1970 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1970.
Events
- 11 March – At the 12th Annual Grammy Awards presented in the United States, Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen is co-nominated in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category, for Violin Summit, on which he performs with Stéphane Grappelli and others.[1]
- 21 March – The 15th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Dublin, and is won by Ireland. Finland, Norway and Sweden all boycott the contest.[2]
New works
- Ulf Grahn – Calling[3]
- Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 2[4]
- Allan Pettersson – Symphony No. 9[5]
- Dag Wirén – String Quartet no. 5[6]
Popular music
- Jan Johansson – "Här kommer Pippi Långstrump" (#1 Denmark), recorded by Inger Nilsson[7]
- Hootenanny Singers – "Omkring Tiggarn Från Luossa"[8]
Hit albums
Recordings
- Svein Finnerud Trio – Plastic Sun[10]
Film and television music
Musical films
- Pippi Långstrump på de sju haven, with music by Georg Riedel & Jan Johansson
- Song of Norway, based on music by Edvard Grieg, starring Toralv Maurstad and Christina Schollin[13]
Births
- 8 February – Lotta Wennäkoski, Finnish composer[14]
- 28 February – Linda Brava, Finnish violinist[15]
- 11 April – Whigfield (Sannie Charlotte Carlson), Danish singer[16]
Deaths
- 12 April – Kerstin Thorborg, Swedish opera singer (born 1896)[17]
- 15 August – Karl Andersen, Norwegian cellist and composer[18]
- 2 October – Bo Linde, Swedish composer (born 1933)[19]
See also
References
- ^ "1969 GRAMMY Winners | 12th Annual GRAMMY Awards". The Recording Academy. 11 March 1970. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ Dean Vuletic (2019). Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 84. ISBN 9781350107397.
- ^ "Calling". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "Symfoni nr. 2 (1970)". IRCAM. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Olsson, Per-Henning (2013). Pettersson: Symphony No. 9 (PDF) (booklet). Christian Lindberg and Norrköping Symphony Orchestra. Åkersberga: BIS-2038. pp. 2–7. OCLC 995556946.
- ^ "String Quartet no. 5". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Best Films. Bloomsbury. 2019. p. 1646. ISBN 9781538134146.
- ^ Malmio, Kristina; Kurikka, Kaisa (2019). Contemporary Nordic Literature and Spatiality. Springer International Publishing. p. 191. ISBN 9783030233525.
- ^ "Made in England". Prog Archives. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ Chris May (11 April 2018). "Svein Finnerud Trio: Plastic Sun". All About Jazz. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ "Hurra for de blå husarer". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Ann and Eve (1970)". MUBI. Retrieved 13 November 2025.
- ^ "Cinerama Holiday". Daily Variety. 6 February 1970. p. 2.
- ^ Paavilainen, Ulla, ed. (2014). Kuka kukin on: Henkilötietoja nykypolven suomalaisista 2015 [Who’s Who in Finland, 2015] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Otava. p. 993. ISBN 978-951-1-28228-0.
- ^ "Lampenius, Linda". Uppslagsverket Finland. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Stan Jeffries (2003). Encyclopedia of World Pop Music, 1980-2001. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 222. ISBN 9780313315473.
- ^ "KERSTIN THORBORG OF THE MET WAS 73". New York Times. 30 May 1970. Retrieved 12 November 2025.
- ^ Andersen, Rune J. (29 December 2013). "Karl August Andersen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Stig Jacobsson, Ulf Jonsson (1998). Bo Linde: Manniskan, Kritikern, Verket. pp. 72, 96.