The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1999.
Events
- 12 January â Guitarist Fredrik Johansson leaves the Swedish band Dark Tranquillity, saying he wishes to spend more time with his family.
- 26 March â At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize.
- 2 May â Rued Langgaard's only opera, Antikrist, composed in the 1920s, is premiÃÂred at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, nearly 50 years after Langgaard's death.
- 19 May â 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 â 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 â The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt HÃÂ¥ker Flaten and HÃÂ¥vard Wiik.
Classical works
Film and television scores
Top hit singles
Eurovision Song Contest
Births
Deaths
- 16 February
- Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer)
- Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919)
- 8 March â Hans Eklund, Swedish composer
- 14 March â Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958)
- 28 March â Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910).
- 27 April â Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924).
- 27 June â Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916)
- 21 July â Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916).
- 8 September â Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908)
- 4 October â Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide)
- 4 December â Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure)
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