1993 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1994.

Events

• 10 April On the first day of Norway's 20th Vossajazz festival, Ole Hamre is awarded the festival prize. ^[1]
• 15 May – At the 38th Eurovision Song Contest, Norway is the best-performing of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 5th place. Sweden finishes seventh, Iceland 13th, Finland 17th and Denmark 22nd. ^[2]
• August – Norwegian heavy metal musician Varg Vikernes is arrested and charged with the murder of another musician, Euronymous. ^[3]
• unknown date – Finnish metal group Children of Bodom is founded by guitarist Alexi Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen, under the name "Inearthed". ^[4]

Classical works

• Ulf Grahn – as time passes by ^[5]
• Oliver Kentish – Mitt Folk ^[6]
• Niels Marthinsen – Panorama for Orchestra ^[7]

Film and TV scores

• Kjetil Bjerkestrand – Hodet over vannet ^[8]
• Bengt Palmers – Drömkåken ^[9]

Hit singles

• Ace of Base
  • "Happy Nation" (#1 Denmark, Finland, France; #4 Sweden) ^[10]
  • "The Sign" (#1 Australia, Denmark, Germany, Spain, US) ^[11]
• A-ha – "Dark Is the Night for All" (#4 Norway) ^[12]
• Björk – "Play Dead" (#1 Iceland; #7 Sweden; #10 Norway) ^[13]
• Cut 'N' Move – "Give It Up" (#1 Denmark, Australia; #2 Norway) ^[14]
• Klamydia – "Lahja" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Kolmas Nainen – "Onpa kadulla mittaa!" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Leif "Loket" Olsson – "Vart tog tomten vägen?" ^[16]
• Rob'n'Raz – "In Command" (#1 Sweden; #4 Finland) ^[17]
• Roxette – "Almost Unreal" (#7 Denmark, UK; #9 Iceland) ^[18]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

Births

• 28 February – Emmelie de Forest, Danish singer ^[19]
• 21 October – Käärijä, Finnish singer and rapper^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 25 January – Irma Björck, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1898) ^[20]
• 4 June – Erna Tauro, Swedish-Finnish pianist and composer (born 1916) ^[21]
• 10 August – Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame (born 1968; murdered) ^[3]
• 1 September – Eugen Malmstén, Finnish musician, singer, conductor and composer (born 1909) ^[22]
• 6 September – Bjarne Liller, Danish singer-songwriter (born 1935) ^[23]
• 23 October – Ulf Björlin, Swedish conductor and composer (born 1933) ^[24]
• 18 November – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1915) ^[25]
• 27 December – Cissi Cleve, Norwegian opera singer and composer (born 1911)^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossajazz. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
2. "Millstreet 1993 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
3. Alex Godfrey (22 March 2019). "'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
4. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. MUZE. 2006. p. 337.
5. "as time passes by". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
6. "Cadenza Musicians Directory" . Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. "Panorama for orchestra". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
8. "Head Above Water (1993)". MUBI. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
9. "Drömkåken". svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
10. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 39. 25 September 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
11. "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard . 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
12. "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 25. 19 June 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
13. "Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Archived from the original on 16 February 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
14. "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media . 6 March 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
15. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 18. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
16. "VART TOG TOMTEN VÄGEN av LEIF "LOKET" OLSSON". Nostalgilistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 June 2025.
17. "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 49. 4 December 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
18. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (4.–10. júní)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 3 June 1993. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
19. "Emmelie de Forest vinder melodi grand prix". TV2-Nord. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
20. Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten, eds. (1949). "Björck, Irma Lovisa". Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Boktryckeri. p. 335. Retrieved 18 May 2021– via Project Runeberg.
21. "Erna Tauro". Swedish Literature Society. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
22. Pekka Jalkanen. "MALMSTÉN, Eugen". Biografiskt Lexicon for Finland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
23. "DØDSFALD: Bjarne Liller Pedersen, musiker". Politiken. 8 September 1993.
24. "Ulf Bjorlin, Composer And a Conductor, 60". The New York Times. 2 November 1993. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 6 February 2020.
25. Nesheim, Elef (13 February 2009). "Arvid Fladmoe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2017.