2000 in Scandinavian music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2000.
Events
[edit]- 14 April – On the first day of Norway's annual Vossajazz festival, Ivar Kolve is awarded the festival prize.[1]
- 13 May – The 45th Eurovision Song Contest final is held in Stockholm's Globe Arena, is won by Denmark's Olsen Brothers and the song "Fly on the Wings of Love".[2]
- 25 May – At the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, Icelandic singer Björk wins the Best Actress Award for her performance in Dancer in the Dark.[3]
- 6 October – The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival opens in Norway, running until 15 October. It includes works by Wolfgang Rihm, Gyorgy Kurtag and Morton Feldman, as well as Finland's Kaija Saariaho.[4]
Classical works
[edit]- Magnus Lindberg – Corrente (revised); China Version[5]
- Aulis Sallinen – Kuningas Lear (opera)[6]
- Benjamin Staern – 3The Threat of War for symphony orchestra[7]
Film and television scores
[edit]Top hit singles
[edit]- Aqua – "Cartoon Heroes" (#1 Denmark, Italy, Norway, Spain)[10]
- Creamy – "Den Bedste Jul I 2000 År" (#1 Denmark)[11]
- Darude – "Sandstorm" (#1 Canada, Norway; #3 Denmark, Finland, UK)[12]
- DJ Aligator – "Lollipop" (#1 Denmark; #8 Sweden; #9 Norway)
- Olsen Brothers – "Smuk som et stjerneskud" (#1 Denmark, Sweden)
Eurovision Song Contest
[edit]- Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Births
[edit]- 20 April – Klara Hammarström, Swedish singer [citation needed]
- 23 October – Hanna Ferm, Swedish singer [citation needed]
- 20 December – Gaboro, Swedish rapper and songwriter (died 2024)[13]
- 26 December – Isac Elliot, Finnish actor, dancer, singer and songwriter[14]
Deaths
[edit]- 29 January – Beate Asserson, Norwegian operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1913)[15]
- 6 March – Ole Jacob Hansen, Norwegian jazz drummer (born 1940)[16]
- 3 April – Greta Gynt, Norwegian dancer, singer and actress (born 1916)[17]
- 25 April – Niels Viggo Bentzon, Danish composer (born 1919)[18]
- 28 April – Kim Borg, Finnish operatic bass, teacher and composer (born 1919)[19]
- 22 June – Svein Finnerud, Norwegian pianist and artist (born 1945)[20]
- 31 August – Dan Fog, Danish music antiquarian and publisher (born 1919)[21]
- 11 October – Sture Nordin, Swedish jazz bassist (born 1933; heart failure)[22]
- 17 October – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian rock musician, poet and songwriter (born 1964; heroin overdose)[23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossajazz. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Final of Stockholm 2000". Eurovision TV. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
- ^ EmanuelLevy (16 November 2010). "Dancer in the Dark (2000): Von Trier's Cannes Fest Top Prize-Winning Film Starring Bjork | Emanuel Levy". Retrieved 17 August 2021.
- ^ George W. Loomis (11 October 2000). "Oslo's Showcase for Composers : Ultima Festival, A Voice of Norway". New York Times. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Corrente - China Version". Wise Music Classical. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Matti Salminen steals show as Finnish National Opera's King Lear" Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine by Hannu-Ilari Lampila, Helsingin Sanomat, 17 September 2000
- ^ "Benjamin Staern (1978-)". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
- ^ "Flickering Lights". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ "Hjælp, Jeg er en Fisk". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
- ^ Sexton, Paul (26 February 2000). Williamson, Nigel (ed.). "Global Music Pulse" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 9. p. 53. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Den Bedste Jul I 2000 År". Billboard. 22 January 2000. p. 69.
- ^ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 8. 24 February 2001. p. 60. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
- ^ Quetzal A. Mikko (20 December 2020). "Därför bar rapparen Gaboro mask" (in Swedish). Nyheter24.
- ^ "Isac Elliot - New Songs, Playlists & Latest News". BBC. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ Maud Hurum (14 February 2000). "Obituary". Aftenposten.
- ^ Bergh, Johs. "Ole Jacob Hansen Biography". Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
- ^ NRK (14 November 2003). "Greta Gynt".
- ^ Gramophone, Volume 78. MA Music Leisure & Travel Limited. p. 23.
- ^ Alan Blyth (30 May 2000). "Kim Borg". Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ Johansen, Ivar Chr. (6 October 2004). "Bjørnar Andresen (1945-2004): "Livet er et vakkert monster"" (in Norwegian). Norsk Musikkinformasjon Ballade.no. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
- ^ "Dan Fog" (in Danish). Dansk Bibliografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 13 June 2015.
- ^ Cadence, Volume 26. B. Rusch. 2000. p. 140.
- ^ Mathiesen, Trygve (18 October 2000). "Joachim 'Jokke' Nielsen funnet død" (in Norwegian). Puls. Retrieved 11 March 2025.