1974 in Nordic music

none October 2025 1974 1974 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1974. Events 5 April – The first Vossajazz festival opens in Vossavangen, Norway, running until 7 April.http://vossajazz.no Vossajazz Vossajazz 17 March 2017 6 April – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Brighton, UK, and is won by Swedish band ABBA, with the song "Waterloo".Brighton 1974 https://eurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974 live https://web.archive.org/web/20220531192314/https://eurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974 31 May 2022 3 April 2024 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Finland and Norway finish in 13th and 14th place respectively.Brighton 1974 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974/final live https://web.archive.org/web/20210409161342/https://eurovision.tv/event/brighton-1974/final 9 April 2021 9 April 2021 European Broadcasting Union (EBU) unknown date – The Swedish opera company NorrlandsOperan is founded in Umeå.https://norrlandsoperan.se/en/about-norrlandsoperan/ About Norrlandsoperan 19 October 2025 New works Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 2David Daniels David W. Oertel David Rahbee Daniels' Orchestral Music Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2022 9781442275218 273 Ulf Grahn – Two Danceshttps://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6819-Two_Dances_Dance_of_the_Shapes_Dance_of_the_Island Two Dances. Dance of the Shapes, Dance of the Island Swedish Musical Heritage 18 October 2025 Yngve Sköld – String quartet no. 4https://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/skold-yngve/SMH-W386-String_quartet_no_4 String quartet no. 4 Swedish Musical Heritage 18 October 2025 Top hit singles ABBA – "Honey, Honey" (#2 Germany; #4 Austria)Robert Scott 2002 ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song Carlton Books Limited 51 Inger Lise Rypdal – "En spennende dag for Josefine" (#1 Norway)https://nbl.snl.no/Inger_Lise_Rypdal Inger Lise Rypdal – Sanger og Skuespiller Larsen Svend Erik Løken no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon 13 February 2009 9 November 2015 Anne-Karine Strøm & the Bendik Singers – "Hvor er du"Billboard Music Week, volume 86 Billboard Publications 1974 Hit albums ABBA – Waterloo (#1 Norway, Sweden) Flying Norwegians – New Day Ted Gärdestad – Upptåg (#1 Sweden)Jan Gradvall Björn Nordström Ulf Nordström Annina Rabe Tusen svenska klassiker: böcker, filmer, skivor, tv-program från 1956 till i dag 2009 Norstedt sv 9789113017174 Carita Holmström – Toinen LevyTimo Kalevi Tekijä-Forss =Tuntematon Juice Leskinen – Kertomuksia toisille artisteille tehdyistä lauluista ja niiden synnystä Helsinki Like 2024 978-951-1-49191-0 fi 18 Knutsen & Ludvigsen – Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – TutNorsk bokfortegnelse Norske bokhandlerforening 1987 no 156 Lillebjørn Nilsen – ...og Fia hadde sko Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Film and television music Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knektenhttps://www.nb.no/filmografi/show?id=652 Olsen-banden møter Kongen og Knekten no Norsk filmografi 14 October 2025 Musical films Dunderklumpen!, with music by Toots Thielemans Knutsen & Ludvigsen, with music by Øystein Dolmen & Gustav Lorentzenhttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/knutsen-ludvigsen Knutsen & Ludvigsen MUBI 15 October 2025 Births 17 January – Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish violinist, conductor and composer (died 2022)https://www.thestrad.com/news/violinist-composer-and-conductor-jaakko-kuusisto-has-died/14512.article Violinist, composer and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto has died 24 February 2022 The Strad 14 October 2025 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish heavy metal musicianhttp://www.opeth.com/home/about-opeth/item/4-mikael-%C3%A5kerfeldt Mikael Åkerfeldt 24 September 2011 Opeth – Official Website 14 October 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074706/http://www.opeth.com/home/about-opeth/item/4-mikael-%C3%A5kerfeldt 2011-09-24 13 June – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singerhttps://timarit.is/page/5516933#page/n31/mode/2up 21 May 2005 Selma og sönggenið Dagblaðið Vísir - DV 14 October 2025 31 October – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and singer (died 2007)https://gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=natasjasaad Natasja Saad gravsted.dk 14 October 2025 Deaths 15 February – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (born 1887)Don Michael Randel 1996 Atterberg, Kurt The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 0-674-37299-9 20 February – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (born 1888)https://nbl.snl.no/David_Monrad_Johansen David Monrad Johansen Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Ivar Roger Hansen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo Norwegian 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 14 June – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist and composer (born 1892)Bergsagel John Jeppesen, Knud http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/14267 Grove Music Online Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press 31 July 2013 31 October – Olav Gurvin, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1893)https://nbl.snl.no/Olav_Gurvin Olav Gurvin Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Nils Grinde Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo Norwegian 2009-02-13 25 March 2017 23 November – Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic musician, conductor and composer, first director of the Reykjavík School of Music (born 1893)Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: "Páll Ísólfsson." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan, 2001), 12: 616–617 26 December – Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer (born 1897)http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=knudaageriisager 2004 gravsted.dk Knudåge Riisager – Dansk komponist 11 November 2010 See also 1974 in Denmark 1974 in Iceland 1974 in Norwegian music 1974 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music