1962 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1962 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 18 March – The 7th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Luxembourg and won by France. Sweden and Finland finish in joint 7th place, whilst Denmark and Norway finish in joint 10th place with Switzerland. ^[1]
• 29 May – At the 4th Annual Grammy Awards, Swedish-born singer Ann-Margret is nominated in the Best New Artist category. ^[2] The Rome Opera Orchestra's recording of Turandot, featuring Jussi Björling and Birgit Nilsson, wins the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording. ^[3]
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  • Finnish composer Seppo Mustonen becomes the first to create music by computer. ^[4]
  • Erkki Kurenniemi begins construction for an electronic music recording studio for Helsinki University's Department of Musicology. ^[4]

New works

• Jón Leifs – Víkingasvar (Viking’s Answer) ^[5]
• Gösta Nystroem – Symphony no 4 ("Sinfonia Shakespeariana") ^[6]

Popular music

• Bent Fabric – "Alley Cat" (#2 Australia; #7 US) ^[7]
• Marion Rung – "Tipi-tii" (#1 Finland) ^[8]

New recordings

• Bent Fabric – Alley Cat ^[9]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962

Film music

• Harry Arnold – Biljett till paradiset ^[10]
• Bent Fabric – Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten ^[11]

Births

• 6 August – Søren Hyldgaard, Danish film composer (died 2018) ^[12]
• 22 October – Søren Reiff, Danish guitarist, producer and composer ^[13]

Deaths

• 24 April – Finn Bø, Norwegian songwriter, revue writer, playwright, journalist and theatre critic (born 1893) ^[14]
• 24 June – Alf Andersen, Norwegian flautist (born 1928) ^[15]
• 19 August – Emilius Bangert, Danish organist, composer and teacher (born 1883) ^[16]
• 29 October – Siegfried Salomon, Danish composer (born 1885) ^[17]
• 7 December – Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian operatic soprano (born 1895) ^[18]

See also

• 1960s portal
• Music portal

• 1962 in Denmark
• 1962 in Iceland
• 1962 in Norwegian music
• 1962 in Sweden

References

1. "Luxembourg 1962 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 30 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. "4th Annual GRAMMY Awards | GRAMMY.com". grammy.com. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
3. "Grammy Award Nominees 1961 – Grammy Award Winners 1961". www.awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
4. Jukka Ruohomäki (January 1985). "Pioneers and Explorers – Electronic Music in Finland 1958–1998". Finnish Music Quarterly. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
5. Víkingasvar : Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
6. "Sinfonia Shakespeariana". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
7. "Bent Fabric Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic . Retrieved 4 July 2023.
8. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "Marion". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 160.
9. "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. 6 April 1963.
10. Per Olov Qvist; Peter von Bagh (2000). Guide to the Cinema of Sweden and Finland. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 61.
11. "Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten". MUBI. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
12. "HYLDGAARD Søren". Hafabra Music. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
13. "Søren Reiff". DR Musik. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
14. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Finn Bø". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
15. Bjerkestrand, Nils E. (20 July 2015). "Alf Andersen". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget . Retrieved 4 April 2017.
16. "Emilius Bangert" (in Danish). Den Store Danske. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
17. Torben Schousboe. The New Grove Dictionary of Opera , edited by Stanley Sadie (1992), ISBN   0-333-73432-7 and ISBN   1-56159-228-5
18. Obituaries from the Times. Newspaper Archive Developments Limited. 1975. p. 267.