1997 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1997.

Events

• 21 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Frank Jakobsen wins the festival prize ^[1]
• 3 May – At the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden (14th) is the highest-placed of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finishes 16th and Iceland 20th. Norway finishes in 24th place, earning no points. ^[2]
• 28–29 June – David Bowie, Prodigy, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave and Unni Wilhelmsen appear at the final Kalvøyafestivalen in Norway. ^[3]
• 8 July – Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen plays the title role in the première of Einojuhani Rautavaara's opera Aleksis Kivi , written at the request of Hynninen himself, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. ^[4]
• unknown date – Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren of the Swedish band Opeth dismiss bassist Johan De Farfalla without informing band member Anders Nordin, who decides to leave the band. ^[5]

Classical works

• Magnus Lindberg
  • Feria ^[6]
  • Fresco ^[7]
• Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae ^[8]

Film and television scores

• Gunner Møller Pedersen – Barbara ^[9]

Top hit singles

• Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (#1 Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, UK) ^[10]
• Björk
  • "Bachelorette" (#6 Iceland) ^[11]
  • "Jóga" (#1 Iceland; #16 Finland) ^[12]
• Blond – "Bara hon älskar mig" (#7 Sweden) ^[13]
• Per Gessle – "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (#1 Sweden) ^[14]
• Klamydia – "Perseeseen" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Kølig Kaj – "Stemmen i mit liv" (#4 Denmark) ^[16]
• Neljä baritonia – "Pop-musiikkia" (#1 Finland) ^[17]
• Jari Sillanpää – "Bum Bum Bum" (#8 Finland)
• Tehosekoitin – "C'mon baby yeah" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Tiggy – "Ring A Ling" (#1 Denmark) ^[18]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

Births

• 26 March – Glowie, Icelandic singer^{[ citation needed ]}
• 11 August – Saba, Danish singer and musical theatre actress^{[ citation needed ]}
• 24 August – Alan Walker, British-born Norwegian DJ and record producer^{[ citation needed ]}
• 16 December – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 7 February – Allan Edwall, Swedish actor, director, author, singer and composer (born 1924) ^[19]
• 3 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (born 1899) ^[20]
• 23 March – Arnljot Kjeldaas, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1916) ^[21]
• 7 April – Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (born 1917) ^[22]
• 16 June – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazz trumpeter (born 1922) ^[23]
• 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor (born 1956; suicide) ^[24]
• 12 September – Stig Anderson, Swedish music manager and publisher (born 1931; heart attack) ^[25]
• 29 September – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer (born 1919) ^[26]
• 30 November – Alfred Næss, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1927) ^[27]
• 10 December — Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (born 1920) ^[28]

References

1. "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossa Jazz. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
2. "Dublin 1997 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
3. "Kalvøya-festivalen avlyst". Dagbladet.no. 2 July 1998. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
4. Pekka Hako; Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (2002). Finnish opera. Finnish Music Information Centre. p. 245. ISBN   9789525076202.
5. "Anders Nordin". Metal Archives. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
6. "Feria (1997)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
7. Lindberg, Magnus (1997). "Fresco". Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 2 June 2016.
8. Chester Lee Alwes (2015). A History of Western Choral Music. Oxford University Press. p. 285.
9. "Barbara (1997)". MUBI. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
10. "Aqua Now Faces Lawsuit Over 'Barbie Girl'". MTV News. 12 September 1997. Archived from the original on 10 June 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
11. "Íslenski Listinn NR. 249 Vikuna 27.11. – 4.12. 1997". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 28 November 1997. p. 22. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
12. "Björk– Jóga" (in French). Ultratop 50. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
13. "Blond". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
14. "Årslista Singlar, 1997" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 27 March 2022.
15. "1997". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
16. "Kølig Kaj". Eurovision Universe. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
17. "Kaikkien aikojen myydyimmät kotimaiset singlet" [Best-selling domestic singles of all time] (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
18. David Sinclair. "Global Music Pulse". Billboard. No. 1 March 1997. p. 45.
19. "Måns Edwall är död – blev 56 år gammal". 11 October 2016. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
20. "Finn Høffding". id.loc.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
21. Andersen, Rune J. (17 November 2013). "Arnljot Kjeldaas". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2 April 2017.
22. Mogens Landsvig. "Egil Harder". Danmarks Nationalleksikon. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
23. "Rolf Ericson". data.bnf.fr (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
24. Gärdestad, Kenneth; Liimatainen, Keijo (2005). Jag vill ha en egen måne: boken om Ted Gärdestad (in Swedish). Stockholm: Forum. pp. 163–173. ISBN   91-37-12733-0.
25. Perrone, Pierre (15 September 1997). "OBITUARY : Stig Anderson". Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
26. Bergendal, Göran (1972). 33 svenska komponister. Lindblads. p. 113. ISBN   9132403747.
27. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Alfred Næss". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
28. Kismul, Laila (13 February 2009). "Karsten Andersen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 March 2017.