1995 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1995 1995 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1995. Events 19 February – Swedish duo Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China. They are the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years.https://books.google.com/books?id=nQ0EAAAAMBAJ&q=roxette+china&pg=PA66 Hong kong comes into Focus Billboard Mike Levin 66 2010-10-22 1995-12-23 7 April – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Harald Dahlstrøm is awarded the festival prize.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossajazz 4 April 2025 13 May – Norway wins the 40th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nocturne", performed by Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland.Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest RTÉ / EBU 13 May 1995 Of the other Scandinavian countries competing, Sweden finish in 3rd place, Denmark in 5th place, and Iceland 15th.Dublin 1995 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1995/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 17 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417063512/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1995/final 17 April 2021 live unknown date The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra records an album of Swedish Bassoon concertos, with Anders Ekström as soloist.https://imusic.co/music/7393892000153/engstrom-svedlund-gothenburg-symphony-1995-swedish-bassoon-concerti-cd?srsltid=AfmBOopFKKoIkgloRlMny61nWEHc9MOY-_gsxzzUDikjsi0WHo8qFmH2 Swedish Bassoon Concerti imusic 5 April 2025 Swedish metal band In Flames is joined by Björn Gelotte (as drummer) and Anders Fridén as vocalist.http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_inflames.html A Moment of 'Clarity' with In Flames 8 June 2007 26 July 2006 Live-Metal.Net 26 December 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131226071751/http://www.live-metal.net/features_interviews_inflames.html usurped Classical works Erik Bergman – Det sjungande trädet (opera; premièred)Martin Anderson 9 May 2006 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erik-bergman-477409.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130304054827/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/erik-bergman-477409.html dead 2013-03-04 Erik Bergman, Grand Old Man of Finnish music The Independent 21 March 2015 Karl Aage Rasmussen – Three Friendshttps://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.224094 RASMUSSEN: Three Friends Naxos Records 4 April 2025 Requiem of Reconciliation – Arne Nordheim of Norway is one of 14 contributing composers.https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/requiem-of-reconciliation Requiem of Reconciliation Gramophone Edward Greenfield 5 April 2025 Hit singles Army of Lovers – "Give My Life" (#6 Sweden)https://www.gp.se/kultur/explosiv-arm%C3%A9-mot-homohat-1.509463 Explosiv armé mot homohat Göteborgs-Posten Karin Dofs Swedish 19 February 2013 24 October 2023 Björk – "Army of Me" (#1 Iceland; #5 Finland)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-06-03.pdf Top National Sellers Music & Media 12 22 20 3 June 1995 15 September 2020 The Cardigans – "Carnival" (#14 Iceland)https://timarit.is/page/2933047?iabr=on#page/n25/mode/2up Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (4.11. '95 – 10.11. '95) Dagblaðið Vísir is 26 4 November 1995 1 October 2019 E-Type – "Do You Always (Have to Be Alone)?" (#8 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/weekchart.asp?cat=s&year=1995&date=19950505 SVERIGETOPPLISTAN - SINGLES TOP 100 1995-05-05 swedishcharts.com 6 April 2025 Jan Johansen – "Se på mig" (#1 Sweden; #7 Norway)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jan+Johansen&titel=Se+p%E5+mig&cat=s Swedish Charts Archive Hung Medien 16 January 2020 29 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191029014623/https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jan+Johansen&titel=Se+p%E5+mig&cat=s live Movetron – "Ristinolla" (#1 Finland)Lista-arkisto (Official Finnish chart by IFPI Finland) Pandora – "Don't You Know" (#1 Finland; #7 Sweden)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1995&dspp=1 Årslista Singlar, 1995 Sverigetopplistan Swedish 24 November 2019 Rednex – "Old Pop in an Oak" (#1 Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) Jake Nyman 2005 Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1st Tammi Helsinki 951-31-2503-3 fi Roxette "Vulnerable" (#12 Sweden) "You Don't Understand Me" (#6 Spain; #7 Finland; #9 Sweden)https://i.imgur.com/Ojzk3cC.jpg Roxette chart history, received from ARIA on 1 February 2022 ARIA Imgur en 2 August 2022 Cecilia Vennersten – "Det vackraste" (#1 Sweden; #2 Norway)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1995/MM-1995-09-16.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 Singles Music & Media 16 September 1995 9 April 2018 Whigfield – "Close to You" (#13 UK; #18 Denmark)Italian Acts (page 75) https://books.google.com/books?id=rgsEAAAAMBAJ&q=Whigfield+Italy&pg=PA75 Billboard 19 March 2020 1 July 1995 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 Film and television music Terje Rypdal – Zero Kelvinhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/zero-kelvin Zero Kelvin MUBI 5 April 2025 Michael B. Tretow – Bert – den siste oskuldenhttps://www.tvguide.com/movies/bert-the-last-virgin/cast/2000302866/ Bert: The Last Virgin TV Guide 5 April 2025 Jean-Paul Wall & Kristoffer Wallman – Radioskuggahttps://mubi.com/en/films/radioskugga/cast Cast & Crew - Radioskugga MUBI 6 April 2025 Births 6 July – Noah Skaalum, Danish singerApril 2025 8 August – Malin Reitan, Norwegian singerApril 2025 Deaths 10 April – Anja Ignatius, Finnish violinist and music teacher (born 1911)https://books.google.com/books?id=iUQDFlj1ykkC&pg=PA137 Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland 137 Hillila Ruth-Esther Hong, Barbara Blanchard 1997 Bloomsbury Academic 0-313-27728-1 13 July – Matti Pellonpää Finnish actor and musician (born 1951; heart attack)Andrew Nestingen The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories Columbia University Press 2013 9780231850414 46 4 October – Else Brems, Danish opera singer (born 1908)http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=elsebrems Else Brems Kendtes Gravsted 15 July 2016 Danish 25 November – Leif Juster, Norwegian comedian, singer and actor (born 1910)https://nbl.snl.no/Leif_Juster Leif Juster Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Knut Helle Knut Helle Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 6 May 2017 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music