1976 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1976.

Events

• 28 February – At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, a recording of Così fan tutte featuring Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda wins the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.
• 4 March – ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.
• 3 April – At the 21st Eurovision Song Contest, Finland is the best-performing Scandinavian country, finishing in 11th place. Norway, the only other competing Scandinavian country, finishes 18th.
• 18 June – ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time in Sweden at a gala concert in the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath.
• unknown date – Iceland's Atli Heimir Sveinsson is awarded the Nordic Music Prize.

New works

• Einar Englund – Symphony No. 4, "Nostalgic" (in memory of Shostakovich)
• Per NørgÃ¥rd
• Frostsalme
• Winter Cantata
• Ib Nørholm – Sonata No. 1, Op. 69, for guitar

Hit singles

• ABBA
• "Fernando" (No. 1 Australia, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, etc)
• "Money, Money, Money" (No. 1 Australia, Belgium, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, etc)
• Fredi and the Friends – "Pump-Pump"
• Harpo – "Horoscope" (No. 1 Denmark; No. 3 Germany)
• – "R-A-K-A-S"
• Veikko Lavi – "Jokainen ihminen on laulun arvoinen"

Hit albums

• ABBA – Arrival
• Megas – Fram Og Aftur Blindgötuna
• Thorleifs – Skänk mig dina tankar (No. 1 Sweden)

Film and television music

• Julius Jacobsen – Hello Baby

Musical films

• Christer Boustedt – Sven Klang's Combo

Births

• 22 January – Sivert Høyem, Norwegian rock singer
• 22 March – Marita Sølberg, Norwegian opera singer
• 10 April – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006)
• 23 July – Øyvind Torvund, Norwegian composer
• 24 December – Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Icelandic musician

Deaths

• 31 January – Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (born 1890)
• 20 February – Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1901).
• 30 April – Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Norwegian composer and music conductor (born 1924).
• 2 May – Karin Juel, Swedish singer (born 1900)
• 12 May – Sverre Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer (born 1892)
• 7 June – Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (born 1903).
• 6 September – Berit Brænne, Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter (born 1918)
• 25 September – Gjermund Haugen, Norwegian fiddler (born 1914)

See also

• 1976 in Denmark

• 1976 in Iceland
• 1976 in Norwegian music
• 1976 in Sweden

References