1993 in Nordic music

none April 2025 1993 1993 Nordic music The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1993. Events 10 April On the first day of Norway's 20th Vossajazz festival, Ole Hamre is awarded the festival prize.https://vossajazz.no/vossa-jazz-prisen/ Vossa Jazz-prisen Vossajazz 15 April 2025 15 May – At the 38th Eurovision Song Contest, Norway is the best-performing of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 5th place. Sweden finishes seventh, Iceland 13th, Finland 17th and Denmark 22nd.Millstreet 1993 – Scoreboard https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final European Broadcasting Union (EBU) 17 April 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210417180232/https://eurovision.tv/event/millstreet-1993/final 17 April 2021 live August – Norwegian heavy metal musician Varg Vikernes is arrested and charged with the murder of another musician, Euronymous. unknown date – Finnish metal group Children of Bodom is founded by guitarist Alexi Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen, under the name "Inearthed".The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples MUZE 2006 337 Classical works Ulf Grahn – as time passes byhttps://swedishmusicalheritage.com/composers/grahn-ulf/SMH-W6840-as_time_passes_by as time passes by Swedish Musical Heritage 14 April 2025 Oliver Kentish – Mitt Folkhttp://www.cadenza.org/musicians/pages.cgi?id=1047 Cadenza Musicians Directory 14 April 2025 Niels Marthinsen – Panorama for Orchestrahttps://www.allmusic.com/composition/panorama-for-orchestra-mc0002558869 Panorama for orchestra Allmusic 15 April 2025 Film and TV scores Kjetil Bjerkestrand – Hodet over vannethttps://mubi.com/en/gb/films/head-above-water-1993 Head Above Water (1993) MUBI 16 April 2025 Bengt Palmers – Drömkåkenhttps://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=film&itemid=17890 Drömkåken svenskfilmdatabas.se 16 April 2025 Hit singles Ace of Base "Happy Nation" (#1 Denmark, Finland, France; #4 Sweden)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-09-25.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 Music & Media 10 39 25 September 1993 21 24 March 2024 "The Sign" (#1 Australia, Denmark, Germany, Spain, US)https://www.billboard.com/lists/best-pop-songs-all-time-hits/223-ace-of-base-the-sign/ The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List Billboard 19 October 2023 20 October 2023 A-ha – "Dark Is the Night for All" (#4 Norway)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-06-19.pdf EHR Top 40 Music & Media 10 25 19 June 1993 22 9 April 2024 Björk – "Play Dead" (#1 Iceland; #7 Sweden; #10 Norway)http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar Grammotex sv dead https://web.archive.org/web/20010216105631/http://www.grammotex.se/topp93singlar.htm 16 February 2001 7 April 2025 Cut 'N' Move – "Give It Up" (#1 Denmark, Australia; #2 Norway)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-03-06.pdf Top 10 Sales in Europe Music & Media 20 6 March 1993 15 August 2019 Flexx – "Wake Up" (#4, Sweden)https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41 Veckolista Singlar, vecka 6, 1994 Sverigetopplistan sv 2020-02-04 Klamydia – "Lahja" (#1 Finland) Jake Nyman 2005 Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja 1st Tammi Helsinki 951-31-2503-3 18 Finnish Kolmas Nainen – "Onpa kadulla mittaa!" (#1 Finland) Leif "Loket" Olsson – "Vart tog tomten vägen?"https://www.nostalgilistan.se/leif-loket-olsson-615/vart-tog-tomten-vagen-1996 VART TOG TOMTEN VÄGEN av LEIF "LOKET" OLSSON Nostalgilistan sv 2 June 2025 Rob'n'Raz – "In Command" (#1 Sweden; #4 Finland)https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-12-04.pdf Eurochart Hot 100 Music & Media 10 49 4 December 1993 11 24 March 2024 Roxette – "Almost Unreal" (#7 Denmark, UK; #9 Iceland)https://timarit.is/page/2613125?iabr=on#page/n1/mode/2up Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (4.–10. júní) Dagblaðið Vísir is 3 June 1993 7 October 2019 Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993 Births 28 February – Emmelie de Forest, Danish singerhttp://www.tv2nord.dk/artikel/242335:Kultur--Emmelie-de-Forest-vinder-melodi-grand-prix Emmelie de Forest vinder melodi grand prix 27 January 2013 TV2-Nord 15 April 2025 30 January 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130130064425/http://www.tv2nord.dk/artikel/242335:Kultur--Emmelie-de-Forest-vinder-melodi-grand-prix dead 21 October – Käärijä, Finnish singer and rapperApril 2025 Deaths 25 January – Irma Björck, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1898)https://runeberg.org/smok/1/0379.html Björck, Irma Lovisa Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok Bohman, Nils Dahl, Torsten Stockholm Albert Bonniers Boktryckeri 1949 18 May 2021 sv 335 Project Runeberg 4 June – Erna Tauro, Swedish-Finnish pianist and composer (born 1916)http://www.sls.fi/BLF/artikel.php?id=9600 Swedish Literature Society Erna Tauro 15 April 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20100606020940/http://www.sls.fi/blf/artikel.php?id=9600 6 June 2010 dead 10 August – Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame (born 1968; murdered)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/before-you-know-it-its-not-a-big-deal-to-kill-a-man-norwegian-black-metals-murderous-past 'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past 22 March 2019 Alex Godfrey The Guardian 13 April 2025 1 September – Eugen Malmstén, Finnish musician, singer, conductor and composer (born 1909)https://blf.fi/artikel.php?id=1024 MALMSTÉN, Eugen Pekka Jalkanen Biografiskt Lexicon for Finland 6 March 2025 6 September – Bjarne Liller, Danish singer-songwriter (born 1935)DØDSFALD: Bjarne Liller Pedersen, musiker Politiken 8 September 1993 23 October – Ulf Björlin, Swedish conductor and composer (born 1933)https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/02/obituaries/ulf-bjorlin-composer-and-a-conductor-60.html Ulf Bjorlin, Composer And a Conductor, 60 1993-11-02 The New York Times 6 February 2020 en-US 0362-4331 18 November – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1915)https://nbl.snl.no/Arvid_Fladmoe Arvid Fladmoe Norsk Biografisk Leksikon Elef Nesheim Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo no 2009-02-13 13 April 2017 27 December – Cissi Cleve, Norwegian opera singer and composer (born 1911)April 2025 References Nordic Category:Years in Nordic music