1975 in Nordic music

none September 2025 1975 1975 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1975. Events 22 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Stockholm, Sweden, following ABBA's win the previous year, and is won by Dutch group Teach-In with the song "Ding-A-Dong".Karin Falck https://mellopedia.svt.se/index.php/Karin_Falck Mellopedia Sveriges Television (SVT) 10 April 2024 sv Finland is the best-performing of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 7th place. Sweden finish 8th and Norway 18th.Stockholm 1975 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 9 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210409175434/https://eurovision.tv/event/stockholm-1975/final 9 April 2021 live 17 June – Aulis Sallinen's opera, The Horseman, is premièred at the Savonlinna Opera Festival to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Olavinlinna Castle.Arni Erkki Report from premiere of The Horseman Opera Festival Issue 1975 65–68 According to George Loomis, writing in The New York Times, the work "is widely credited for helping to precipitate a wave of Finnish operas".Loomis, George (12 July 2005). "A grim, uneven tale at Savonlinna festival". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2014. New works Ulf Grahn – Hommage to the Soap Operahttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6851-Hommage_to_the_Soap_Opera____Dance_for_six_birds_and_one_sitting_duck Hommage to the Soap Opera - Dance for six birds and one sitting duck Swedish Musical Heritage 11 September 2025 Einojuhani Rautavaara – String Quartet No. 4Rautavaara Einojuhani String Quartet No. 4 (1975) - Score 1994 Fazer Music Espoo 9790042084878 33018490 Aulis Sallinen – The Horseman (opera) Top hit singles ABBA "Mamma Mia" (#1 Denmark, Sweden)https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/abba-songs-best-hits-list-7882107/ ABBA's 15 Best Songs: Critic's Picks Jeff Benjamin Billboard August 14, 2017 March 28, 2022 "SOS" (#1 Australia, Belgium, NZ, South Africa, West Germany) Bob Stanley 2014 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé See That Girl: Abba W. W. Norton & Company New York 280 Benny Borg – "Arven" (#1 Norway)https://www.musikalske.net/norsktoppen/norsktoppen_2.htm Norsktoppen-lister 1975-76 Norsktoppen 12 September 2025 Harpo – "Moviestar" (#1 Austria, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, West Germany)Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-377 13 June 2022 www.offiziellecharts.de Björn Skifs – "Michelangelo" (#1 Sweden; #7 Norway)https://sverigesradio.se/diverse/appdata/isidor/files/2023/3473.txt SVENSKTOPPEN Sveriges Radio 12 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224141/http://sverigesradio.se/diverse/appdata/isidor/files/2023/3473.txt 3 March 2016 live Hit albums ABBA – ABBA (#1 Australia, Norway, Sweden)Guinness Book of Rock Stars Rees Dafydd Crampton Luke Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1991 0-85112-971-4 Enfield 1 Gasolin' – Gas 5Niklas Olsen 1968: dengang og nu Museum Tusculanums Forlag, Københavns universitet 2004 9788772899961 135 Kjell Vidars – Kjell Vidars Igjen... (#12 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Kjell+Vidar&titel=Kjell+Vidars+igjen&cat=a KJELL VIDAR - KJELL VIDARS IGJEN (ALBUM) Swedish Charts 12 September 2025 Kebnekajse – Kebnekajse IIIhttps://www.soundohm.com/product/kebnekaise-iii Kebnekaise III Soundohm 12 September 2025 Popol Ace – Stolen From TimeK. D. Tilch Rock-Musiker: S - Z Taurus Press 1988 2096 de Inger Lise Rypdal – Feelinghttps://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 Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Film and television music Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Flåklypa Grand PrixKosmorama, Issues 237-240 Danske Filmmuseum 2006 139 Jojje Wadenius – Kalles klätterträdhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D59a5UQS2w4 Jojje Wadenius - Kalles Klätterträd Live Gomorron Sverige 07 YouTube 12 September 2025 Musical films The Magic Flute, with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, starring Irma Urrila, Josef Köstlinger and Håkan Hagegårdhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-nov-15-ca-51884-story.html The Glory of Opera Films That Hit the Right Notes Ken Wlaschin 15 November 2000 Los Angeles Times 26 April 2020 Births 23 April – Jónsi, Icelandic vocalist and multi-instrumentalistColin Larkin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Omnibus Press 2011 9780857125958 2006 9 October – Anders Göthberg, Swedish guitarist (died 2008https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/34e951d5-9fab-4aeb-b05f-7521e8ab6417Z Göthberg, Anders Willy SvenskaGravar sv 11 September 2025 unknown date – Áki Ásgeirsson, Icelandic composerhttps://www.cafeoto.co.uk/artists/aki-asgeirsson Áki Ásgeirsson CafeOTO 11 September 2025 Deaths 5 February – Åke Persson, Swedish jazz trombonist (born 1932; drowned)Bowers Jack https://www.allaboutjazz.com/jazz-formation-a-letter-to-ake-persson-bjorn-samuelsson-imogena-review-by-jack-bowers.php?width=1024 Bjorn Samuelsson: Jazz Formation: A Letter To Ake Persson All About Jazz 1 March 2006 20 July 2021 24 August – Brita Bratland, Norwegian traditional folk singer (born 1910)https://nbl.snl.no/Brita_Bratland Brita Bratland Vegar Vårdal no Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget 2009-02-13 18 March 2017 See also 1975 in Denmark 1975 in Iceland 1975 in Norwegian music 1975 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music