1981 in Nordic music

none July 2025 1981 1981 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1981. Events 5 January – Björn Ulvaeus, now divorced from Agnetha Fältskog, marries Lena Källersjö. 4 April – At the 26th Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden is the best-performing of the Nordic countries, finishing 10th. Denmark are 11th, Finland 16th, and Norway finish in 20th (last) place, with no votes from other countries.Dublin 1981 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1981/final European Broadcasting Union 13 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210413070150/https://eurovision.tv/event/dublin-1981/final 13 April 2021 live September – Icelandic musicians Björk Guðmundsdóttir and bassist Jakob Magnússon form a new band, Tappi Tíkarrass.Aston Martin 1996 Björk: Björkgraphy https://books.google.com/books?id=QGKSNAAACAAJ London Simon & Schuster 53 0-684-81799-3 31 December – Benny Andersson, recently divorced from Anni-Frid Lyngstad, marries TV presenter Mona Nörklit.Benoît Clerc Abba: All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track Octopus 2024 9781788404839 unknown date The organ at the Heinävesi Church in Finland is renewed, using some of the stops from the original organ.July 2025 Danish musician Lars Ulrich meets James Hetfield and they form the band Metallica.https://archive.org/details/metallicafrayede00croc/page/25 Metallica: The Frayed Ends of Metal Crocker Chris St. Martin's Press 1993 978-0312086350 25–26 registration Classical works Ulf Grahn – Concertino for piano and Stringshttps://www.swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6843-Concertino_for_piano_and_Strings Concertino for piano and Strings Swedish Musical Heritage 8 July 2025 Bengt Hambraeus – Voluntary on a Swedish Hymn Tune from DalecarliaJuly 2025 Magnus Lindberg – Sculpture IIhttps://www.laphil.com/musicdb/pieces/3174/sculpture Sculpture, Magnus Lindberg LA Phil 7 July 2025 Hit singles ABBA – "One of Us" (#1 Belgium, Denmark, Netherlands, West Germany)https://www.ukmix.org/forum/chart-discussion/chart-analysis/121831-danish-chart-archive-singles-1979-____-b-t-ifpi-dk?q=abba Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK) ukmix.org 23 November 2018 23 November 2020 Beranek – "Dra til hælvete" (#1 Norway)https://norwegiancharts.com/search.asp?search=Dra+til+h%E6lvete&cat=s Dra til hælvete Norwegiancharts.com 7 July 2025 Gyllene Tider – "Ljudet av ett annat hjärta" (#3 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gyllene+Tider&titel=Ljudet+av+ett+annat+hj%E4rta&cat=s LJUDET AV ETT ANNAT HJÄRTA (SONG) swedishcharts.com 7 July 2025 Thomas Ledin – "Sensuella Isabella" (#4 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/search.asp?search=Sensuella+Isabella&cat=s Sensuella Isabella swedishcharts.com 7 July 2025 Eddie Meduza – "Gasen i botten" (#13 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Eddie+Meduza&titel=Gasen+i+botten&cat=s Eddie Meduza Gasen i botten 6 July 2025 Björn Skifs – "Fångad i en dröm" (#10 Sweden)https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bj%F6rn+Skifs&titel=F%E5ngad+i+en+dr%F6m&cat=s BJÖRN SKIFS - FÅNGAD I EN DRÖM (SONG) Swedishcharts.com 6 July 2025 Film music Erling D. Bjerno – Jeppe på bjergetJeppe of the hill https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/jeppe-pa-bjerget-0 19 February 2021 Danish Film Institute en Henrik Otto Donner – Pedon merkkihttps://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=film&itemid=8780#crew Pedon merkki Swedish Film Database 7 July 2025 Births 10 December – Paula Vesala, Finnish singer-songwriterhttps://www.aaemusic.com/artist/paula-vesala/ Paula Vesala AAE Music 8 July 2025 Deaths 1 February – Geirr Tveitt, Norwegian composerhttps://nbl.snl.no/Geirr_Tveitt Geirr Tveitt Norsk biografisk leksikon 6 July 2025 22 May – Reimar Riefling, Norwegian classical pianist, music teacher, and music critic (born 1898).Reimar Riefling Store Norske Leksikon Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://www.snl.no/Reimar_Riefling no 2015-09-03 20 March 2017 25 May – Georg Malmstén, Finnish entertainer (born 1902)http://www.kansallisbiografia.fi/kansallisbiografia/henkilo/1009 Malmstén, Georg (1902 - 1981) Kansallisbiografia 25 April 2017 Finnish 23 June – Zarah Leander, Swedish actress and singer (born 1907)https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-zarah-leander-swedish/149505316/ Zarah Leander, Swedish singer Miami Herald Stockholm UPI 83 1981-06-24 5 March 2025 Newspapers.com 3 August – Seymour Österwall, Swedish tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and composer (born 1908)The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Macmillan 1988 278 5 October – Sven Gyldmark, Danish film score composer (born 1904)https://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller.php?id=5843 Sven Gyldmark Danskefilm 6 July 2025 See also 1981 in Denmark 1981 in Iceland 1981 in Norwegian music 1981 in Sweden References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music