1997 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1997.
Events
- 21 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Frank Jakobsen wins the festival prize[1]
- 3 May – At the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden (14th) is the highest-placed of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finishes 16th and Iceland 20th. Norway finishes in 24th place, earning no points.[2]
- 28–29 June – David Bowie, Prodigy, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave and Unni Wilhelmsen appear at the final Kalvøyafestivalen in Norway.[3]
- 8 July – Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen plays the title role in the première of Einojuhani Rautavaara's opera Aleksis Kivi, written at the request of Hynninen himself, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.[4]
- unknown date – Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren of the Swedish band Opeth dismiss bassist Johan De Farfalla without informing band member Anders Nordin, who decides to leave the band.[5]
Classical works
Film and television scores
Top hit singles
- Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (#1 Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, UK)[10]
- Björk
- "Bachelorette" (#6 Iceland)[11]
- "Jóga" (#1 Iceland; #16 Finland)[12]
- Blond – "Bara hon älskar mig" (#7 Sweden)[13]
- Per Gessle – "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (#1 Sweden)[14]
- Klamydia – "Perseeseen" (#1 Finland)[15]
- Kølig Kaj – "Stemmen i mit liv" (#4 Denmark)[16]
- Neljä baritonia – "Pop-musiikkia" (#1 Finland)[17]
- Jari Sillanpää – "Bum Bum Bum" (#8 Finland)
- Tehosekoitin – "C'mon baby yeah" (#1 Finland)[15]
- Tiggy – "Ring A Ling" (#1 Denmark)[18]
Eurovision Song Contest
Births
- 26 March – Glowie, Icelandic singer[citation needed]
- 11 August – Saba, Danish singer and musical theatre actress[citation needed]
- 24 August – Alan Walker, British-born Norwegian DJ and record producer[citation needed]
- 16 December – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter[citation needed]
Deaths
- 7 February – Allan Edwall, Swedish actor, director, author, singer and composer (born 1924)[19]
- 3 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (born 1899)[20]
- 23 March – Arnljot Kjeldaas, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1916)[21]
- 7 April – Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (born 1917)[22]
- 16 June – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazz trumpeter (born 1922)[23]
- 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor (born 1956; suicide)[24]
- 12 September – Stig Anderson, Swedish music manager and publisher (born 1931; heart attack)[25]
- 29 September – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer (born 1919)[26]
- 30 November – Alfred Næss, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1927)[27]
- 10 December — Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (born 1920)[28]