1991 in Nordic music

none May 2025 1991 1991 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1991. Events January – A-ha break a Guinness World Record for the biggest rock concert attendance when they attract an audience of 198,000 at the Maracanã stadium during the Rock in Rio II festival.https://books.google.com/books?id=LqY3qCF-8pQC Guinness World Records 2001 Tim Footman 1 September 2000 Mint Publishers, Incorporated 9781892051011 22 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Per Jørgensen is awarded the festival prize.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossajazz 5 May 2025 4 May – Following a tie-break, Sweden's "Fångad av en stormvind", performed by Carola, wins the 36th Eurovision Song Contest in Rome. Of the other Scandinavian countries, Norway finish 17th, Denmark 19th and Finland 20th.Rome 1991 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 18 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210418055904/https://eurovision.tv/event/rome-1991/final 18 April 2021 live August – Swedish glam rock band The Ark form and hold their first rehearsals in Rottne.Patrick Christian No End: The Story of the Ark 2011 978-91-633-9100-2 Sweden 1–2 unknown date – Denmark's national baroque orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen, gives its first concerts.https://scanmagazine.co.uk/concerto-copenhagen-bringing-300-years-of-the-human-experience-to-life/ Concerto Copenhagen – bringing 300 years of the human experience to life Signe Hansen Scan magazine 7 May 2025 Classical works Einar Englund – Clarinet Concertohttps://core.musicfinland.fi/works/concerto-per-clarinetto-ed-orchestra-8bfabf93-650f-4401-b442-55a88b45bf0f Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra Music Finland Core 7 May 2025 Ulf Grahn – Vid Ales stenarhttps://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6839-Vid_Ales_stenar_At_Ales_Stones_a_megalithic_monument_in_Scania_in_the Vid Ales stenar [At Ale's Stones (a megalithic monument in Scania in the south of Sweden)] Swedish Musical Heritage 7 May 2025 Vagn HolmboePaul Rapoport The Compositions of Vagn Holmobe Edition Wilhelm Hansen 1996 To the Calm Sea To the Unsettled Weather Kaija Saariaho – Nuits, adieuxhttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/11111/Nuits-adieux--Kaija-Saariaho/ Nuits, adieux (1991) Wise Music Classical 7 May 2025 Film and TV scores Geir Bøhren and Bent Åserud – The Polar Bear Kinghttps://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=590 Kvitebjørn Kong Valemon Norsk filmografi 13 December 2021 13 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213101349/https://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=590 live Joachim Holbek – EuropaJan Lumholdt Interviews University Press of Mississippi 2003 9781578065325 xxxii Sigvald Tveit – Sesam stasjonhttps://bibsok.no/?tnr=1467415 Sesam stasjon sangbok Biblioteksøk 7 May 2025 Hit singles 2 X Kaj – "Alle Børnene" (#1 Denmark) A-ha – "Move to Memphis" (#2 Norway)Mike DeGagne https://www.allmusic.com/album/headlines-and-deadline-the-best-of-a-ha-mw0000463234 Headlines and Deadline: The Hits of A-ha – a-ha AllMusic 16 April 2018 Army of Lovers – "Crucified" (#1 Belgium; #2 Greece, Netherlands; #8 Sweden)https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1991/MM-1991-11-16.pdf Top 10 Sales in Europe Music & Media 8 46 16 November 1991 29 29800226 World Radio History 20 September 2021 Cut 'N' Move "Spread Love" (#1 Denmark) "Take No Crap (Get Serious)" (#1 Denmark) Top 10 Sales in Europe Music & Media 27 March 1993 10 13 28 https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-03-27.pdf 26 February 2018 Juice Leskinen – "Pienestä pitäen" (#1 Finland)https://www.allmusic.com/artist/juice-leskinen-mn0002095031#songs Juice Leskinen songs AllMusic 7 May 2025 Roxette – "Joyride" (#1 Australia, Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, US)Jim Farber https://ew.com/article/1991/04/19/joyride/ Joyride Entertainment Weekly 19 April 1991 25 February 2020 8 March 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220308230822/https://ew.com/article/1991/04/19/joyride/ dead Sielun Veljet – "Laatikoita" (#1 Finland)Billboard: Hits of the World Jake Nyman 2005 Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1st Tammi Helsinki 951-31-2503-3 18 Finnish Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 Births 29 May – Matoma, Norwegian DJ and record producerhttp://www.billboard.com/artist/6562874/matoma/biography Matoma - Biography Billboard Collar Matt Billboard 25 November 2016 Deaths 24 March – Albert Järvinen, Finnish rock guitarist (born 1950; heart attack)Juntunen Juho https://www.google.com/books/edition/Finnish_Rock/9YowAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=%22Albert%22%20%22J%C3%A4rvinen%22%20-wikipedia%201991 Finnish Rock?: Then it Must B. Goode!. Finnish Music Information Centre 978-951-96274-1-0 7 en 1 April – Bjarne Nerem, Norwegian jazz saxophonist (born 1923).http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2006060111071992542915 Nerem, Bjarne Biography MIC.no 16 June 2016 17 March 2017 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160805024514/http://www.mic.no/nmi.nsf/micdoc/art2006060111071992542915 2016-08-05 8 April – Per Yngve Ohlin, aka 'Dead', Swedish vocalist (born 1969; suicide)Lords of Chaos: The Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground Moynihan Michael Søderlind Didrik revised and expanded 2003 1998 Feral House 58 7 July – Jan Wølner, Norwegian classical pianist (born 1909)http://snl.no/Jan_W%C3%B8lner Jan Wølner Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-15 20 March 2017 31 July – Magne Elvestrand, Norwegian pianist, harpsichordist and organist (born 1914)https://www.rockipedia.no/artister/magne_elvestrand-51067 Magne Elvestrand Rockipedia.no 20 March 2017 21 March 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083924/https://www.rockipedia.no/artister/magne_elvestrand-51067/ dead 16 October – Ole Beich, rock bassist (born 1955; drowned)http://underholdning.tv2.dk/2016-04-08-ole-var-en-del-af-guns-n-roses-musikerven-fortaeller-om-den-vilde-tid-i-la Ole var en del af Guns N' Roses: Musikerven fortæller om den vilde tid i L.A. Bleeg Maria Thuesen Mathiasen Marie Holm 8 April 2016 TV2.DK 12 May 2018 da live https://web.archive.org/web/20160412043956/http://underholdning.tv2.dk/2016-04-08-ole-var-en-del-af-guns-n-roses-musikerven-fortaeller-om-den-vilde-tid-i-la 12 April 2016 mdy-all 18 October – Gunnar Sønstevold, Norwegian composer (born 1912)Gunnar Sønstevold Store norske leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://www.snl.no/Gunnar_S%C3%B8nstevold Norwegian 26 August 2011 17 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110817204327/http://snl.no/Gunnar_S%C3%B8nstevold live References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music