1976 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1976.

Events

• 28 February – At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, a recording of Così fan tutte featuring Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda wins the Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording.^[1]
• 4 March – ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.^[2]
• 3 April – At the 21st Eurovision Song Contest, Finland is the best-performing Scandinavian country, finishing in 11th place. Norway, the only other competing Scandinavian country, finishes 18th.^[3]
• 18 June – ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time in Sweden at a gala concert in the Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm, on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath.^[4]
• unknown date – Iceland's Atli Heimir Sveinsson is awarded the Nordic Music Prize.^[5]

New works

• Einar Englund – Symphony No. 4, "Nostalgic" (in memory of Shostakovich)^[6]
• Per Nørgård
  • Frostsalme^[7]
  • Winter Cantata^[8]
• Ib Nørholm – Sonata No. 1, Op. 69, for guitar^[9]

Hit singles

• ABBA
  • "Fernando" (No. 1 Australia, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, UK, etc)^[10]
  • "Money, Money, Money" (No. 1 Australia, Belgium, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, etc)^[11]
• Fredi and the Friends – "Pump-Pump"^[12]
• Harpo – "Horoscope" (No. 1 Denmark; No. 3 Germany)^[13]
• Chrisse Johansson – "R-A-K-A-S"^[14]
• Veikko Lavi – "Jokainen ihminen on laulun arvoinen"^[15]

Hit albums

• ABBA – Arrival^[16]
• Megas – Fram Og Aftur Blindgötuna^[17]
• Thorleifs – Skänk mig dina tankar (No. 1 Sweden)^[18]

Film and television music

• Julius Jacobsen – Hello Baby^[19]

Musical films

• Christer Boustedt – Sven Klang's Combo^[20]

Births

• 22 January – Sivert Høyem, Norwegian rock singer^[21]
• 22 March – Marita Sølberg, Norwegian opera singer^[22]
• 10 April – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (died 2006)^[23]
• 23 July – Øyvind Torvund, Norwegian composer^[24]
• 24 December – Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Icelandic musician^[25]

Deaths

• 31 January – Evert Taube, Swedish composer and singer (born 1890)^[26]
• 20 February – Erling Kjellsby, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1901).^[27]
• 30 April – Edvard Fliflet Bræin, Norwegian composer and music conductor (born 1924).^[28]
• 2 May – Karin Juel, Swedish singer (born 1900)^[29]
• 12 May – Sverre Hagerup Bull, Norwegian composer (born 1892)^[30]
• 7 June – Leif Rustad, Norwegian cellist and radio pioneer (born 1903).^[31]
• 6 September – Berit Brænne, Norwegian actress, children's writer and songwriter (born 1918)^[32]
• 25 September – Gjermund Haugen, Norwegian fiddler (born 1914)^[33]

See also

• 1976 in Denmark
• 1976 in Iceland
• 1976 in Norwegian music
• 1976 in Sweden

References