The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1972.
Events 25 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scotland, and is won by Luxembourg for the second year in a row. Of the Scandinavian entries, Finland finish 12th, Sweden 13th and Norway 14th. 24 May – The 20th Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 7 June. Prominent musicians on the programme include Karsten Andersen and Magnar Mangersnes. 21 June – Hilding Rosenberg's Lento per orchestra d'archi, composed in 1956, receives its first public performance, at Bosjökloster, by the Malmö Chamber Orchestra.
New works Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh (opera) Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus, for orchestra
Popular music Carl Bertil Agnestig – "Adventstid" Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – "Uppi við skógarásinn" Jukka Kuoppamäen – "Sininen ja valkoinen" Kim Larsen – "Fi-fi dong", recorded by Gasolin' John Mogensen – "Fut i fejemøget" (#1 Denmark, Sweden) Olsen Brothers – "Angelina" (#1 Denmark) Pugh Rogefeldt & Lasse Wellander – "Slavsång", recorded by Nature Bo Setterlind – "En sång om frihet", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube (#1 Sweden)
Hit albums Ted Gärdestad – Undringar Gasolin' – Gasolin' 2
Recordings Nicolai Gedda – Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, with the Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Colin Davis (Philips)
Eurovision Song Contest Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
Film and television music Bengst Ernryd & Georg Oddner – Nybyggarna Paroni Paakkunainen, Tapio Rautavaara & Ilpo Saastamoinen – Lampaansyöjät Charles Redland – Andersson's Kalle
Musical films Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – Man sku være noget ved musikken
Births 11 January – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer 4 July – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian jazz guitarist 6 December – Sebastian Fagerlund, Finnish composer
Deaths 4 January – Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish pianist, arranger and composer (born 1914) 5 March – Nils Björkander, Swedish composer (born 1893) 10 January – Sverre Jordan, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer (born 1889) 12 August – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter (born 1882) 3 October – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher (born 1901)
See also 1972 in Denmark
1972 in Iceland 1972 in Norwegian music 1972 in Sweden
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