1999 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1999.

Events

• 12 January – Guitarist Fredrik Johansson leaves the Swedish band Dark Tranquillity, saying he wishes to spend more time with his family. ^[1]
• 26 March – At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize. ^[2]
• 2 May – Rued Langgaard's only opera, Antikrist , composed in the 1920s, is premiėred at the Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck, nearly 50 years after Langgaard's death. ^[3]
• 19 May – The 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held in Jerusalem, is won by Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson, with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven".
• unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik. ^[4]

Classical works

• Magnus Lindberg
  • Cantigas ^[5]
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 ^[6]
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 8

Film and television scores

• Javed Kurd – Nytt på nytt ^[7]
• Anssi Tikanmäki – Juha ^[8]

Top hit singles

• Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland) ^[9]
• Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland) ^[9]
• A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway) ^[10]
• Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK)
• Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland) ^[11]
• Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland) ^[9]
• Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway) ^[12]
• Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland) ^[13]
• Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway) ^[14]
• Martin – "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden) ^[15]
• Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland) ^[16]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Births

• 16 February – Girl in Red (Marie Ulven Ringheim) ^[17]
• 23 April – Laufey, Icelandic singer and songwriter^{[ citation needed ]}
• 22 July – Alma Agger, Danish singer^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 16 February
  • Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer) ^[18]
  • Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919) ^[19]
• 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer ^[20]
• 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958) ^[21]
• 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910). ^[22]
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924). ^[23]
• 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916) ^[24]
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916). ^[25]
• 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908) ^[26]
• 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide) ^[27]
• 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure) ^[28]

References

1. Azevedo, Pedro. "CoC : Dark Tranquillity : Interview : 5/25/2000". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
2. "Vossajazz" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
3. "Antikrist". Deutsche Oper Berlin. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
4. "Scandinavian jazz masters Atomic set to play the Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Ballade.no". Archived from the original on 14 March 2007.
5. Lindberg, Magnus (1999). "Cantigas". Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 19 July 2016.
6. Lindberg, Magnus (1999). "Cello Concerto No.1". Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 30 May 2016.
7. "Nytt på nytt". Musescore. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
8. Holden, Stephen. "Juha (1999)". The New York Times . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
9. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
10. "New Releases – For Week Starting 23 August, 1999: Singles". Music Week . 21 August 1999. p. 29.
11. "Children of Bodom - Downfall". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
12. "Årslista Singlar, År 1999" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
13. ""Sacrament of Wilderness" single" . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
14. "CHARLOTTE - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVEN". Swedishcharts. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
15. "MARTIN - (DU ÄR SÅ) YEAH YEAH, WOW WOW (LÅT)". hitparad.se. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
16. "Finnish charts portal". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
17. Trendell, Andrew (3 January 2020). "The Big Read – Girl In Red: "World domination. That's what I want"". NME . Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2020.
18. "Björn Afzelius – Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 December 2017.
19. Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Johan Kvandal". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
20. Nicolas Slonimsky; Laura Kuhn; Dennis McIntire (2001). "Eklund, Hans". Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians .
21. Bergan, Jon Vidar (27 April 2016). "Marius Müller". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
22. Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009). "Jens Book Jenssen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
23. Simensen, Bjørn (13 February 2009). "Gunnar Brunvoll". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
24. Martin Anderson (8 July 1999). "Einar Englund". Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
25. "Arne Sletsjøe". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
26. Cullberg, Birgit (3 August 1908). "Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
27. "Erik Brødreskift". Metal Storm. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
28. "Jazzmuusikko Edward Vesala". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 6 December 1999. Retrieved 16 March 2025.