2011_in_Swedish_music
2011 in Swedish music
Overview of the events of 2011 in Swedish music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Swedish music.
January
February
March
- 12 – Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular", he will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
April
- 6 – Per Wiberg quits Opeth.
May
- 12 – Eric Saade wins the second semi-final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 14 – Eric Saade comes third in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Sweden best placement since 1999 when Sweden won.
- 18
- Lady Gaga releases her new CD Born This Way Exclusively on the Swedish Music Streaming Program Spotify[1]
- Adrian Lux signs with Universal Music Sweden.[2]
June
- 8 – The 19th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 8 – 11).[3]
- 28 – The Where The Action Is festival started in Gothenburg.[4]
July
- 9 – Sonisphere In Globe Arena Stockholm.[5]
- 28 – Storsjöyran in Östersund (July 28 – 30).[6]
August
- 11 – Way Out West City festival in Gothenburg (August 11 – 13).[7]
January
- 11 – Öga, Näsa, Mun Single by Dungen (Third Man Records).[8]
February
- February 11 – Charm School is released which is Roxette's first album with new material since 2001's Room Service [9]
- February 14 – Love CPR by September (singer) is released
- February 23 – Carl Norén from Sugar Plum Fairy releases his solo debut album Owls.[10]
- February 23 – Thomas Di Leva releases his album Hjärtat vinner alltid [11]
- February 28 – Mohombi releases his Debut album MoveMeant (various dates in Europe) [12]
- February 28 – Roxette start its Charm School World Tour in Kazan, Rusia in front of 8.000 people. The tour will include all continents, including dates in the United States
March
- Mars 2 – Lykke Li releases her second album Wounded Rhymes[13]
- Mars 9 – Swingfly releases Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly [14]
- Mars 11 – Danny Saucedo Releases In The Club [15]
- Mars 15 – Bob Hund releases Det Överexponerade Gömstället [16]
- 16
- Miss Li releases – Beats & Bruises [17]
- Unseen by The Haunted
- Mars 23 – Erik Hassle releases Mariefred Sessions
- 29 – Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth
April
- April 13
- Kikki Danielsson releases "Första dagen på resten av mitt liv".[18]
- Adam Tensta releases Scared Of The Dark[19]
- April 15 – Performocracy by The Poodles is released [20]
- 15
- Newkid releases Alexander JR Ferrer [21]
- The Unseen Empire by Scar Symmetry
- April 16 – Eva Eastwood – Lyckost [22]
- April 27 – Veronica Maggio Releases her third and highly anticipated album Satan i Gatan [23]
May
- 30 – Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy
June
- June 8 – Timbuktu releases his eight album Sagolandet [24]
- June 15 – In Flames release their tenth album Sounds of a Playground Fading[25]
- June 29 – Eric Saade releases his second solo album Saade with the Eurovision song contest entry as lead single.[26]
July
September
November
- 7 – For Funerals to Come... (reissue) by Katatonia
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A
Agnes Carlsson TBA [28]
E
Europe (band) – TBA [29]
G
Gathania – TBA, Swedish IDOL contestant 2007 was reported working on material for 2011 [31]
- Eric Amarillo – Swedish singer from Gothenburg SwEric Amarillo, musician, producer and DJ part of the duo The Attic with Michael Feiner [32]
- Newkid – Swedish singer from Stockholm released debut album
- "Listen to Lady Gaga's Born This Way exclusively on Spotify Premium now! - Spotify". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Universal Music Sweden - Adrian Lux signar med Universal Music Sverige. - Mynewsdesk". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Sweden Rock Festival 2011 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- "Home". wtai.se. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Sonisphere Sweden, Slipknot, Mastodon". Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Storsjöyran Östersund - festivalen som inte liknar någon annan". Storsjoyran.se. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- "Dungen – Öga, Näsa, Mun". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
- "Roxette turn on the charm | EMI Music". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Carl Nor n - Owls - Skivor - Expressen N je | N jesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- "Di Leva | Blogg". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- "Lykke Li". www.lykkeli.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29.
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - "nyheter - bob hund officiell sida". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "www.missli.se". Archived from the original on 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- "Ginza Musik". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- "Satan i Gatan har sålt Guld | Veronica Maggio". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "IN FLAMES - the official homepage". Archived from the original on 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
- Saade vol.1CDON Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Takida TBD 2011CDON Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today
- "Ett gyllene år för Agnes - Musik - www.ttela.se". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
- "Universal Music | Nyheter". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- "Gathania från Idol debuterar med ny singel". 2 February 2009.