2002 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2002.

Events

• 6 February – Magnus Lindberg's Parada receives its world première a t The Anvil, Basingstoke, with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, to whom the work is dedicated. ^[1]
• 22 March – The Vossajazz festival opens in Norway. Thomas T. Dahl is awarded the Vossajazzprisen. ^[2]
• 25 May – Denmark's competitor, one of the favourites to win, finishes last in Eurovision Song Contest, with only 7 points. Sweden is the top-placed of the Scandinavian countries, finishing 8th, and Finland finish 20th. ^[3]
• 11 September – Marie Fredriksson of Roxette is injured after collapsing at home, leading to the discovery of a brain tumour. ^[4]
• 4 October — Frederik Magle's latest work, Dåbens Pagt (Pact of the Baptism) is premiered at the christening of Prince Felix of Denmark. ^[5]
• 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held at the Oslo Spektrum. Performers include A-ha, Willie Nelson and Laura Pausini. ^[6]
• unknown date – Finnish cellist Susanna Mälkki becomes the first female Chief Conductor of Norway's Stavanger Symphony Orchestra. ^[7]

Classical works

• Kalevi Aho – Flute Concerto ^[8]
• Magnus Lindberg – Clarinet Concerto ^[9]
• Esa-Pekka Salonen – Insomnia ^[10]

Film/TV scores

• Anggun, Jesper Winge Leisner and Niels Brinck – Open Hearts ^[11]
• Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson – Falcons ^[12]
• Stefan Nilsson – A Song for Martin ^[13]

Popular music

• Afro-dite – "Never Let It Go" (#1 Sweden) ^[14]
• A-ha – "Forever Not Yours" (#1 Norway, Poland) ^[15]
• Brandsta City Släckers – "Kom och ta mig" (#4 Sweden). ^[16]
• Children of Bodom – "You're Better Off Dead!" (#1 Finland) ^[17]
• Kent – "FF / VinterNoll2" (#2 Sweden, #9 Norway, #10 Finland) ^[18]
• Kotipelto – "Beginning" (#4 Finland) ^[19]
• Lordi – "Would You Love a Monsterman?" (#1 Finland) ^[20]
• Ulf Lundell – ""S:t Monica" ^[21]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002

Births

• 21 February – Marcus & Martinus, Norwegian twin brother pop-dance duo ^[22]
• 12 May – Birgitta Elisa Oftestad, Norwegian cellist^{[ citation needed ]}
• 5 September – Alessandra Mele, Italian-Norwegian singer^{[ citation needed ]}

Deaths

• 2 January – Armi Aavikko, Finnish pop singer and beauty queen (born 1958)^{[ citation needed ]}
• 17 January – Eddie Meduza, Swedish rockabilly musician and songwriter (born 1948; heart attack) ^[23]
• 1 February – Sigurd Berge, Norwegian composer (born 1929). ^[24]
• 19 March
  • Erkki Salmenhaara, Finnish composer and musicologist (born 1941) ^[25]
  • Egil Storbekken, Norwegian folk musician, flautist, and composer (born 1911) ^[26]
• 6 May – Bjørn Johansen, Norwegian saxophonist (born 1940) ^[27]
• 6 June – Yat Malmgren, Swedish dancer (born 1916) ^[28]
• 7 June – Signe Hasso, Swedish actress, writer and composer, translator of Swedish folk songs (born 1915) ^[29]
• 18 June – Stein Ove Berg, Norwegian singer and songwriter (born 1948) ^[30]
• 23 October – Nathan Görling, Swedish film score composer (born 1905) ^[31]
• 22 November – Arne Mellnäs, Swedish composer (born 1933) ^[32]

References

1. Maddocks, Fiona (9 February 2002). "It's like the South Bank, only there's more concrete". The Observer . Retrieved 10 March 2025.
2. "Vossajazz". Vossajazzprisen. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
3. "Tallinn 2002 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
4. "Roxette singer Marie Fredriksson dies, aged 61". The Independent . 10 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
5. Danmarks Radio, Bonanza. "Barnedåb – Prins Felix". Archived from the original on 24 April 2011. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
6. "De gamle var eldst" (in Norwegian). NRK. 12 December 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
7. Allan Kozinn (11 June 2005). "Arts, Briefly": "On the Conductorial Front". New York Times. Retrieved 19 January 2007.
8. "Aho, Kalevi - Flute Concerto (2002)". www.boosey.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
9. Clements, Andrew (20 July 2007). "New romantic: Coldly logical yet warmly expressive, Magnus Lindberg's music is a contradiction in terms. Andrew Clements meets him". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 May 2016.
10. "Insomnia". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
11. William Ruhlmann. "Open Hearts". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
12. "Falcons". Icelandic Film Centre. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
13. "A Song for Martin". Variety. 22 February 2001. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
14. "Årslista Singlar – År 2002" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
15. "Forever Not Yours". norwegiancharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
16. "Svensktoppen" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 25 January 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
17. "Children of Bodom - You're Better Off Dead!". Finnishcharts. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
18. "Årslista Singlar – År 2002" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
19. "Kotipelto". Finnishcharts. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
20. "Would You Love A Monsterman?". T4C. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
21. "Global Music Pulse". Billboard: 61. 20 July 2002.
22. Gunnarsen, Karissa (12 April 2017). "Resorts Marcus and Martinus - A Baby Was Two!". wattpad.com. Wattpad . Retrieved 6 March 2025.
23. Bodil Furu. "Errol Nordstedt alias Eddie Meduza". Filmform. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
24. "Sigurd Berge – Composer" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. 20 March 2002. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
25. "Erkki Salmenhaara". Independent. 6 April 2002. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
26. Skancke-Knutsen, Arvid (20 March 2002). "Egil Storbekken er død" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
27. Wicklund, Erling (8 May 2002). "Bjørn Johansen er død" (in Norwegian). NRK . Retrieved 8 March 2025.
28. Fettes, Christopher (13 June 2002). "Yat Malmgren". The Guardian.
29. "Signe Hasso". Variety. 11 June 2002.
30. Bergan, Jon Vidar (9 June 2014). "Stein Ove Berg". In Godal, Anne Marit (ed.). Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
31. "Görling, OLOF NATAN". Svenskagravar (in Swedish). Retrieved 8 March 2025.
32. "Mellnäs, Arne". ISCM. Retrieved 6 March 2025.