b2a7e752-dc25-462a-8017-44b1941f8c4e Symphony No. 6 Op. 65 "From a New Zealand Diary" Music Finland Core 8 May 2025 Jan Sandström – Det är en ros utsprungen http://www.jansandstrom.com/theperson.html The Person Jan Sandström Musikproduktion AB 11 November 2008 22 January 2009 27 December 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20081227230221/http://www.jansandstrom.com/theperson.html dead Haukur Tómasson – Offspringhttps://shop.mic.is/work/haukur-tomasson/afsprengi/4616 Afsprengi Icelandic Music Information Centre 10 May 2025 Film and TV scores Frans Bak – Lad Isbjørnene Dansehttps://www.filmfestival.be/en/film/lad-isbjornene-danse-dance-of-the-polar-bears Lad isbjørnene danse (Dance of the Polar Bears) Birger Larsen Film Fest Gent 7 May 2025 Kjartan Kristiansen – Døden på Oslo Shttps://www.nrk.no/kultur/xl/en-hyllest-til-det-ustreite_-30-ar-siden-premieren-pa-_doden-pa-oslo-s_-1.15277021 En hyllest til det ustreite Grete Strøm nrk.no no 9 May 2025 Hit singles a-ha – "Crying in the Rain" (#1 Norway; #13 UK)https://norwegiancharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1990&date=199045 VG Lista - Singles Top 20 norwegiancharts 9 May 2025 Bubber – "Bubbers Badekar" (#1 Denmark)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-06-02.pdf Top 3 Singles in Europe Music and Media vi 8 May 2025 Anders Glenmark – "Hon sa" (#9 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Anders+Glenmark&titel=Hon+sa&cat=s ANDERS GLENMARK - HON SA (SONG) swedishcharts 9 May 2025 Kim Larsen & Bellami – "Tarzan Mamma Mia" (#1 Denmark)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1990/MM-1990-02-03.pdf Top 3 Singles in Europe Music and Media vii 8 May 2025 Eppu Normaali – "Sydän tyhjää lyö" (#1 Finland)https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eppu+Normaali&titel=Syd%E4n+tyhj%E4%E4+ly%F6&cat=s EPPU NORMAALI - SYDÄN TYHJÄÄ LYÖ (SONG) finnishcharts 9 May 2025 Lili & Susie – "What's the Colour of Love?" (#3 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?year=1990&date=19900509&cat=s Sverigetopplistan - Singles Top 100 1990-05-09 swedishcharts.com 9 May 2025 Roxette – "It Must Have Been Love" (#1 Australia, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Switzerland)http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=It+Must+Have+Been+Love&cat=s swedishcharts.com - Roxette - It Must Have Been Love Hung Medien 22 November 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161122160201/http://www.swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Roxette&titel=It+Must+Have+Been+Love&cat=s 22 November 2016 live The Sugarcubes – "Planet"Ken Clee The Directory of American 45 R.p.m. Records Stak-o-wax 1997 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 Births 27 April – Robin Bengtsson, Swedish singerSimon Barclay The Complete & Independent Guide to the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 2017 9780244312657 19 29 October – Eric Saade, Swedish singer-songwriterMay 2025 Deaths 2 February – Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa, Norwegian Hardanger fiddler and folk musician (born 1910)https://nbl.snl.no/Sigbj%C3%B8rn_Bernhoft_Osa Sigbjørn Bernhoft Osa Bjørn Aksdal Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 5 April 2017 27 February – Arthur Österwall, Swedish jazz band leader, composer, vocalist, and upright bassist (born 1910) 18 May – Eje Thelin, Swedish jazz trombonist (born 1938)The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-939-0 2472 28 June – Per Bergersen, Norwegian songwriter and illustrator (born 1960; shot)May 2025 15 August – Ingrid Lang-Fagerström, Swedish harpist (born 1897)Ingrid Fagerström, Kungliga Hovkapellet http://www.hovkapellet.com/musiker-och-dirigenter/615/ingrid-fagerstrom/ 8 March 2022 www.hovkapellet.com 18 August – Grethe Ingmann, Danish singer (born 1938)http://www.information.dk/78745 Hittebarn i musikken da information.dk 24 February 2003 1 August 2015 6 October – Asser Fagerström, Finnish jazz pianist, composer, and actor (born 1912)May 2025 12 November – Randi Heide Steen, Norwegian operatic soprano (born 1909)Randi Heide Steen Store norske leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://www.snl.no/Randi_Heide_Steen Henriksen, Petter Norwegian 10 July 2025 24 December – Thorbjørn Egner, Norwegian playwright, songwriter and illustrator (born 1912)Sofie Arneberg https://snl.no/Thorbj%C3%B8rn_Egner Thorbjørn Egner Store norske leksikon 10 May 2025 29 December – Aulikki Rautawaara, Finnish operatic soprano (born 1906)Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland Ruth-Esther Hillila, Barbara Blanchard Hong 1997 Greenwood 0-313-27728-1 333 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music