1995 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1995.

Events

• 19 February – Swedish duo Roxette play to a crowd of 12,000 in Beijing, China. They are the first Western band to be allowed to perform in the Workers' Indoor Arena for ten years. ^[1]
• 7 April – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Harald Dahlstrøm is awarded the festival prize. ^[2]
• 13 May – Norway wins the 40th Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Nocturne", performed by Fionnuala Sherry and Rolf Løvland. ^[3] Of the other Scandinavian countries competing, Sweden finish in 3rd place, Denmark in 5th place, and Iceland 15th. ^[4]
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  • The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra records an album of Swedish Bassoon concertos, with Anders Ekström as soloist. ^[5]
  • Swedish metal band In Flames is joined by Björn Gelotte (as drummer) and Anders Fridén as vocalist. ^[6]

Classical works

• Erik Bergman – Det sjungande trädet (opera; premièred) ^[7]
• Karl Aage Rasmussen – Three Friends ^[8]
• Requiem of Reconciliation – Arne Nordheim of Norway is one of 14 contributing composers. ^[9]

Hit singles

• Army of Lovers – "Give My Life" (#6 Sweden) ^[10]
• Björk – "Army of Me" (#1 Iceland; #5 Finland) ^[11]
• The Cardigans – "Carnival" (#14 Iceland) ^[12]
• E-Type – "Do You Always (Have to Be Alone)?" (#8 Sweden) ^[13]
• Jan Johansen – "Se på mig" (#1 Sweden; #7 Norway) ^[14]
• Movetron – "Ristinolla" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Pandora – "Don't You Know" (#1 Finland; #7 Sweden) ^[16]
• Rednex – "Old Pop in an Oak" (#1 Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden) ^[17]
• Roxette
  • "Vulnerable" (#12 Sweden) ^[18]
  • "You Don't Understand Me" (#6 Spain; #7 Finland; #9 Sweden) ^[18]
• Cecilia Vennersten – "Det vackraste" (#1 Sweden; #2 Norway) ^[19]
• Whigfield – "Close to You" (#13 UK; #18 Denmark) ^[20]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Film and television music

• Terje Rypdal – Zero Kelvin ^[21]
• Michael B. Tretow – Bert – den siste oskulden ^[22]
• Jean-Paul Wall & Kristoffer Wallman – Radioskugga ^[23]

Births

• 6 July – Noah Skaalum, Danish singer^{[ citation needed ]}
• 8 August – Malin Reitan, Norwegian singer^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 10 April – Anja Ignatius, Finnish violinist and music teacher (born 1911) ^[24]
• 13 July – Matti Pellonpää Finnish actor and musician (born 1951; heart attack) ^[25]
• 4 October – Else Brems, Danish opera singer (born 1908) ^[26]
• 25 November – Leif Juster, Norwegian comedian, singer and actor (born 1910) ^[27]

References

1. Levin, Mike (23 December 1995). "Hong kong comes into Focus". Billboard. p. 66. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
2. "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossajazz. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
3. "Eurovision Song Contest 1995". Eurovision Song Contest. 13 May 1995. RTÉ / EBU.
4. "Dublin 1995 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
5. "Swedish Bassoon Concerti". imusic. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
6. "A Moment of 'Clarity' with In Flames". Live-Metal.Net. 26 July 2006. Archived from the original on 26 December 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2007.
7. Martin Anderson (9 May 2006). "Erik Bergman, Grand Old Man of Finnish music". The Independent . Archived from the original on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
8. "RASMUSSEN: Three Friends". Naxos Records. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
9. Edward Greenfield. "Requiem of Reconciliation". Gramophone. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
10. Karin Dofs (19 February 2013). "Explosiv armé mot homohat" (in Swedish). Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
11. "Top National Sellers" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 12, no. 22. 3 June 1995. p. 20. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
12. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (4.11. '95 – 10.11. '95)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 4 November 1995. p. 26. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
13. "SVERIGETOPPLISTAN - SINGLES TOP 100 1995-05-05". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
14. "Swedish Charts Archive". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 29 October 2019. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
15. Lista-arkisto (Official Finnish chart by IFPI Finland)
16. "Årslista Singlar, 1995" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 24 November 2019.
17. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
18. "Roxette chart history, received from ARIA on 1 February 2022". ARIA. Retrieved 2 August 2022– via Imgur.
19. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . 16 September 1995. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
20. "Italian Acts (page 75)". Billboard . 1 July 1995. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
21. "Zero Kelvin". MUBI. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
22. "Bert: The Last Virgin". TV Guide. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
23. "Cast & Crew - Radioskugga". MUBI. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
24. Hillila, Ruth-Esther; Hong, Barbara Blanchard (1997). Historical Dictionary of the Music and Musicians of Finland. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 137. ISBN   0-313-27728-1.
25. Andrew Nestingen (2013). The Cinema of Aki Kaurismäki: Contrarian Stories. Columbia University Press. p. 46. ISBN   9780231850414.
26. "Else Brems" (in Danish). Kendtes Gravsted. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
27. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Leif Juster". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 May 2017.