1984 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1984.

Events

• The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, held in Luxembourg, is won by the Swedish entry, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", performed by Herreys. Denmark finish in 4th place, Finland 9th and Norway 17th.
• August – Finnish power metal band Stratovarius is formed, under the name "Black Water".
• September – Lars H.U.G. releases his first solo album, City Slang.
• unknown date – Kirka receives his first gold disc for his album Hengaillaan, and is awarded the Emma, the most important Finnish music prize, for Best Male Singer.

Classical works

• Ulf Grahn – Symphony no 2
• Knut Nystedt – Missa brevis
• Aulis Sallinen – Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (opera)

Hit singles

• Åge Aleksandersen – "Lys og varme"
• Stefan Borsch – "Det är ju dej jag gÃ¥r och väntar pÃ¥" (#32 Sweden; Swedish version of "Det' lige det")
• Agneta Fältskog – "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (#2 Sweden; #11 UK)
• Marie Fredriksson – "Ännu doftar kärlek" (#18 Sweden)
• Carola Häggkvist – "Tommy tycker om mig" (#9 Norway; #10 Sweden)
• Hot Eyes – "Det' lige det"
• Nanna Lüders Jensen – "Buster"

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984

Film and television music

• Björn Isfält – Ronja Rövardotter
• Bo Holten – Tro, hÃ¥b og kærlighed

Births

• 14 February – Víkingur Ólafsson, Icelandic pianist
• 1 September – Ludwig Göransson, Swedish Academy-Award winning film score composer

Deaths

• 10 January – Thore Jederby, Swedish jazz bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster (born 1913)
• 28 July – , Finnish composer (born 1914)
• 12 August – Arild Sandvold, Norwegian organist, choir conductor and composer (born 1895)
• 3 September – Rolf Gammleng, Norwegian classical violinist and organizational leader (born 1898)
• 13 September – Konsta Jylhä, Finnish folk musician (born 1910)
• 13 October – Kjeld Bonfils, Danish pianist and vibraphonist (born 1918)
• 8 November – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian classical violinist and composer (born 1903)

See also

• 1984 in Denmark

• 1984 in Iceland
• 1984 in Norwegian music
• 1984 in Sweden

References