2006 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2006.

Events

• 13–15 January – The inaugural Ice Music Festival is held in Geilo, Norway. ^[1]
• 25 March – Christofer Johnsson leaves Swedish extreme metal band Demonoid; the band replaces him with Emperor Magus Caligula of Dark Funeral. ^[2]
• 7 April – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Yngve Moe receives the Vossajazzprisen. ^[3]
• 8 April – On the second day of Vossajazz 2006, Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser. ^[4]
• 12 May – Drummer Martin Lopez leaves Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, and Martin Axenrot is hired as his replacement. ^[5]
• 20 May – The Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens, is won by Finland, with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. It is the country's first ever win at Eurovision. ^[6]
• 1 December – The second MGP Nordic is held in Sweden. Denmark emerge winners with the song "Tro på os to", performed by SEB. ^[7]
• 25 November – Markus Fagervall wins Sweden's third series of Idol.
• 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held in Oslo. Featured artists include Morten Abel, Renée Fleming and Lionel Richie. ^[8]

Classical works

• Birgitte Alsted – Dance with Bells ^[9]
• Victoria Borisova-Ollas – Open Ground ^[10]
• Ulf Grahn – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra ^[11]
• Ilkka Kuusisto – Vapauden vanki (opera) ^[12]
• Magnus Lindberg – Violin Concerto No. 1 ^[13]
• Kaija Saariaho
  • Adriana Mater (opera) ^[14]
  • La Passion de Simone (oratorio) ^[15]
  • Notes on Light ^[16]

Major hit singles

• Basshunter – "Boten Anna" (#1 Denmark and Sweden, #3 Norway,m #4 Finland) ^[17]
• Aleksander Denstad With – "A Little Too Perfect" (#1 Norway) ^[18]
• Markus Fagervall – "Everything Changes" (#1 Sweden) ^[19]
• Marit Larsen – "Don't Save Me" (#1 Norway) ^[20]
• Lordi – "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (#1 Finland, #8 Norway, #9 Sweden) ^[21]
• Veronica Maggio – "Nöjd?" (#6 Sweden) ^[22]
• Nylon – ""Losing A Friend" (#1 Iceland) ^[23]
• Sonata Arctica – "Replica 2006" (#1 Finland) ^[24]
• Ola Svensson – "Brothers" (#4 Sweden) ^[25]

Deaths

• 20 January – Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1980; suicide) ^[26]
• 14 February – Putte Wickman, Swedish jazz musician (born 1924) ^[27]
• 13 March – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet and record collector (born 1921) ^[28]
• 24 April – Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (born 1911) ^[29]
• 16 August – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish rock vocalist (born 1975; suicide) ^[30]
• 3 September – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian pianist (born 1927) ^[31]
• 4 September – Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918) ^[32]
• 28 September – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (born 1976; heart failure) ^[33]
• 24 December – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer, (born 1961; complications from epilepsy) ^[34]

References

1. "Festival History". Ice Music Festival. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
2. "Therion Biography". Therion.se. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
3. Espeland, Harald (5 April 2013). "Bergensmusiker i koma etter ulykke". Bergens Tidende . Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
4. "Trygve Seim skriv tingingsverk til Vossa Jazz 2006" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
5. "Martin Lopez leaves Opeth". Ultimate Metal. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
6. "Results of the Grand Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
7. "MGP Nordic". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
8. "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2006". setlist.fm. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
9. "Alsted, Birgitte". Female Composers.se. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
10. "Open Ground". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
11. "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
12. "Vapauden vanki". core music Finland. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
13. Clements, Andrew (20 July 2007). "New romantic: Coldly logical yet warmly expressive, Magnus Lindberg's music is a contradiction in terms. Andrew Clements meets him". The Guardian . Retrieved 3 May 2016.
14. Alex Ross (16 April 2006). "Birth". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
15. "A quest for new challenges – an interview with Kaija Saariaho". AIM - Adventures in Music. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
16. Saariaho, Kaija (2006). "Notes on Light". G. Schirmer Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
17. "Basshunter". Findance.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 21 February 2025.
18. "Norway Singles Top 20". acharts.norway. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
19. "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 49, 2006". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
20. "Norway Singles Top 20". acharts.norway. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
21. "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Musiiki tuottajat. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
22. "Veronica Maggio". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
23. "NYLON á toppi íslenska listans". visir. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
24. "SONATA ARCTICA Confirms New Album Title". Blabbermouth. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
25. "Ola - Brothers". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
26. "CRASHDÏET BIOGRAPHY 2007". Crashdïet official website. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
27. Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 492. ISBN   1-85227-937-0.
28. Dahl, Per. "Arne Dørumsgaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
29. "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
30. "Dissection Frontman Jon Nödtveidt Commits Suicide". Metal Storm. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
31. Forum Musikbibliothek (in German). Vol. 28. Das Bibliotheksinstitut. 2007. p. 282. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
32. Blyth, Alan (5 September 2006). "Obituary: Astrid Varnay". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
33. Bjørn, Camilla; Sæther, Anne Stine (29 September 2006). "Jan Werner funnet død" (in Norwegian). VG Nett. Retrieved 30 September 2006.
34. Hansen, Espen Arnold (14 December 2006). "Kenneth Sivertsen alvorlig syk" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang . Retrieved 30 December 2014.