1972 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 1972.

Events

25 March – The Eurovision Song Contest is held in Scotland, and is won by Luxembourg for the second year in a row. Of the Scandinavian entries, Finland finish 12th, Sweden 13th and Norway 14th.
24 May – The 20th Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 7 June. Prominent musicians on the programme include Karsten Andersen and Magnar Mangersnes.
21 June – Hilding Rosenberg's Lento per orchestra d'archi, composed in 1956, receives its first public performance, at Bosjökloster, by the Malmö Chamber Orchestra.

New works

Per Nørgård – Gilgamesh
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Cantus Arcticus, for orchestra

Popular music

Carl Bertil Agnestig – "Adventstid"
Hljómsveit Ingimars Eydal – "Uppi við skógarásinn"
Jukka Kuoppamäen – "Sininen ja valkoinen"
Kim Larsen – "Fi-fi dong", recorded by Gasolin'
John Mogensen – "Fut i fejemøget"
Olsen Brothers – "Angelina"
Pugh Rogefeldt & Lasse Wellander – "Slavsång", recorded by Nature
Bo Setterlind – "En sång om frihet", performed by Sven-Bertil Taube

Hit albums

Ted Gärdestad – Undringar
Gasolin' – ''Gasolin' 2''

Recordings

Nicolai Gedda – Hector Berlioz, Benvenuto Cellini, with the Royal Opera Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Colin Davis

Eurovision Song Contest

Film and television music

Bengst Ernryd & Georg Oddner – Nybyggarna
Paroni Paakkunainen, Tapio Rautavaara & Ilpo Saastamoinen – Lampaansyöjät
Charles Redland – ''Andersson's Kalle''

Musical films

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre – ''Man sku være noget ved musikken''

Births

11 January – Anthony Lledo, Danish composer
4 July – Ketil Gutvik, Norwegian jazz guitarist
6 December – Sebastian Fagerlund, Finnish composer

Deaths

4 January – Carl-Olof Anderberg, Swedish pianist, arranger and composer
5 March – Nils Björkander, Swedish composer
10 January – Sverre Jordan, Norwegian pianist, conductor and composer
12 August – Alf Hurum, Norwegian composer and painter
3 October – Kari Aarvold Glaser, Norwegian pianist and music teacher