1997 in Nordic music

• 21 March – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Frank Jakobsen wins the festival prize • 3 May – At the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, Sweden (14th) is the highest-placed of the Scandinavian countries. Denmark finishes 16th and Iceland 20th. Norway finishes in 24th place, earning no points. • 28–29 June – David Bowie, Prodigy, Skunk Anansie, Nick Cave and Unni Wilhelmsen appear at the final Kalvøyafestivalen in Norway. • 8 July – Finnish baritone Jorma Hynninen plays the title role in the première of Einojuhani Rautavaara's opera Aleksis Kivi, written at the request of Hynninen himself, at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. • unknown date – Mikael Åkerfeldt and Peter Lindgren of the Swedish band Opeth dismiss bassist Johan De Farfalla without informing band member Anders Nordin, who decides to leave the band. ==Classical works==

• Magnus Lindberg • Feria • Fresco • Jaakko Mäntyjärvi – Canticum Calamitatis Maritimae ==Film and television scores==

• Gunner Møller Pedersen – Barbara ==Top hit singles==

• Aqua – "Barbie Girl" (#1 Norway, Sweden, Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Switzerland, UK) • Björk • "Bachelorette" (#6 Iceland) • "Jóga" (#1 Iceland; #16 Finland) • Blond – "Bara hon älskar mig" (#7 Sweden) • Per Gessle – "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" (#1 Sweden) • Klamydia – "Perseeseen" (#1 Finland) • Kølig Kaj – "Stemmen i mit liv" (#4 Denmark) • Neljä baritonia – "Pop-musiikkia" (#1 Finland) • Jari Sillanpää – "Bum Bum Bum" (#8 Finland) • Tehosekoitin – "C'mon baby yeah" (#1 Finland) ==Eurovision Song Contest==

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 • Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 • Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 • Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 ==Births==

• 26 March – Glowie, Icelandic singer • 11 August – Saba, Danish singer and musical theatre actress • 24 August – Alan Walker, British-born Norwegian DJ and record producer • 16 December – Zara Larsson, Swedish singer and songwriter ==Deaths==

• 7 February – Allan Edwall, Swedish actor, director, author, singer and composer (born 1924) • 3 March – Finn Høffding, Danish composer (born 1899) • 23 March – Arnljot Kjeldaas, Norwegian organist and composer (born 1916) • 7 April – Egil Harder, Danish concert pianist and composer (born 1917) • 16 June – Rolf Ericson, Swedish jazz trumpeter (born 1922) • 22 June – Ted Gärdestad, Swedish singer, songwriter and actor (born 1956; suicide) • 12 September – Stig Anderson, Swedish music manager and publisher (born 1931; heart attack) • 29 September – Sven-Eric Johanson, Swedish composer (born 1919) • 30 November – Alfred Næss, Norwegian playwright and songwriter (born 1927) • 10 December — Karsten Andersen, Norwegian conductor (born 1920) ==References==