Eurovision 1991 - Iceland

[icecreamlover00]

Eitt af bestu íslensku euróvision lögunum !

[heidos7]

This is and will always be the most popular Icelandic Eurovision song in Iceland, it even won the most popular Icelandic Eurovision song poll a few years ago :) I think every Icelander knows the lyrics and can sing this song! Stefán and Eyfi are still singing it and they're even having a concert on April 30th to celebrate Nína's 20th anniversary :D

[MeSteffy95]

va allt of langt siðan eg hef heirt þetta :O

[54321gunna]

why didnt this win??? :-(

[evamaria409]

this is a great song : D srysly

[FactoryFailure]

I was born in 1991 AND named Nina.

Weirdly funny.

[9na4]

I'm sorry for asking.. Isn't "draumur" plural? Dreams? Just wondering, I don't know Icelandic, but I'm trying to learn :c)

[doddi93]

@9na4 draumur isn't plural, the plural is draumar ^^

[Poppcorn2468]

var þetta í Eurovisison OMG!

[Syndication]

can anyone send me this song? D:

[Reykvikingur]

Unnum við?

[vallisk8]

@Reykvikingur hahahahahahha!!! LOL!

[xxNaThUxx]

jááá :D ég heiti nína =)

[9na4]

@xxNaThUxx My name is Nína too :)

[xxNaThUxx]

@9na4 haha yessss Nínas rule :D

[iSilversaku]

Afram Island! fokkin sweet lag !!

[liverpool0906]

mitt laaag ég gerði textan!!!!!!

[tinnigeimgengill]

classic

[odr752]

Back at home in Iceland, this song is the one that most Icelanders almost remember without reading (in a typical Icelandic drinking party the roof can almost fly off when someone takes up the guitar starting playing Nina).

Maybe this song is not the one which got the best ESC results, but surely it's THE most popular Eurovision entry that has been sent, at least here back at home.

[kaate54]

it was choose as favorite icelandic song for eurovision !! in iceland

[maitree001]

I still remember the melody of this song after all these years !! Don´t know why some songs had better results at the Eurovision - songs that are already forgotten ....!

[ElVenerable]

One of the my favorites songs in ESC ever.

Spain, Israel, Portugal and Iceland the best of 1991, a big year in ESC.

I remember me singing this song when I was 13...

[disarun]

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelska þetta!!!

og stebba hilmars hahah ;*

[buyme1980]

i was 10 years old then, but i still remember its melody..i really liked this song ..and i am live far far away..having nothing to do wirh iceland..but this is music..greetings from greece

[rumputuski]

Gotta love that hairband. :)

Love this song.

[therunner1988]

This song had deserved to come at least 10 places higher than it actually did. This song was really good I think.

Greetings from Sweden

[Donitrampert]

stefan looks so funny but cute

[ryanwexford]

again,iceland were robbed of a high placing,ice is my fav esc country ever

[tuss88]

Is that right that Stefan also sang for Iceland in 1988.

[rafheimar]

yes he did

[c0ffeemuncher]

this is the only thing that come up wien i type todmobile anyone know where i can find their music online?

[timonlitli]

yes they are still popular in iceland and i think this is the best eurovision song from the year 1991 to 2000 i think

[agrippak]

what a wonderful song from Iceland.I loved it and not only causo of these cute guys...Does anyone know if they are still popular in Iceland? Greetings from Germany.

[aronfridrik]

yeah.. both very popular ;)

[galdur666]

lOOK UP sTEFAN hILMARSSSON ON YOUTUBE. gREAT SINER!

[DarkProtestor]

þetta vídjó er fucked up 0_o

[bjossi23]

this is the best icelandic eurovision song ever :D

[JeremiahSola]

I wouldn't say "The dream about Nína"

Rather " A dream about Nína "

[tasosk3]

Thanks for the suggestion - consider it fixed! :-)

[setheurovision94]

Hey, I already posted that correction (check my first post in the video). :( Anyway, for it to be called "The dream about Nína" it would be "Draumurinn um Nínu". Most Icelanders just call it "Nína", and that was the title adopted in Rome as the video displays.

[lwsmackie]

Well I havent a clue about the song - didnt notice there was one in the background - TAKEN ABACK by:

THOSE JACKETS !!!!! worn by the backing singers (multi-coloured)

Headbands

Long hair! (very long on men)

Nordic fashion - luvely (????)!

[setheurovision94]

Yes, Marion Welter wasn't the first to wear this kind of eyewatering jackets. And yes, this fashion was SO 80s! The 90s had already arrived, it was time to move on!

[setheurovision94]

As for Eyþór's long hair, this was his preferred hairstyle, and he kept it with him for most of the 90s - his hair is short today (but then he is in politics).

[setheurovision94]

Info: Stefán Hilmarsson (the man in the purple jacket) is, as I've said elsewhere, still in music today, mostly leading his band Sálin hans Jóns míns, one of the longest-running bands in Iceland. Then Eyþór Arnalds (the celloist), while more into politics, also finds the time for music with my fave Icelandic band Todmobile (gotta love his stunt with the cello towards the end of the song).

[tasosk3]

Thanks for the info! Interesting to know that Eyþór has turned to politics - although he's not the only former ESC entrant to do so. Ireland's Dana is the most famous example, of course, but we've had our share in this, too: Nana Mouscouri was a longtime member of the European Parliament while, more recently, Vicky Leandros was a candidate for our national Parliament in last September's elections (but did not manage to get elected).

[setheurovision94]

As for the song itself, it's kind of an Icelandic "Oh my darling Clementine", in that it's about a man's lover who dies. The song is about a dream he has about her, and how he wishes he could sleep forever when his Nina is in his dreams.

[klarinetta]

The funny thing is although this song is very popular here in Iceland the composer Eyjólfur Kristjánsson(the singer with hairband) doesn't like this song very much and is very surprised how popular it has become here.

[setheurovision94]

Thanks for that, my friend - and it's 'a' dream about Nina if you want to nitpick ;). Similar to your Anixi that year, this song is still amazingly popular even though it only got 15th place. It's a cult classic in Iceland, a singalong favourite at parties and festivals. Like you put it, I guess there's no keeping a good song down.