1972 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1972.

Events

• 25 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scotland, and is won by Luxembourg for the second year in a row. Of the Scandinavian entries, Finland finish 12th, Sweden 13th and Norway 14th. ^[1]
• 24 May – The 20th Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 7 June. Prominent musicians on the programme include Karsten Andersen and Magnar Mangersnes. ^[2]
• 21 June – Hilding Rosenberg's Lento per orchestra d'archi, composed in 1956, receives its first public performance, at Bosjökloster, by the Malmö Chamber Orchestra. ^[3]

New works

• Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh (opera) ^[4]
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus , for orchestra ^[5]

Popular music

• Carl Bertil Agnestig – "Adventstid" ^[6]
• Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – "Uppi við skógarásinn" ^[7]
• Jukka Kuoppamäen – "Sininen ja valkoinen" ^[8]
• Kim Larsen – "Fi-fi dong", recorded by Gasolin' ^[9]
• John Mogensen – "Fut i fejemøget" (#1 Denmark, Sweden) ^[10]
• Olsen Brothers – "Angelina" (#1 Denmark) ^[11]
• Pugh Rogefeldt & Lasse Wellander – "Slavsång", recorded by Nature ^[12]
• Bo Setterlind – "En sång om frihet", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (#1 Sweden) ^[13]

Hit albums

• Ted Gärdestad – Undringar ^[14]
• Gasolin' – Gasolin' 2 ^[15]

Recordings

• Nicolai Gedda – Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini , with the Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Colin Davis (Philips) ^[16]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972

Film and television music

• Bengst Ernryd & Georg Oddner – Nybyggarna ^[17]
• Paroni Paakkunainen, Tapio Rautavaara & Ilpo Saastamoinen – Lampaansyöjät ^[18]
• Charles Redland – Andersson's Kalle ^[19]

Musical films

• Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Man sku være noget ved musikken ^[20]

Births

• 11 January – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer ^[21]
• 4 July – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian jazz guitarist ^[22]
• 6 December – Sebastian Fagerlund, Finnish composer ^[23]

Deaths

• 4 January – Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish pianist, arranger and composer (born 1914) ^[24]
• 5 March – Nils Björkander, Swedish composer (born 1893) ^[25]
• 10 January – Sverre Jordan, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1889) ^[26]
• 12 August – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (born 1882) ^[27]
• 3 October – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1971) ^[28]

See also

• 1972 in Denmark
• 1972 in Iceland
• 1972 in Norwegian music
• 1972 in Sweden

References

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13. Dikten framför allt: korta nutidsdikter på enkel svenska : antologi. Sveriges radio. 1975. p. 78.
14. "Ted Gärdestad – underbarnet som gick över styr | Minnenas Journal" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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25. "Nils Björkander (1893-1972)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
26. Skreien, Norvall (13 February 2009). "Sverre Jordan". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
27. Rune J., Andersen (13 February 2009). "Alf Hurum". Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
28. Godal, Anne Marit, ed. (14 February 2009). "Kari Marie Aarvold Glaser". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 31 July 2013.