2000 in Nordic music

none March 2025 2000 2000 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2000. Events 14 April – On the first day of Norway's annual Vossajazz festival, Ivar Kolve is awarded the festival prize.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossajazz 13 March 2025 13 May – The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final is held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".https://eurovision.tv/event/Stockholm-2000/final Final of Stockholm 2000 Eurovision TV 11 March 2025 25 May – At the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, Icelandic singer Björk wins the Best Actress Award for her performance in Dancer in the Dark.EmanuelLevy Dancer in the Dark (2000): Von Trier's Cannes Fest Top Prize-Winning Film Starring Bjork Emanuel Levy 16 November 2010 https://emanuellevy.com/review/dancer-in-the-dark-4/ 17 August 2021 en-US 6 October – The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opens in Norway, running until 15 October. It includes works by Wolfgang Rihm, Gyorgy Kurtag and Morton Feldman, as well as Finland's Kaija Saariaho.https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/11/style/IHT-oslos-showcase-for-composers-ultima-festival-a-voice-of-norway.html Oslo's Showcase for Composers : Ultima Festival, A Voice of Norway October 11, 2000 George W. Loomis New York Times 13 March 2025 Classical works Magnus Lindberg – Corrente (revised); China Versionhttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/13748/Corrente---China-Version--Magnus-Lindberg/ Corrente - China Version Wise Music Classical 13 March 2025 Aulis Sallinen – Kuningas Lear (opera)"Matti Salminen steals show as Finnish National Opera's King Lear" https://web.archive.org/web/20120329011948/http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20000919IE17 2012-03-29 by Hannu-Ilari Lampila, Helsingin Sanomat, 17 September 2000 Benjamin Staern – 3The Threat of War for symphony orchestrahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/staern-benjamin/ Benjamin Staern (1978-) Swedish Musical Heritage 12 March 2025 Film and television scores Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Blinkende Lygterhttps://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/musik/3673 Flickering Lights Danish Film Institute 13 March 2025 Søren Hyldgaard – Hjælp, Jeg er en Fiskhttps://www.dfi.dk/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/hjaelp-jeg-er-en-fisk Hjælp, Jeg er en Fisk Danish Film Institute 13 March 2025 Top hit singles Aqua – "Cartoon Heroes" (#1 Denmark, Italy, Norway, Spain)https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2000/BB-2000-02-26.pdf Global Music Pulse Sexton Paul Williamson Nigel Nigel Williamson Billboard 112 9 53 26 February 2000 0006-2510 5 October 2020 Creamy – "Den Bedste Jul I 2000 År" (#1 Denmark)Den Bedste Jul I 2000 År Billboard 22 January 2000 69 Darude – "Sandstorm" (#1 Canada, Norway; #3 Denmark, Finland, UK) Hits of the World Billboard 113 8 60 24 February 2001 16 April 2020 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/00s/2001/BB-2001-02-24.pdf DJ Aligator – "Lollipop" (#1 Denmark; #8 Sweden; #9 Norway) Olsen Brothers – "Smuk som et stjerneskud" (#1 Denmark, Sweden) Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 Births 20 April – Klara Hammarström, Swedish singer March 2025 23 October – Hanna Ferm, Swedish singer March 2025 20 December – Gaboro, Swedish rapper and songwriter (died 2024)https://nyheter24.se/noje/musik/1369197-allt-om-rapparen-gaboro-dod-mask-gang-och-norrkoping Därför bar rapparen Gaboro mask 20 December 2020 Nyheter24 Quetzal A. Mikko sv 26 December – Isac Elliot, Finnish actor, dancer, singer and songwriterIsac Elliot - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d11e13c7-fa9f-4635-be3b-0c6ee83dc30f https://web.archive.org/web/20150925101259/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/d11e13c7-fa9f-4635-be3b-0c6ee83dc30f dead 25 September 2015 BBC 2 June 2018 Deaths 29 January – Beate Asserson, Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1913)Maud Hurum Obituary Aftenposten 14 February 2000 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, Norwegian jazz drummer (born 1940)Johs Bergh Ole Jacob Hansen Biography Norwegian http://snl.no/Ole_Jacob_Hansen 2012-12-12 Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 3 April – Greta Gynt, Norwegian dancer, singer and actress (born 1916)http://www.nrk.no/programmer/radio/norgesglasset/1.894523 Greta Gynt NRK 14 November 2003 25 April – Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer (born 1919)Gramophone, Volume 78 23 MA Music Leisure & Travel Limited 28 April – Kim Borg, Finnish operatic bass, teacher and composer (born 1919)https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/may/30/guardianobituaries3 Kim Borg 30 May 2000 Alan Blyth Guardian 16 March 2025 22 June – Svein Finnerud, Norwegian pianist and artist (born 1945)http://www.ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2004100612280635381551 Ivar Chr. Johansen Bjørnar Andresen (1945-2004): "Livet er et vakkert monster" Norwegian 2004-10-06 12 November 2012 Norsk Musikkinformasjon Ballade.no 25 June 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060625040900/http://ballade.no/nmi.nsf/doc/art2004100612280635381551 dead 31 August – Dan Fog, Danish music antiquarian and publisher (born 1919)http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Medier/Musikforl%C3%A6gger/Dan_Fog Dan Fog Dansk Bibliografisk Leksikon 13 June 2015 Danish 11 October – Sture Nordin, Swedish jazz bassist (born 1933; heart failure)Cadence, Volume 26 B. Rusch 2000 140 17 October – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian rock musician, poet and songwriter (born 1964; heroin overdose)http://www.puls.no/4458.html Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen funnet død Mathiesen Trygve 18 October 2000 Puls Norwegian 11 March 2025 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music