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2019 In Scandinavian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2019. (Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.) Events January * 10 – The 18th All Ears festival opens in Oslo, Norway, running until 12 January. * 25-3 February – The 32nd Nordlysfestivalen is held in Tromsø. Performers include Dmitry Shishkin and Wenche Myhre. * 31 ** The 8th Bodø Jazz Open Vinterjazz opens in Bodø, Norway, running until 2 February. ** The 21st Polarjazz Festival opens in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, running until 3 February. February * 14 – The annual Ice Music Festival opens in Finse, Norway, running until 16 February. Performers include Maria Skranes, Ivar Kolve and Snorre Bjerck. * 23 – At the 49th Dansk Melodi Grand Prix final, held at the Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning Leonora emerges as overall winner with the song " Love Is Forever"; she thus becomes Denmark's representative in this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Scandinavian Music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2018. (Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.) Events January * 12 **Norwegian singer Sigrid is named winner of the BBC's "Sound of 2018" award. **The 22nd Folklandia Cruise starts in Helsinki, Finland, running until 13 January. * 13 – Composer Paavo Heininen, considered by many to be Finland's most influential musician, celebrates his 80th birthday with a concert at the Järvenpää Hall, Helsinki. * 19 – The 37th annual Djangofestival starts in Oslo, Norway, to run until 20 January. * 28 – Jazz guitarist Gustav Lundgren and his trio perform a tribute to Django Reinhardt at Stockholm Concert Hall, featuring Aurélien Trigo and Antoine Boyer. * 30 – Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2019. February * 10 – The 38th Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is won by " Higher Ground", performed by Rasmussen. * 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snorre Bjerck
Snorre Bjartmann Bjerck (born 25 February 1962) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums, percussion and vocals). He has played in bands like "First Set", Jon Balke, Batagraf, and the sami band Transjoik., and is otherwise known from recordings and performances with others like: Morten Harket, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Mari Boine, Nils Petter Molvær, Bjørn Eidsvåg, Sigvart Dagsland, Frode Alnæs, Eivind Aarset, Annbjørg Lien, Arve Henriksen, Nils-Olav Johansen, Tim Whelan Trans Global Underground, Karoline Krüger among others. Career Bjerck was born in Florø. He was a student on the Jazz program at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium .html" ;"title="/span>">/span>Musikkonservatorium .html" ;"title="/span>">/span>Musikkonservatorium (1984–86). He performs in the band Transjoik, Batagraf with Jon Balke, Helge Norbakken, Ingar Zach, and in his own musical projects. His uses percussion instruments from around the world, along with distinctive vocals and electronic sounds. He made his so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tórshavn
Tórshavn (; lit. "Thor's harbour"), usually locally referred to as simply ''Havn'', is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the Kirkjubøreyn. They are separated by the Sandá River. The city itself has a population of 13,957 (2022), and the greater urban area has a population of 21,078, including the suburbs of Hoyvik and Argir. The Norse (Scandinavians) established their parliament on the Tinganes peninsula in AD 850. Tórshavn thus became the capital of the Faroe Islands and has remained so ever since. Early on, Tórshavn became the centre of the islands' trade monopoly, thereby being the only legal place for the islanders to sell and buy goods. In 1856, the trade monopoly was abolished and the islands were left open to free trade. History Early history It is not known whether the site of Tórshavn was of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faroese Music Awards
Faroese Music Awards (short form: FMA, in Faroese: Føroysku Tónlistavirðislønirnar) is a Faroese music prize award ceremony, which was established in 2014, after the former Faroese music prize Planet Awards was abolished when the producers Portal.fo were sold to new owners. Faroese Music Awards is a cooperation between the Faroese national broadcasting company Kringvarp Føroya, the newspaper Sosialurin, the internet portal In.fo and the Nordic House. The Faroese Music Awards were presented for the first time on 15 March 2014 in the Nordic House in Tórshavn, where 22 prizes were awarded. The Faroese Music Awards ceremony were also held in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, normally in March of each year. The musical categories were changed after the original FMA event. The Winners of FMA 2018 The 2018 FMA show was co-hosted by Rolant Waag Dam and Kristian Blak in the Nordic House. *Best Female singer: Kristina Baerendsen *Best New Artist: Silvurdronger *Best Album: ''Ingalvur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Too Late For Love (John Lundvik Song)
"Too Late for Love" is a song by Swedish singer John Lundvik. The song was performed for the first time in Melodifestivalen 2019, where it made it to the final. It is Lundvik's first single since " My Turn", and reached number one on the Sverigetopplistan singles chart in March 2019. It eventually won Melodifestivalen 2019, and represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel. It was performed during the second semi-final on 16 May 2019, and qualified for the final. It finished in fifth place with 334 points. Melodifestivalen Being Lundvik's second participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Too Late for Love" participated in the fourth semi-final of the 2019 Melodifestivalen which was held in Lidköping's Sparbanken Lidköping Arena on 23 February 2019. The song was performed last at the semi-final and it direct qualified to the final. On 9 March, during the final at the Friends Arena in Stockholm, Lundvik performed the song at the tenth positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lundvik
John Lundvik (; born 27 January 1983) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and former sprinter. He was part of the athletic team for IFK Växjö. Lundvik also has a singing and songwriter career having composed songs for films and the Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling in 2010. In 2018, he competed in Melodifestivalen with his song " My Turn", finishing in 3rd place. He represented Sweden in Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with " Too Late for Love" finishing fifth. In the same contest he represented the United Kingdom as one of the songwriters for the song " Bigger Than Us" performed by Michael Rice, which finished last in the grand final. Early life Lundvik was born in London, and was adopted by Swedish expatriates in the UK when he was one week old. He lived in London until the age of six when his family returned to Sweden, settling in Växjö. He has never met his biological parents. Athletics Lundvik was an avid sportsman. He won many medals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends Arena
Nationalarenan, currently known as Friends Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a retractable roof multi-purpose stadium in Stockholm, Sweden. Located next to the lake Råstasjön in Solna, just north of the City Centre, it is the biggest stadium in Scandinavia. Since its opening, the venue has served as Sweden's national stadium for men's football, hence the name ''Nationalarenan''. The main tenants of the stadium are Sweden's men's national football team and Allsvenskan football club AIK; both relocated from their previous home at the Råsunda Stadium. The venue has a total capacity of 65,000 at concerts and 50,000 seated at football matches, but the stadium can be scaled down to provide for smaller events with approximately 20,000 guests. History Initially there were plans to build a new national stadium close to the indoor venue Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, but on 1 April 2006 the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) made the decision to build the new stadium in Solna. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2019
Melodifestivalen 2019 was the 59th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen and was held between 2 February 2019 and 9 March 2019. Presenters were Sarah Dawn Finer, Kodjo Akolor, Marika Carlsson and Eric Saade. Edward af Sillén returned as a consultant and adviser, producing various interval acts for the hosts. The winner of the contest is John Lundvik with the song " Too Late for Love". He represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, finishing in 5th place. Format Melodifestivalen 2019, organised by Sveriges Television (SVT), was the eighteenth consecutive edition of the contest in which the competition took place in different cities across Sweden. The four heats were held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg (2 February), the Malmö Arena in Malmö (9 February), the Tegera Arena in Leksand (16 February) and the Sparbanken Lidköping Arena in Lidköping (23 February). The Second Chance round took place at the Rosvalla Nyköping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ã…bo
Turku ( ; ; sv, Åbo, ) is a List of cities and towns in Finland, city and former Capital city, capital on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura (Archipelago Sea), Aura River, in the region of Southwest Finland, Finland Proper (''Varsinais-Suomi'') and the former Turku and Pori Province (''Turun ja Porin lääni''; 1634–1997). The region was originally called Suomi (Finland), which later became the name for the whole country. As of 31 March 2021, the population of Turku was 194,244 making it the List of Finnish municipalities by population, sixth largest city in Finland after Helsinki, Espoo, Tampere, Vantaa and Oulu. There were 281,108 inhabitants living in the Turku sub-region, Turku Central Locality, ranking it as the List of urban areas in Finland by population, third largest urban area in Finland after the Greater Helsinki, Capital Region area and Tampere urban area, Tampere Central Locality. The city is officially bilingual as percent of its population ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love Is Forever (Leonora Song)
"Love Is Forever" is a song by Danish singer Leonora that was Denmark's entry at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv. It is the first multilingual entry from Denmark in Eurovision and also the first Danish entry with Danish lyrics since the removal of the language rule in 1999. It was performed at the second semi-final on 16 May 2019, and qualified for the final, where it placed 12th with 120 points. Eurovision Song Contest The song represented Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 Denmark participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 with the song " Love Is Forever" written by Lise Cabble, Melanie Wehbe and Emil Lei. The song was performed by Leonora. The Danish broadcaster DR organised the national final ''Dansk Mel ..., after Leonora was chosen through ''Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2019'', the music competition that selects Denmark's entries for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 28 January 2019, a special allocation draw was held which placed each country int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonora (singer)
Leonora Colmor Jepsen (born 3 October 1998), also known simply as Leonora, is a Danish singer and former competitive figure skater. As a figure skater, she was a two-time national junior champion in singles in 2015, 2016 and represented her country at the 2016 World Junior Championships. As a singer, she won the 2019 Dansk Melodi Grand Prix and represented Denmark at that year's Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv, finishing 12th with 120 points. Early life Born and raised in Hellerup to the north of Copenhagen where she still lives, Leonora received her high school diploma from Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium. She has written many songs of her own, performing in cafés, libraries and small school concerts. Career As a figure skater, she competed in the ISU World Junior Championships in 2016 and in the ISU JGP Riga Cup 2015. In December 2016, Leonora and her brother Linus were gold medallists at the Danish figure-skating championships. She had previously been Denmark's junior cham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
