1972 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1972.
Events
- 25 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scotland, and is won by Luxembourg for the second year in a row. Of the Scandinavian entries, Finland finish 12th, Sweden 13th and Norway 14th.[1]
- 24 May – The 20th Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 7 June. Prominent musicians on the programme include Karsten Andersen and Magnar Mangersnes.[2]
- 21 June – Hilding Rosenberg's Lento per orchestra d'archi, composed in 1956, receives its first public performance, at Bosjökloster, by the Malmö Chamber Orchestra.[3]
New works
- Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh (opera)[4]
- Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus, for orchestra[5]
Popular music
- Carl Bertil Agnestig – "Adventstid"[6]
- Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – "Uppi við skógarásinn"[7]
- Jukka Kuoppamäen – "Sininen ja valkoinen"[8]
- Kim Larsen – "Fi-fi dong", recorded by Gasolin'[9]
- John Mogensen – "Fut i fejemøget" (#1 Denmark, Sweden)[10]
- Olsen Brothers – "Angelina" (#1 Denmark)[11]
- Pugh Rogefeldt & Lasse Wellander – "Slavsång", recorded by Nature[12]
- Bo Setterlind – "En sång om frihet", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (#1 Sweden)[13]
Hit albums
Recordings
- Nicolai Gedda – Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, with the Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Colin Davis (Philips)[16]
Eurovision Song Contest
Film and television music
- Bengst Ernryd & Georg Oddner – Nybyggarna[17]
- Paroni Paakkunainen, Tapio Rautavaara & Ilpo Saastamoinen – Lampaansyöjät[18]
- Charles Redland – Andersson's Kalle[19]
Musical films
Births
- 11 January – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer[21]
- 4 July – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian jazz guitarist[22]
- 6 December – Sebastian Fagerlund, Finnish composer[23]
Deaths
- 4 January – Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish pianist, arranger and composer (born 1914)[24]
- 5 March – Nils Björkander, Swedish composer (born 1893)[25]
- 10 January – Sverre Jordan, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1889)[26]
- 12 August – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (born 1882)[27]
- 3 October – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1901)[28]