1993 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1994.

## Events

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* 10 April On the first day of Norway's 20th Vossajazz festival, Ole Hamre is awarded the festival prize.[1]
* 15 May – At the 38th Eurovision Song Contest, Norway is the best-performing of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 5th place. Sweden finishes seventh, Iceland 13th, Finland 17th and Denmark 22nd.[2]
* August – Norwegian heavy metal musician Varg Vikernes is arrested and charged with the murder of another musician, Euronymous.[3]
* unknown date – Finnish metal group Children of Bodom is founded by guitarist Alexi Laiho and drummer Jaska Raatikainen, under the name "Inearthed".[4]

## Classical works

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* Ulf Grahn – as time passes by[5]
* Oliver Kentish – Mitt Folk[6]
* Niels Marthinsen – Panorama for Orchestra[7]

## Film and TV scores

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* Kjetil Bjerkestrand – Hodet over vannet[8]
* Bengt Palmers – Drömkåken[9]

## Hit singles

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* Ace of Base
* "Happy Nation" (#1 Denmark, Finland, France; #4 Sweden)[10]
* "The Sign" (#1 Australia, Denmark, Germany, Spain, US)[11]
* A-ha – "Dark Is the Night for All" (#4 Norway)[12]
* Björk – "Play Dead" (#1 Iceland; #7 Sweden; #10 Norway)[13]
* Cut 'N' Move – "Give It Up" (#1 Denmark, Australia; #2 Norway)[14]
* Klamydia – "Lahja" (#1 Finland)[15]
* Kolmas Nainen – "Onpa kadulla mittaa!" (#1 Finland)[15]
* Rob'n'Raz – "In Command" (#1 Sweden; #4 Finland)[16]
* Roxette – "Almost Unreal" (#7 Denmark, UK; #9 Iceland)[17]

## Eurovision Song Contest

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* Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
* Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
* Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
* Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993
* Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993

## Births

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* 28 February – Emmelie de Forest, Danish singer[18]
* 21 October – Käärijä, Finnish singer and rapper[citation needed]

## Deaths

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* 25 January – Irma Björck, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano (born 1898)[19]
* 4 June – Erna Tauro, Swedish-Finnish pianist and composer (born 1916)[20]
* 10 August – Øystein Aarseth, aka Euronymous, black metal guitarist of Mayhem fame (born 1968; murdered)[3]
* 1 September – Eugen Malmstén, Finnish musician, singer, conductor and composer (born 1909)[21]
* 6 September – Bjarne Liller, Danish singer-songwriter (born 1935)[22]
* 23 October – Ulf Björlin, Swedish conductor and composer (born 1933)[23]
* 18 November – Arvid Fladmoe, Norwegian composer and conductor (born 1915)[24]
* 27 December – Cissi Cleve, Norwegian opera singer and composer (born 1911)[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Vossa Jazz-prisen". Vossajazz. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
2. ^ "Millstreet 1993 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
3. ^ a b Alex Godfrey (22 March 2019). "'Before you know it, it's not a big deal to kill a man': Norwegian black metal's murderous past". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
4. ^ The Encyclopedia of Popular Music: Brown, Marion - Dilated Peoples. MUZE. 2006. p. 337.
5. ^ "as time passes by". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
6. ^ "Cadenza Musicians Directory". Retrieved 14 April 2025.
7. ^ "Panorama for orchestra". Allmusic. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
8. ^ "Head Above Water (1993)". MUBI. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
9. ^ "Drömkåken". svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
10. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 39\. 25 September 1993. p. 21. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
11. ^ "The 500 Best Pop Songs: Staff List". Billboard. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
12. ^ "EHR Top 40" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 25\. 19 June 1993. p. 22. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
13. ^ "Årstopplistan 1993, Singlar" (in Swedish). Grammotex. Archived from the original on 16 February 2001. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
14. ^ "Top 10 Sales in Europe" (PDF). Music & Media. 6 March 1993. p. 20. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
15. ^ a b Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. p. 18\. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
16. ^ "Eurochart Hot 100" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 10, no. 49\. 4 December 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
17. ^ "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (4.–10. júní)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 3 June 1993. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
18. ^ "Emmelie de Forest vinder melodi grand prix". TV2-Nord. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
19. ^ Bohman, Nils; Dahl, Torsten, eds. (1949). "Björck, Irma Lovisa". Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok (in Swedish). Stockholm: Albert Bonniers Boktryckeri. p. 335. Retrieved 18 May 2021 - via Project Runeberg.
20. ^ "Erna Tauro". Swedish Literature Society. Archived from the original on 6 June 2010. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
21. ^ Pekka Jalkanen. "MALMSTÉN, Eugen". Biografiskt Lexicon for Finland. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
22. ^ "DØDSFALD: Bjarne Liller Pedersen, musiker". Politiken. 8 September 1993.
23. ^ "Ulf Bjorlin, Composer And a Conductor, 60". The New York Times. 2 November 1993. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
24. ^ Nesheim, Elef (13 February 2009). "Arvid Fladmoe". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2017.

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