1974 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1974.
Events
- 5 April – The first Vossajazz festival opens in Voss, Norway, running until 7 April.[1]
- 6 April – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Brighton, UK, and is won by Swedish band ABBA, with the song "Waterloo".[2] Finland and Norway finish in 13th and 14th place respectively.[3]
- unknown date – The Swedish opera company NorrlandsOperan is founded in Umeå.[4]
New works
- Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 2[5]
- Ulf Grahn – Two Dances[6]
- Yngve Sköld – String quartet no. 4[7]
Top hit singles
- ABBA – "Honey, Honey" (#2 Germany; #4 Austria)[8]
- Inger Lise Rypdal – "En spennende dag for Josefine" (#1 Norway)[9]
- Anne-Karine Strøm & the Bendik Singers – "Hvor er du"[10]
Hit albums
- ABBA – Waterloo (#1 Norway, Sweden)
- Flying Norwegians – New Day
- Ted Gärdestad – Upptåg (#1 Sweden)[11]
- Carita Holmström – Toinen Levy[12]
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen – Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut[13]
- Lillebjørn Nilsen – ...og Fia hadde sko
Eurovision Song Contest
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Film and television music
Musical films
- Dunderklumpen!, with music by Toots Thielemans
- Knutsen & Ludvigsen, with music by Øystein Dolmen & Gustav Lorentzen[15]
Births
- 17 January – Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish violinist, conductor and composer (died 2022)[16]
- 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish heavy metal musician[17]
- 13 June – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer[18]
- 31 October – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and singer (died 2007)[19]
Deaths
- 15 February – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (born 1887)[20]
- 20 February – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (born 1888)[21]
- 14 June – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist and composer (born 1892)[22]
- 31 October – Olav Gurvin, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1893)[23]
- 23 November – Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic musician, conductor and composer, first director of the Reykjavík School of Music (born 1893)[24]
- 26 December – Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer (born 1897)[25]
See also
References
- ^ "Vossajazz". Vossajazz. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
- ^ "Brighton 1974". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 31 May 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Brighton 1974 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "About". Norrlandsoperan. Retrieved 19 October 2025.
- ^ David Daniels; David W. Oertel; David Rahbee (2022). Daniels' Orchestral Music. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 273. ISBN 9781442275218.
- ^ "Two Dances. Dance of the Shapes, Dance of the Island". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ "String quartet no. 4". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 18 October 2025.
- ^ Robert Scott (2002). ABBA: Thank You for the Music – The Stories Behind Every Song. Carlton Books Limited. p. 51.
- ^ Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Inger Lise Rypdal – Sanger og Skuespiller" (in Norwegian). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Billboard Music Week, volume 86. Billboard Publications. 1974.
- ^ Jan Gradvall; Björn Nordström; Ulf Nordström; Annina Rabe (2009). Tusen svenska klassiker: böcker, filmer, skivor, tv-program från 1956 till i dag (in Swedish). Norstedt. ISBN 9789113017174.
- ^ Timo Kalevi Tekijä-Forss (2024). =Tuntematon Juice Leskinen – Kertomuksia toisille artisteille tehdyistä lauluista ja niiden synnystä (in Finnish). Helsinki: Like. p. 18. ISBN 978-951-1-49191-0.
- ^ Norsk bokfortegnelse (in Norwegian). Norske bokhandlerforening. 1987. p. 156.
- ^ "Olsen-banden møter Kongen og Knekten". Norsk filmografi (in Norwegian). Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Knutsen & Ludvigsen". MUBI. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
- ^ "Violinist, composer and conductor Jaakko Kuusisto has died". The Strad. 24 February 2022. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Mikael Åkerfeldt". Opeth – Official Website. 24 September 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Selma og sönggenið". Dagblaðið Vísir - DV. 21 May 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ "Natasja Saad". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ Don Michael Randel (1996). "Atterberg, Kurt". The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 0-674-37299-9
- ^ Hansen, Ivar Roger (13 February 2009). "David Monrad Johansen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Bergsagel, John. "Jeppesen, Knud". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 31 July 2013.(subscription required)
- ^ Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Olav Gurvin". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: "Páll Ísólfsson." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan, 2001), 12: 616–617
- ^ "Knudåge Riisager – Dansk komponist". gravsted.dk. 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2010.