1999 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1999.
Events
- 12 January – Guitarist Fredrik Johansson leaves the Swedish band Dark Tranquillity, saying he wishes to spend more time with his family.[1]
- 26 March – At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize.[2]
- 2 May – Rued Langgaard's only opera, Antikrist, composed in the 1920s, is premiėred at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, nearly 50 years after Langgaard's death.[3]
- 19 May – The 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Jerusalem, is won by Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson, with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven".
- 26 October – Sandstorm, an instrumental track by Finnish DJ Darude, is released as a single by 16 Inch Records. Its success in Finland leads to it subsequently being released worldwide and recognised as an outstanding dance single.[4]
- unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik.[5]
Classical works
Film and television scores
- Georg Kajanus – Gendernauts[8]
- Javed Kurd – Nytt på nytt[9]
- Anssi Tikanmäki – Juha[10]
Top hit singles
- Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland)[11]
- Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland)[11]
- A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway)[12]
- Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK)
- Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland)[13]
- Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland)[11]
- Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway)[14]
- Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland)[15]
- Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway)[16]
- Martin – "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden)[17]
- Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland)[18]
Eurovision Song Contest
Births
- 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven Ringheim)[19]
- 23 April – Laufey, Icelandic singer and songwriter[citation needed]
- 22 July – Alma Agger, Danish singer[citation needed]
Deaths
- 16 February
- Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer)[20]
- Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919)[21]
- 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer[22]
- 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958)[23]
- 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910).[24]
- 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924).[25]
- 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916)[26]
- 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916).[27]
- 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908)[28]
- 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide)[29]
- 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure)[30]