The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic 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. 26 March – At the 26th Vossajazz in Norway, Helge Lilletvedt receives the festival prize. 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. 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. unknown date – The Norwegian/Swedish jazz band Atomic is formed by leading musicians including Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and Håvard Wiik.
Classical works Magnus Lindberg Cantigas Cello Concerto No. 1 Einojuhani Rautavaara – Symphony No. 8
Film and television scores Georg Kajanus – Gendernauts Javed Kurd – Nytt på nytt – Juha
Top hit singles Aikakone – "Anna mun bailaa" (#1 Finland) Apulanta – "Hallaa" (#1 Finland) A-Teens – "Mamma Mia" (#1 Sweden, Denmark; #3 Norway) Björk – "All Is Full of Love" (#24 UK) Children of Bodom – "Downfall" (#1 Finland) Don Huonot – "Tule sellaisena kuin olet" (#1 Finland) Markoolio – "Vi drar till fjällen" (#1 Sweden, #4 Norway) Nightwish – "Sacrament of Wilderness" (#1 Finland) Charlotte Nilsson – "Take Me to Your Heaven" (#2 Sweden, #5 Norway) Martin – "(Du är så) Yeah Yeah Wow Wow" (#1 Sweden) Sonata Arctica – "UnOpened" (#16 Finland)
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) 23 April – Laufey, Icelandic singer and songwriter 22 July – Alma Agger, Danish singer
Deaths 16 February Björn Afzelius, Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947; lung cancer) Johan Kvandal, Norwegian composer (born 1919) 8 March – Hans Eklund, Swedish composer 14 March – Marius Müller, guitarist, singer, and songwriter, car crash (born 1958) 28 March – Jens Book Jenssen, popular singer, songwriter, revue artist, and theatre director (born 1910). 27 April – Gunnar Brunvoll, impresario and opera administrator (born 1924). 27 June – Einar Englund, Finnish composer (born 1916) 21 July – Arne Sletsjøe, Norwegian violist (born 1916). 8 September – Birgit Cullberg, Swedish choreographer (born 1908) 4 October – Erik "Grim" Brødreskift, Norwegian black metal drummer (born 1969; suicide) 4 December – Edward Vesala, Finnish avant-garde jazz composer, bandleader and drummer (born 1945; congestive heart failure)
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