1999 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1999.

Events

• 12 January – Guitarist Fredrik Johansson leaves the Swedish band Dark Tranquillity, saying he wishes to spend more time with his family.
• 26 March – At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize.
• 2 May – Rued Langgaard's only opera, Antikrist, composed in the 1920s, is premiėred at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, nearly 50 years after Langgaard's death.
• 19 May – The 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Jerusalem, is won by Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson, with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven".
• 26 October – Sandstorm, an instrumental track by Finnish DJ Darude, is released as a single by 16 Inch Records. Its success in Finland leads to it subsequently being released worldwide and recognised as an outstanding dance single.
• unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt HÃ¥ker Flaten and HÃ¥vard Wiik.

Classical works

• Magnus Lindberg
• Cantigas
• Cello Concerto No. 1
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 8

Film and television scores

• Georg Kajanus – Gendernauts
• Javed Kurd – Nytt pÃ¥ nytt
• Anssi Tikanmäki – Juha

Top hit singles

• Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland)
• Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland)
• A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway)
• Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK)
• Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland)
• Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland)
• Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway)
• Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland)
• Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway)
• Martin – "(Du är sÃ¥) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden)
• Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland)

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Births

• 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven Ringheim)
• 23 April – Laufey, Icelandic singer and songwriter
• 22 July – Alma Agger, Danish singer

Deaths

• 16 February
• Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer)
• Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919)
• 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer
• 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958)
• 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910).
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924).
• 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916)
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916).
• 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908)
• 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide)
• 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure)

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