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Overview of the events of 1975 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in1975.

Events

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22 March – TheEurovision Song Contest is held inStockholm,Sweden, followingABBA's win the previous year, and is won by Dutch groupTeach-In with the song"Ding-A-Dong".^[1] Finland is the best-performing of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 7th place. Sweden finish 8th and Norway 18th.^[2]
17 June –Aulis Sallinen's opera,The Horseman, is premièred at theSavonlinna Opera Festival to celebrate the 500th anniversary ofOlavinlinna Castle.^[3] According to George Loomis, writing inThe New York Times, the work "is widely credited for helping to precipitate a wave of Finnish operas".^[4]

New works

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Ulf Grahn –Hommage to the Soap Opera^[5]
Einojuhani Rautavaara –String Quartet No. 4^[6]
Aulis Sallinen –The Horseman (opera)^[3]

Top hit singles

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ABBA
- "Mamma Mia" (#1 Denmark, Sweden)^[7]
- "SOS" (#1 Australia, Belgium, NZ, South Africa, West Germany)^[8]
Benny Borg – "Arven" (#1 Norway)^[9]
Harpo – "Moviestar" (#1 Austria, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, West Germany)^[10]
Björn Skifs – "Michelangelo" (#1 Sweden; #7 Norway)^[11]

Hit albums

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ABBA –ABBA (#1 Australia, Norway, Sweden)^[12]
Gasolin' –Gas 5^[13]
Kjell Vidars –Kjell Vidars Igjen... (#12 Sweden)^[14]
Kebnekajse –Kebnekajse III^[15]
Popol Ace –Stolen From Time^[16]
Inger Lise Rypdal –Feeling^[17]

Eurovision Song Contest

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Film and television music

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Bent Fabricius-Bjerre –Flåklypa Grand Prix^[18]
Jojje Wadenius –Kalles klätterträd^[19]

Musical films

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The Magic Flute, with music byWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, starringIrma Urrila,Josef Köstlinger andHåkan Hagegård^[20]

Births

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23 April –Jónsi, Icelandic vocalist and multi-instrumentalist^[21]
9 October –Anders Göthberg, Swedish guitarist (died2008^[22]
unknown date –Áki Ásgeirsson, Icelandic composer^[23]

Deaths

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5 February –Åke Persson, Swedish jazz trombonist (born1932; drowned)^[24]
24 August –Brita Bratland, Norwegian traditional folk singer (born1910)^[25]

References

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^"Karin Falck".Mellopedia (in Swedish).Sveriges Television (SVT). Retrieved10 April 2024.
^"Stockholm 1975 – Scoreboard". European Broadcasting Union (EBU).Archived from the original on 9 April 2021. Retrieved9 April 2021.
^^a ^bArni Erkki (1975). "Report from premiere ofThe Horseman".Opera Festival Issue:65–68.
^Loomis, George (12 July 2005)."A grim, uneven tale at Savonlinna festival".The New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
^"Hommage to the Soap Opera - Dance for six birds and one sitting duck".Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved11 September 2025.
^Rautavaara, Einojuhani (1994).String Quartet No. 4 (1975) - Score. Espoo: Fazer Music.ISMN 9790042084878.OCLC 33018490.
^Benjamin, Jeff (14 August 2017)."ABBA's 15 Best Songs: Critic's Picks".Billboard. Retrieved28 March 2022.
^Stanley, Bob (2014). "See That Girl: Abba".Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé. New York:W. W. Norton & Company. p. 280.
^"Norsktoppen-lister 1975-76".Norsktoppen. Retrieved12 September 2025.
^"Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts".www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved13 June 2022.
^"SVENSKTOPPEN".Sveriges Radio.Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved12 April 2020.
^Rees, Dafydd; Crampton, Luke (1991).Guinness Book of Rock Stars. Enfield: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 1.ISBN 0-85112-971-4.
^Niklas Olsen (2004).1968: dengang og nu. Museum Tusculanums Forlag, Københavns universitet. p. 135.ISBN 9788772899961.
^"KJELL VIDAR - KJELL VIDARS IGJEN (ALBUM)".Swedish Charts. Retrieved12 September 2025.
^"Kebnekaise III".Soundohm. Retrieved12 September 2025.
^K. D. Tilch, ed. (1988).Rock-Musiker: S - Z (in German). Taurus Press. p. 2096.
^Larsen, Svend Erik Løken (13 February 2009)."Inger Lise Rypdal – Sanger og Skuespiller" (in Norwegian).Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved9 November 2015.
^Kosmorama, Issues 237-240. Danske Filmmuseum. 2006. p. 139.
^"Jojje Wadenius - Kalles Klätterträd Live Gomorron Sverige 07".YouTube. Retrieved12 September 2025.
^Wlaschin, Ken (15 November 2000)."The Glory of Opera Films That Hit the Right Notes".Los Angeles Times. Retrieved26 April 2020.(subscription required)
^Colin Larkin (2011).The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 2006.ISBN 9780857125958.
^"Göthberg, Anders Willy".SvenskaGravar (in Swedish). Retrieved11 September 2025.
^"Áki Ásgeirsson".CafeOTO. Retrieved11 September 2025.
^Bowers, Jack (1 March 2006)."Bjorn Samuelsson: Jazz Formation: A Letter To Ake Persson".All About Jazz. Retrieved20 July 2021.
^Vårdal, Vegar (13 February 2009)."Brita Bratland".Norsk Biografisk Leksikon (in Norwegian). Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved18 March 2017.