The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1974.
Events 5 April – The first Vossajazz festival opens in Vossavangen, Norway, running until 7 April. 6 April – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Brighton, UK, and is won by Swedish band ABBA, with the song "Waterloo". Finland and Norway finish in 13th and 14th place respectively. unknown date – The Swedish opera company NorrlandsOperan is founded in Umeå.
New works Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 2 Ulf Grahn – Two Dances Yngve Sköld – String quartet no. 4
Top hit singles ABBA – "Honey, Honey" (#2 Germany; #4 Austria) Inger Lise Rypdal – "En spennende dag for Josefine" (#1 Norway) Anne-Karine Strøm & the Bendik Singers – "Hvor er du"
Hit albums ABBA – Waterloo (#1 Norway, Sweden) Flying Norwegians – New Day Ted Gärdestad – Upptåg (#1 Sweden) Carita Holmström – Toinen Levy Knutsen & Ludvigsen – Knutsen og Ludvigsen nr. 3 – Tut Lillebjørn Nilsen – ...og Fia hadde sko
Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974
Film and television music Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Olsenbanden møter Kongen & Knekten
Musical films Dunderklumpen!, with music by Toots Thielemans Knutsen & Ludvigsen, with music by Øystein Dolmen & Gustav Lorentzen
Births 17 January – Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish violinist, conductor and composer (died 2022) 17 April – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish heavy metal musician 13 June – Selma Björnsdóttir, Icelandic singer 31 October – Natasja Saad, Danish rapper and singer (died 2007)
Deaths 15 February – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (born 1887) 20 February – David Monrad Johansen, Norwegian composer (born 1888) 14 June – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist and composer (born 1892) 31 October – Olav Gurvin, Norwegian conductor and composer (born 1893) 23 November – Páll Ísólfsson, Icelandic musician, conductor and composer, first director of the Reykjavík School of Music (born 1893)Árni Heimir Ingólfsson: "Páll Ísólfsson." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan, 2001), 12: 616–617 26 December – Knudåge Riisager, Danish composer (born 1897)
See also 1974 in Denmark
1974 in Iceland 1974 in Norwegian music 1974 in Sweden
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