2018_in_Scandinavian_music
2018 in Scandinavian music
Overview of the events of 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.)
January
- 12
- 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.[3]
- 19 – The 37th annual Djangofestival starts in Oslo, Norway, to run until 20 January.[4]
- 28 – Jazz guitarist Gustav Lundgren and his trio perform a tribute to Django Reinhardt at Stockholm Concert Hall, featuring Aurélien Trigo and Antoine Boyer.[5]
- 30 – Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen is awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize 2019.[6]
February
- 10 – The 38th Dansk Melodi Grand Prix is won by "Higher Ground", performed by Rasmussen.[7]
- 14 – Norwegian singer Sigrid wins Best New Artist at the NME Awards ceremony.[8]
- 22 – It is announced that Agnes Obel has signed to Deutsche Grammophon, who will have a joint arrangement with Blue Note for North American releases.[9]
March
- 3 – At Söngvakeppnin 2018, Ari Ólafsson is selected to represent Iceland in the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song "Heim".[10] After winning the context, Ólafsson is criticised on social media for crying on hearing the result.[11]
- 7 – Fifteen-year-old cellist Birgitta Elisa Oftestad wins the Virtuos 2018 competition and is named Norway's representative at the Eurovision Young Musicians 2018 contest.[12]
- 9 – Finnish band Nightwish begins a nine-month world tour titled Decades: World Tour, accompanying a new 2CD compilation called Decades.[13]
- 10 – The final of Melodifestivalen 2018 takes place in Friends Arena, Stockholm, Sweden.[14]
- 12 – The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, under Hannu Lintu, begins a week-long series of concerts in Germany.[15]
- 25
- Swedish House Mafia unexpectedly reunite for a performance at the 20th Anniversary of Ultra Music Festival in Miami, United States.[16]
- Greenlandic singer Nive Nielsen stars as "Lady Silence" in a new US horror series, The Terror, her first international TV role.[17]
April
May
- 8 – In semi-final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Iceland's entry is eliminated, but Finland's Saara Aalto finishes 10th and makes it to the final.
- 10 – In semi-final 2 of the Eurovision Song Contest, Norway's entry finishes in first place, Sweden 2nd and Denmark 5th; all three countries make it to the final.
- 12 – In the Eurovision final, held in Lisbon, Sweden does best of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 7th place.
- 23 - The Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 6 June. Guest performers include Meow Meow, Selene Muñoz and Helsinki Songs.[19]
June
- 6 – The 26th Sweden Rock Festival opens in Norje, running until 9 June.[20] The Quill are forced to withdraw the day before the festival begins, because lead singer Magnus Ekwall is recovering from emergency surgery.[21]
July
- 3 – The organizers confirm that the Nobel Peace Prize Concert, normally held after the awards ceremony in Oslo, will not take place in 2018.[22]
- 4 – The 19th Folk music festival of Siglufjordur opens in Siglufjordur, Iceland, running until 8 July.[23]
- 5 – Gregory Porter guest stars at the 2018 Kongsberg Jazzfestival in Norway.[24]
- 27 – The Uppsala Reggae Festival opens in Sweden, running until 28 July, headlined by Jimmy Cliff.[25]
September
November
- 7 – The Iceland Airwaves music festival opens, running until 10 November. Guests include Blood_Orange, Cashmere Cat and Stella Donnelly.[28]
December
- 6 – Icelandic Music Day is celebrated.[29]
January
More information Day, Album ...
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Trident Wolf Eclipse | Watain | Century Media | [30] | |
| 19 | Contra La Indecisión | Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [31] |
| Elvesang | Sigurd Hole | Elvesang | [32] | ||
| Lucus | Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide | ECM | [33] |
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February
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Delights Of Decay | Batagraf | Jazzland | Produced by Jon Balke, Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim | [34] |
| Live at Victoria | Solveig Slettahjell | Jazzland | Produced by Solveig Slettahjell | [35] | |
| 9 | History | Emmelie de Forest | Cosmos | First album after two-year break from recording | [36] |
| 13 | Heat | Knut Reiersrud Band | Jazzland | [37] | |
| 23 | Reformation Part 1 | Super8 & Tab | Armada Music | [38] | |
| Pilgrim | Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen | ACT | Produced by Esben Eyermann and Janne Mark | [39] | |
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March
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takker | Thomas Helmig | Genlyd Grammofon | [40] | |
| 2 | Ravensburg | Mathias Eick | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [41] |
| 9 | Decades | Nightwish | Nuclear Blast | [42] | |
| 23 | Returnings | Jakob Bro with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, and Jon Christensen | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [43] |
| 30 | Geimvísindi | Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir | The singer's first album to contain original material | [44] |
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April
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Polarity | Hoff Ensemble - Jan Gunnar Hoff, Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive | 2L | Produced by Morten Lindberg | [45] |
| 20 | Barxeta II | Per Mathisen & Jan Gunnar Hoff feat. Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez | Losen | Produced by Jan Gunnar Hoff and Per Mathisen | [46] |
| Freedoms Trio II | Steinar Aadnekvam | Losen | Produced by Steinar Aadnekvam | [47] | |
| Ultra | Sivas | Disco:Wax | #1 in Danish album chart | [48] | |
| 27 | Större | Molly Sandén | unknown | [49] | |
| Ootsä nähny Nikkee | Nikke Ankara | unknown | [50] | ||
| Wild Wild Wonderland | Saara Aalto | Warner | Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[51] | 2 |
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May
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Sway | Tove Styrke | RCA Records | [52] | |
| 18 | A Suite of Poems | Ketil Bjørnstad, Anneli Drecker, poems by Lars Saabye Christensen | ECM | [53] | |
| 25 | Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel | Agnes Obel | Night Time Stories Ltd | [54] | |
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June
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ääripäät | Mikael Gabriel | Universal Music Group | [55] | |
| Bertolt Brechts Svendborgdigte | Søren Huss | BaggårdTeatret | [56] | ||
| 8 | So Sad So Sexy | Lykke Li | RCA | Executive producer Malay | [57] |
| 29 | Sometimes the World Ain't Enough | The Night Flight Orchestra | Nuclear Blast | [58] | |
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July
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Act II | Tarja Turunen | earMUSIC | Live album | [59] |
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August
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | ‘re:member | Ólafur Arnalds | Mercury KX | [60] | |
| 31 | Helsinki Songs | Trygve Seim | ECM | [61] | |
| The Other Side | Tord Gustavsen Trio | ECM | [62] |
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September
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Immortelle | Say Lou Lou | à Deux | Produced by Trent Mazur and Dash Le Francis | [citation needed] |
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October
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Bay Of Rainbows | Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron | ECM Records | [63] | |
| 12 | Sorgir | Skálmöld | Napalm Records | [64] | |
| 19 | Forever Neverland | MØ | Columbia Records | [65] | |
| 26 | Christmas With My Friends VI | Nils Landgren | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg | [66] |
| My Soul Kitchen | Ida Sand | ACT | Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch | [67] | |
| Honey | Robyn | Konichiwa Records | [68] |
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November
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Deep Snow | Simon Lynge | Atlantic Music | [69] | |
| 16 | The Pursuit of Vikings: 25 Years in the Eye of the Storm | Amon Amarth | Live album | [70] | |
| 23 | The Ghost Ward Diaries | Electric Boys | Mighty Music | Produced by David Castillo | [71] |
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December
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Plays Metallica by Four Cellos – A Live Performance | Apocalyptica | Live album - 2CD+1DVD digipak | [72] | |
| 14 | Let's Boogie! Live from Telia Parken | Volbeat | Republic Records | Live album | [73] |
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Films
- On Her Shoulders (United States), music by Patrick Jonsson[74]
- Ravens (Sweden), music by Peter von Poehl[75]
Television
- Trapped (Iceland), music by Jóhann Jóhannsson with Hildur Gudnadóttir and Rutger Hoedemaekers[76]
- 1 January - Teddy Edelmann, Danish singer, 76[77]
- 18 January – Javiera Muñoz, Swedish singer, 40[78]
- 29 January – Asmund Bjørken, Norwegian jazz musician, 84[79]
- 4 February – Leif Rygg, Norwegian folk musician, 77[80]
- 5 February – Ove Stokstad, Norwegian artist and jazz musician, 78 [81]
- 9 February – Jóhann Jóhannsson, Icelandic film composer, 48[82]
- 3 March – Kenneth Gärdestad, pop songwriter, 69
- 5 March – Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer, 92
- 9 March – Ole H. Bremnes, Norwegian folk singer and poet, 87[83]
- 25 March – Jerry Williams, Swedish singer, 75[84]
- 31 March – Frode Viken, guitarist and songwriter, D.D.E., 63
- 3 April – Lill-Babs, Swedish singer ("En tuff brud i lyxförpackning"), 80[85]
- 20 April – Avicii (Tim Bergling), Swedish musician, DJ and record producer, 28[86]
- 11 May –Mikhail Alperin, Ukrainian-born jazz pianist, member of the Moscow Art Trio, professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music, 61
- 26 June – Bo Nilsson, Swedish composer, 81[87]
- 5 July – Bjørn Lie-Hansen, opera singer, 81[88]
- 9 July – Stefan Demert, Swedish musician, 78[89]
- 16 August – Benny Andersen, Danish writer and pianist, 88[90]
- 21 August – Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor and singer (b. 1975). [91]
- 9 September – Frank Andersson, Swedish entertainer and wrestler, 62 (complications during heart surgery)[92]
- 23 September – Berth Idoff, Swedish musician (Berth Idoffs), 77[93]
- 30 September – Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (Gasolin'), 72 (prostate cancer)[94]
- 29 November – Erik Lindmark, vocalist and guitarist of Deeds of Flesh, 46 (sclerosis)[95]
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- "Bobo Stenson Trio - Contra La Indecisión". ECM Records. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- "Sigurd Hole – Elvesang". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- "Thomas Strønen: Lucus". JPC.de. Retrieved 2017-12-21.
- "Batagraf – Delights Of Decay". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- "Solveig Slettahjell – Live At Victoria". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
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