1974 in 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.
• 6 April – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Brighton, UK, and is won by Swedish band ABBA, with the song "Waterloo". Finland and Norway finish in 13th and 14th place respectively.
• unknown date – The Swedish opera company NorrlandsOperan is founded in UmeÃ¥.

New works

• Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 2
• Ulf Grahn – Two Dances
• Yngve Sköld – String quartet no. 4

Top hit singles

• ABBA – "Honey, Honey" (#2 Germany; #4 Austria)
• Inger Lise Rypdal – "En spennende dag for Josefine" (#1 Norway)
• Anne-Karine Strøm & the Bendik Singers – "Hvor er du"

Hit albums

• ABBA – Waterloo (#1 Norway, Sweden)
• Flying Norwegians – New Day
• Ted Gärdestad – UpptÃ¥g (#1 Sweden)
• Carita Holmström – Toinen Levy
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen – '
• Lillebjørn Nilsen – ...og Fia hadde sko

• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – '

Musical films

• Dunderklumpen!, with music by Toots Thielemans
• Knutsen & Ludvigsen, with music by Øystein Dolmen & Gustav Lorentzen

Births

• 17 January – Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish violinist, conductor and composer (died 2022)
• 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish heavy metal musician
• 13 June – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer
• 31 October – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and singer (died 2007)

Deaths

• 15 February – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (born 1887)
• 20 February – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (born 1888)
• 14 June – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist and composer (born 1892)
• 31 October – Olav Gurvin, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1893)
• 23 November – Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic musician, conductor and composer, first director of the Reykjavík School of Music (born 1893)
• 26 December – KnudÃ¥ge Riisager, Danish composer (born 1897)

See also

• 1974 in Denmark

• 1974 in Iceland
• 1974 in Norwegian music
• 1974 in Sweden

References