1999 in Scandinavian music

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".
• 26 October – Sandstorm , an instrumental track by Finnish DJ Darude, is released as a single by 16 Inch Records. Its success in Finland leads to it subsequently being released worldwide and recognised as an outstanding dance single. ^[4]
• unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik. ^[5]

Classical works

• Magnus Lindberg
  • Cantigas ^[6]
  • Cello Concerto No. 1 ^[7]
• Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 8

Film and television scores

• Georg Kajanus – Gendernauts ^[8]
• Javed Kurd – Nytt på nytt ^[9]
• Anssi Tikanmäki – Juha ^[10]

Top hit singles

• Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland) ^[11]
• Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland) ^[11]
• A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway) ^[12]
• Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK)
• Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland) ^[13]
• Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland) ^[11]
• Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway) ^[14]
• Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland) ^[15]
• Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway) ^[16]
• Martin – "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden) ^[17]
• Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland) ^[18]

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) ^[19]
• 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) ^[20]
  • Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919) ^[21]
• 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer ^[22]
• 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958) ^[23]
• 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910). ^[24]
• 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924). ^[25]
• 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916) ^[26]
• 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916). ^[27]
• 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908) ^[28]
• 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide) ^[29]
• 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure) ^[30]

References

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2. "Vossajazz" (in Norwegian). Vossajazz. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
3. "Antikrist". Deutsche Oper Berlin. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
4. Domanick, Andrea; Unterberger, Andrew; Leight, Elias; Renner Brown, Eric; Lipshutz, Jason; Lynch, Joe; Bein, Kat; Bein, Katie; Rodriguez, Krystal; Moayeri, Lily; Newman, Melinda; Smith, Thomas; McCarthy, Zei (28 March 2025). "The 100 Best Dance Songs of All Time: Staff List". Billboard . Retrieved 6 April 2025.
5. "Scandinavian jazz masters Atomic set to play the Vancouver International Jazz Festival - Ballade.no". Archived from the original on 14 March 2007.
6. Lindberg, Magnus (1999). "Cantigas". Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 19 July 2016.
7. Lindberg, Magnus (1999). "Cello Concerto No.1". Boosey & Hawkes . Retrieved 30 May 2016.
8. "Biography". Kajanus. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
9. "Nytt på nytt". Musescore. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
10. Holden, Stephen. "Juha (1999)". The New York Times . Retrieved 16 March 2025.
11. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN   951-31-2503-3.
12. "New Releases – For Week Starting 23 August, 1999: Singles". Music Week . 21 August 1999. p. 29.
13. "Children of Bodom - Downfall". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
14. "Årslista Singlar, År 1999" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
15. ""Sacrament of Wilderness" single" . Retrieved 15 March 2025.
16. "CHARLOTTE - TAKE ME TO YOUR HEAVEN". Swedishcharts. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
17. "MARTIN - (DU ÄR SÅ) YEAH YEAH, WOW WOW (LÅT)". hitparad.se. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
18. "Finnish charts portal". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
19. 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.
20. "Björn Afzelius – Biography & History". AllMusic . Retrieved 8 December 2017.
21. Grinde, Nils (13 February 2009). "Johan Kvandal". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
22. Nicolas Slonimsky; Laura Kuhn; Dennis McIntire (2001). "Eklund, Hans". Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians .
23. Bergan, Jon Vidar (27 April 2016). "Marius Müller". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
24. 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.
25. Simensen, Bjørn (13 February 2009). "Gunnar Brunvoll". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
26. Martin Anderson (8 July 1999). "Einar Englund". Independent. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
27. "Arne Sletsjøe". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
28. Cullberg, Birgit (3 August 1908). "Birgit Ragnhild Cullberg". Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon . Retrieved 27 February 2024.
29. "Erik Brødreskift". Metal Storm. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
30. "Jazzmuusikko Edward Vesala". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 6 December 1999. Retrieved 16 March 2025.