The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 1984.
Events The Eurovision Song Contest 1984, held in Luxembourg, is won by the Swedish entry, "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley", performed by Herreys. Denmark finish in 4th place, Finland 9th and Norway 17th. August – Finnish power metal band Stratovarius is formed, under the name "Black Water". September – Lars H.U.G. releases his first solo album, City Slang. unknown date – Kirka receives his first gold disc for his album Hengaillaan, and is awarded the Emma, the most important Finnish music prize, for Best Male Singer.
Classical works Ulf Grahn – Symphony no 2 Knut Nystedt – Missa brevis Aulis Sallinen – Kuningas lähtee Ranskaan (opera)Arni E. The King Goes Forth to France. In: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. Macmillan, London and New York, 1997.
Hit singles Åge Aleksandersen – "Lys og varme" Stefan Borsch – "Det är ju dej jag går och väntar på" (#32 Sweden; Swedish version of "Det' lige det") Agneta Fältskog – "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" (#2 Sweden; #11 UK) Marie Fredriksson – "Ännu doftar kärlek" (#18 Sweden) Carola Häggkvist – "Tommy tycker om mig" (#9 Norway; #10 Sweden) Hot Eyes – "Det' lige det" Nanna Lüders Jensen – "Buster"
Eurovision Song Contest Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984
Film and television music Björn Isfält – Ronja Rövardotter Bo Holten – Tro, håb og kærlighed
Births 14 February – Víkingur Ólafsson, Icelandic pianist 1 September – Ludwig Göransson, Swedish Academy-Award winning film score composer
Deaths 10 January – Thore Jederby, Swedish jazz bassist, record producer, and radio broadcaster (born 1913) 28 July – Ahti Sonninen, Finnish composer (born 1914) 12 August – Arild Sandvold, Norwegian organist, choir conductor and composer (born 1895) 3 September – Rolf Gammleng, Norwegian classical violinist and organizational leader (born 1898) 13 September – Konsta Jylhä, Finnish folk musician (born 1910) 13 October – Kjeld Bonfils, Danish pianist and vibraphonist (born 1918) 8 November – Carl Gustav Sparre Olsen, Norwegian classical violinist and composer (born 1903)
See also 1984 in Denmark
1984 in Iceland 1984 in Norwegian music 1984 in Sweden
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