1982 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1982.

Events

• 24 April – At the 27th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the UK, the top-performing Scandinavian country is Sweden, which finishes in 8th place. Norway finish 12th, Denmark 17th and Finland 18th (with no points). ^[1]
• 3 December – The most successful group of the 1970s, Sweden's ABBA, release their final original single before their break-up, "Under Attack". ^[2]
• Unknown date – Norwegian synth-pop band A-Ha is formed in Oslo. ^[3]

Classical works

• Hans Abrahamsen – Nacht und Trompeten ^[4]
• Aulis Sallinen – Shadows ^[5]

Hit singles

• ABBA
  • "The Day Before You Came" (#1 Finland; #3 Belgium, Netherlands; #4 Switzerland) ^[6]
  • "Under Attack" (#2 Belgium; #5 Netherlands)
• Chips – "Dag efter dag" (#4 Sweden; #5 Norway) ^[7]
• Freestyle – "Ögon som glittrar" (#3 Sweden) ^[8]
• Gyllene Tider – "Sommartider" (#3 Norway; #6 Sweden; #12 Finland ^[9]
• Laban – "Hvor ska' vi sove i nat" (#6 Denmark) ^[10]
• Tomas Ledin – "Sommaren är kort" (#7 Sweden) ^[11]
• Jahn Teigen & Anita Skorgan – "Adieu" (#3 Norway) ^[12]
• Þeyr – "The Fourth Reich" (EP) ^[13]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1982

Film and television music

• Asser Fagerström – Aidankaatajat eli heidän jälkeensä vedenpaisumus ^[14]
• Jo Tore Bæverfjord & Hans Rotmo – Krypskyttere ^[15]
• Rolf Sersam & Giuseppe Verdi – Den enfaldige mördaren ^[16]

Musical films

• Ebba the Movie (documentary), featuring Ebba Grön & Dag Vag ^[17]
• Rokk í Reykjavík (documentary), featuring Tappi Tíkarrass, Einar Örn Benediktsson, Egó, Fræbbblarnir, and others. ^[18]

Births

• January – Yukimi Nagano, Swedish singer and songwriter (Little Dragon) ^[19]
• January 3 – Chisu, Finnish singer-songwriter ^[20]
• January 5 – Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir, Icelandic musician^{[ citation needed ]}
• January 15 – Ari Pulkkinen, Finnish pianist and composer, best known for his music on the Angry Birds series^{[ citation needed ]}
• January 31
  • Helena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 ^[21]
• May 26 – Morten Breum, Danish DJ and music producer^{[ citation needed ]}
• June 23 – Martin Rolinski, Swedish musical artist^{[ citation needed ]}
• July 28 – Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Icelandic singer, known for portraying Silvía Night.
• September 15 – Sofia Jannok, Swedish musical artist^{[ citation needed ]}
• November 22 – Steve Angello, Greek-Swedish DJ^{[ citation needed ]}
• November 30 – Medina, Danish musician^{[ citation needed ]}
• December 27 – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr) ^[22]

Deaths

• 16 January – Harald Agersnap, Danish classical musician, 92 ^[23]
• 26 May – Nanny Larsén-Todsen, Swedish operatic soprano, 97 ^[24]
• 12 August – Helvi Leiviskä, Finnish composer, 80 ^[25]
• 28 September – Ragnar Hasselgren, Swedish born singer, 78 ^[26]
• 11 October – Gösta Törner, Swedish jazz trumpeter and bandleader, 70 ^[27]
• 21 October – Radka Toneff, Norwegian jazz singer, 30 (suicide) ^[28]

See also

• 1982 in Denmark
• 1982 in Iceland
• 1982 in Norwegian music
• 1982 in Sweden

References

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2. Palm, Carl Magnus (2005). Abba : the complete guide to their music. London: Omnibus Press. pp. 70, 85. ISBN   1-84449-505-1. OCLC   60589495.
3. "A-ha's Morten Harket, 65, shares emotional statement after Parkinson's diagnosis". Metro. 4 June 2025. Archived from the original on 4 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
4. Anders Beyer (2001). "Abrahamsen, Hans". In Stanley Sadie; John Tyrrell (eds.). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (2 ed.). Macmillan Publishers.
5. McLellan, Joseph (1 December 1982). "NSO's Night of Contrasts". Style. The Washington Post. Washington, DC. p. C10.
6. Pennanen, Timo (2021). "ABBA". Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 8. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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