1982 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1982.

Events

• 24 April – At the 27th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the UK, the top-performing Scandinavian country is Sweden, which finishes in 8th place. Norway finish 12th, Denmark 17th and Finland 18th (with no points).
• 3 December – The most successful group of the 1970s, Sweden's ABBA, release their final original single before their break-up, "Under Attack".
• Unknown date – Norwegian synth-pop band A-Ha is formed in Oslo.

Classical works

• Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten
• Aulis Sallinen – Shadows

Hit singles

• ABBA
• "The Day Before You Came" (#1 Finland; #3 Belgium, Netherlands; #4 Switzerland)
• "Under Attack" (#2 Belgium; #5 Netherlands)
• Chips – "Dag efter dag" (#4 Sweden; #5 Norway)
• Freestyle – "Ögon som glittrar" (#3 Sweden)
• Gyllene Tider – "Sommartider" (#3 Norway; #6 Sweden; #12 Finland
• Laban – "" (#6 Denmark)
• Tomas Ledin – "Sommaren är kort" (#7 Sweden)
• Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan – "Adieu" (#3 Norway)
• Þeyr – "The Fourth Reich" (EP)

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Film and television music

• Asser Fagerström – Aidankaatajat eli heidän jälkeensä vedenpaisumus
• Jo Tore Bæverfjord & Hans Rotmo – Krypskyttere
• Rolf Sersam & Giuseppe Verdi – Den enfaldige mördaren

Musical films

• Ebba the Movie (documentary), featuring Ebba Grön & Dag Vag
• Rokk í Reykjavík (documentary), featuring Tappi Tíkarrass, Einar Örn Benediktsson, Egó, Fræbbblarnir, and others.

Births

• January – Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer and songwriter (Little Dragon)
• 3 January – Chisu, Finnish singer-songwriter
• 5 January – Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Icelandic musician
• 15 January – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish pianist and composer, best known for his music on the Angry Birds series
• 31 January
• Helena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
• 26 May – Morten Breum, Danish DJ and music producer
• 23 June – Martin Rolinski, Swedish musical artist
• 28 July – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer, known for portraying Silvía Night.
• 15 September – Sofia Jannok, Swedish musical artist
• 22 November – Steve Angello, Greek-Swedish DJ
• 30 November – Medina, Danish musician
• 27 December – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr)

Deaths

• 16 January – Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician, 92
• 26 May – Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish operatic soprano, 97
• 12 August – Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, 80
• 28 September – Ragnar Hasselgren, Swedish born singer, 78
• 11 October – Gösta Törner, Swedish jazz trumpeter and bandleader, 70
• 21 October – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer, 30 (suicide)

See also

• 1982 in Denmark

• 1982 in Iceland
• 1982 in Norwegian music
• 1982 in Sweden

References