1967 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and compositions of the year 1967 in Scandinavian music.

Events

• 27 February – British band The Spencer Davis Group appear on Finnish television in the music show Valmiina Pyörii; it is Steve Winwood's final appearance with the group. ^[1]
• 5 March – The 12th Eurovision Song Contest is held in Austria, and is won by the UK. Of the competing Scandinavian countries, Sweden finish 8th, Finland 12th and Norway 14th. ^[2]
• 7 September – The Sibelius Monument is unveiled in Helsinki. ^[3]

New works

• Herbert H. Ágústsson – Tveir menuettar for piano ^[4]
• Ulf Grahn – Pour Quatre ^[5]
• Lars-Erik Larsson – Lyrical fantasy for small orchestra ^[6]
• Leif Segerstam – Pandora (ballet) ^[7]

Popular music

• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre & Klaus Rifbjerg – "Duerne flyver" ^[8]
• Ola & the Janglers – "Alex is the Man" (#1 Sweden) ^[9]
• Tages – "Miss Mac Baren" (#1 Sweden) ^[10]

New recordings

• Hljómar – Hljómar (album) ^[11]
• M. A. Numminen – M. A. Numminen In memoriam ^[12]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967

Film music

• Per Nørgård – Hagbard and Signe ^[13]

Musical films

• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Jeg er sgu min egen! ^[14]

Births

• 14 January – Rolf Gupta, Swedish/Norwegian composer and conductor ^[15]
• 8 February – Lise Davidsen, Norwegian soprano ^[16]
• 12 February – Stein Inge Brækhus, Norwegian jazz musician ^[17]
• 1 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist (TNT), church organist and mastering engineer(died 2011) ^[18]
• 7 June – Olli Mustonen, Finnish composer ^[19]

Deaths

• 11 February – Simon Brehm, Swedish jazz double bassist (born 1900) ^[20]
• 16 March – Jakob Sande, Norwegian poet and folk singer (born 1907) ^[21]
• 24 June – Kai Normann Andersen, composer (born 1900) ^[22]
• 22 November – Edvin Kallstenius, Swedish composer (born 1881) ^[23]
• 26 November – Johannes Hanssen, Norwegian bandmaster, composer and teacher (born 1874) ^[24]

See also

• 1960s portal
• Music portal

• 1967 in Denmark
• 1967 in Iceland
• 1967 in Norwegian music
• 1967 in Sweden

References

1. "Spencer Davis Group Finnish TV 1967 Live". YouTube. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
2. "Vienna 1967 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 7 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
3. Grimley, Daniel M. (2011). Jean Sibelius and His World. Princeton University Press. pp. vii, 338 and 353. ISBN   978-1-4008-4020-5.
4. "Tveir Minuettar". Iceland Music. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
5. "Pour Quatre". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
6. "Lyrical fantasy for small orchestra". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
7. "Segerstam, Leif". Schwann. 41 (2). ABC Consumer Magazines, Incorporated: C-307. 1989.
8. "Duerne flyver". festabc.dk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
9. Kjell Andersson (2021). "Livslinger". Ingen går hel ur det här : mitt liv i den svenska musiken (in Swedish). Albert Bonniers Förlag. ISBN   9789100181567.
10. "60-talet : hitsen från topplistorna. 3" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 2007. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
11. "Hljómar Invent Icelandic Pop". Grapevine. 24 July 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
12. "Nummista parhaimmillaan : M. A. Numminen ystävineen: In memoriam (Eteenpäin! LP 202) 1967". JYKDOK. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
13. "The Red Mantle". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
14. Sundholm, J. (2012). Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema. Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Scarecrow Press. p. 68. ISBN   978-0-8108-5524-3.
15. Svendsen, Trond Olav. "Rolf Gupta". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
16. Holbæk-Hanssen, Hilde. "Lise Davidsen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
17. Berg, Johs. "Stein Inge Brækhus". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 December 2019.
18. Røyseland, Halstein (27 April 2011). "TNT-keyboardist Dag Stokke død". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2016.
19. "Olli Mustonen (Piano, Composer) – Short Biography". bach-cantatas.com. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
20. Chadbourne, Eugene. "Simon Brehm Biography". Allmusic.
21. "Om Jakob Sande". Jakob Sande. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
22. Mogens Landsvig. "Kai Normann Andersen". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 27 November 2025.
23. "Edvin Kallstenius". SBL (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 November 2025.
24. Gundersen, Egil Arnt. "Johannes Hanssen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 9 December 2019.