1978 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1978.
Events
- 12 April – György Ligeti's opera, Le Grand Macabre, receives its world première in Stockholm, in Swedish translation.[1]
- 15 April – Ulf Grahn's The Wind of Dawn for orchestra and tape is premièred by the Northern Virginia Symphony in the United States, five years after its composition.[2]
- 22 April – At the 23rd Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden, in 14th place, is the best performing of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finish 16th and Finland 18th.[3] Norway finish 20th (bottom) with no points, after an eccentric performance by Jahn Teigen, whose song went on to be a huge success in the charts.[4][5]
- unknown date – Sweden's Göran Söllscher wins the Concours International de Guitare in Paris.[6]
New works
- Vagn Holmboe[7]
- Brass Quintet No. 2
- String Quartet No. 15
- Aulis Sallinen – The Red Line (opera)[8]
Hit singles
- ABBA
- "Summer Night City" (#1 Ireland, Sweden)[9]
- "Take a Chance on Me" (#1 Austria, Belgium, Ireland, UK)[10]
- Eppu Normaali – "Jee jee" (#18 Finland)[11]
- Leevi and the Leavings – "Mitä kuuluu, Marja-Leena?"[12]
- Prima Vera – "Så lykkelig i Sverige"[13]
- Shu-bi-dua – "Danmark"[14]
- Björn Skifs – "Det blir alltid värre framåt natten" (#8 Sweden)[15]
- Jahn Teigen – "Mil etter mil" (#1 Norway)[16]
Hit albums
- Tomas Ledin – Fasten Seatbelts (#8 Sweden)[17]
- Sebastian – Sebastian i Montmartre[18]
- Samuelsons – Vilken dag![19]
- Jahn Teigen – This Year's Loser[20]
Film music
Births
- 19 January – Laura Närhi, Finnish pop singer[23]
- 28 February – Mikko Innanen, Finnish saxophonist and composer[24]
- 28 March – Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, Icelandic singer (born 1945)[25]
- 11 May – Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cello player[26]
- 6 December – Benjamin Staern, Swedish composer[27]
Deaths
- 13 February – Aslak Brekke, Norwegian folk singer (born 1901)[28]
- 23 March – Greta Dahlström, Finnish composer and teacher (born 1887)
- 20 May – Bjarne Brustad, Norwegian violinist, violist and composer (born 1895)[29]
- 8 June – Jenny Hasselquist, Swedish ballerina (born 1894)[30]