2007 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2007.

Events

• 30 March – On the first day of the 34th Vossajazz at Voss, Norway, Snorre Bjerck is awarded the Vossajazzprisen 2007. ^{[1] [2]}
• April – As Dark Funeral plan a tour of the Baltic states, drummer Matte Modin refuses to travel there; the tour is cancelled, he is sacked by the band, to be replaced by Nils Fjellström. ^[3]
• 12 May – The final of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest takes place in Helsinki, and is won by Serbia. Host country Finland, represented by Hanna Pakarinen, finish in 17th place, and Sweden, represented by The Ark in 18th. Norway Guri Schanke, Denmark (DQ and Iceland (Eiríkur Hauksson) are all eliminated at the semi-final stage. ^[4]
• 24 May – Anette Olzon is announced as the new vocalist of Nightwish, replacing Tarja Turunen ^[5]
• 10 September – Keyboardist Meiju Enho leaves Finnish band Ensiferum. ^[6]
• 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert takes place at the Telenor Arena in Oslo, with appearances from Morten Harket, Tine Thing Helseth, Kylie Minogue and others. ^[7]

Classical works

• Kalevi Aho – Oboe Concerto ^[8]
• Ylva Arkvik – Barnet och de grå (opera) ^[9]
• Håkon Berge – Fine Thing:concertino for trumpet and organ ^[10]
• Svante Henryson – Vinterfest concert overture for orchestra ^[11]
• Esa-Pekka Salonen – Piano Concerto ^[12]

Musical theatre

• 10 June – Matador , with music by Bent Fabricius-Bjerre and lyrics by Clemens Telling) opens at the Copenhagen Opera House. ^[13]

Major hit singles

• Alphabeat – "10.000 Nights of Thunder" (#1 Denmark) ^[14]
• Tone Damli – "Fever" (#6 Norway)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Per Gessle – "En händig man" (#1 Sweden) ^[15]
• Carola Häggkvist – "I denna natt blir världen ny" (#41 Sweden) ^[16]
• Laleh – "Snö" (#14 Sweden) ^[17]
• Hanna Pakarinen – "Leave Me Alone" (#8 Sweden, #11 Finland) ^[18]
• Rednex – "Anyway You Want Me" (#8 Sweden)^{[ citation needed ]}
• Turisas – "To Holmgard and Beyond" (#12 Finland) ^[19]
• Jenni Vartiainen – "Ihmisten edessä" (#2 Finland) ^[20]
• Måns Zelmerlöw – "Cara Mia"(#1 in Sweden, #4 in Finland) ^[21]

Film and television music

• Tuomas Kantelinen – Arn: The Knight Templar ^[22]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
10	Moonsorrow	Viides luku – Hävitetty	Spinefarm Records	Consists of two 25-minute tracks	[23]
22	Pain of Salvation	Scarsick	InsideOut Music	Concept album	[24]
29	Dag Arnesen Trio	Norwegian Song	Resonant Music		[25]

February

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
19	Watain	Sworn to the Dark	Season of Mist	Dedicated to Jon Nödtveidt who died in 2006	[26]
23	Sirenia	Nine Destinies and a Downfall	Nuclear Blast Records	Only album to feature Monika Pedersen	[27]

March

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Nightrage	A New Disease Is Born	Lifeforce Records	Only album to feature Jimmie Strimell on vocals	[28]
23	Ensiferum	Victory Songs	Spinefarm Records	First album to feature Petri Lindroos on vocals	[29]
28	Finntroll	Ur jordens djup	Spinefarm	First album to feature Mathias Lillmåns on vocals	[30]

April

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	Sirenia	Nine Destinies and a Downfall	Nuclear Blast Records	Only album to feature Monika Pedersen	[31]
27	Hatesphere	Serpent Smiles and Killer Eyes	Steamhammer		[32]

May

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Twilightning	Swinelords	Spinefarm Records	Final studio album	[33]
18	Sonic Syndicate	Only Inhuman	Nuclear Blast	First album on Nuclear Blast label	[34]

June

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
22	Candlemass	King of the Grey Islands	Nuclear Blast Records	First album after the departure of Messiah Marcolin	[35]
25	Entombed	Serpent Saints: The Ten Amendments	Candlelight		[36]
26	Korpiklaani	Tervaskanto	Napalm Records		[37]

July

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Clawfinger	Life Will Kill You	Nuclear Blast	Last album before the band breakup in 2013	[38]

August

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
20	Susanna and the Magical Orchestra	Sonata Mix Dwarf Cosmos	Rune Grammofon	Featured musicians include Susanna's husband Helge Sten	[39]
22	Dimension Zero	He Who Shall Not Bleed			[40]

September

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	Aeon	Rise to Dominate	Metal Blade Records		[41]
14	Astral Doors	New Revelation	Locomotive Records		[42]
24	Eivind Aarset	Sonic Codex	Jazzland Recordings	Featuring Audun Erlien	[43]

October

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Ava Inferi	The Silhouette	Season of Mist		[44]
17	Kent	Tillbaka till samtiden	RCA Records/Sony BMG	#1 in Sweden, #2 in Norway, #3 in Finland, #5 in Denmark	[45]

November

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Opeth	The Roundhouse Tapes	Peaceville Records	Live album	[46]
19	Tarja Turunen	My Winter Storm	Edel		[47]

Deaths

• 31 January – Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (born 1950); aortic aneurysm) ^[48]
• 1 March – Otto Brandenburg, Danish rock and roll singer and actor (born 1934) ^[49]
• 29 March – Regin Dahl, Faroese author and composer (born 1918) ^[50]
• 30 April – Eeki Mantere, Finnish musician (born 1949) ^[51]
• 24 June – Natasja, Danish reggae singer (born 1974); car accident) ^[52]
• 12 July – Robert Burås, Norwegian rock guitarist and songwriter of Madrugada (born 1975) ^[53]
• 23 August – Martti Pokela, Finnish folk musician, kantele player and composer (born 1924) ^[54]
• 10 September (approximate date) – Thomas Hansen, Norwegian musician (born 1976; drug-related) ^[55]
• 16 November – Grethe Kausland, Norwegian singer (born 1947; lung cancer) ^[56]
• 31 December – Markku Peltola, Finnish actor and musician (born 1956) ^[57]

References

1. "Vossa Jazz 2007" (in Norwegian). MIC.no. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
2. "Vossajazz-prisen til Snorre Bjerck". Firdaposten . 2 April 2007. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
3. "Swedish Black Metallers DARK FUNERAL Recruit New Drummer". Blabbermouth. 10 June 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
4. Dafni Tragaki, ed. (2013). Empire of Song: Europe and Nation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Scarecrow Press. pp. 96–97.
5. "The Official Website". Nightwish. Archived from the original on 15 December 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
6. Enho, Meiju. "meijustatement". Ensiferum.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
7. "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2007 Setlists". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
8. International Who's who in Classical Music. Europa Publications Limited. 2009. p. 84.
9. "Barnet och de grå : kammaropera". Svensk Musik. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
10. "Fine Thing" (PDF). Nasjonalbiblioteket. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
11. "Wonderland in dead of winter". Financial Times. 19 February 2008.
12. Tommasini, Anthony (3 February 2007). "A Conductor's Concerto, Influenced and Inspired". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 July 2015.
13. "Matador – En dansk musical uden tårer". Avisen.dk (in Danish). 11 June 2007. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
14. 10,000 Nights (European CD single liner notes). Alphabeat. Charisma Records, Copenhagen Records. 2008. CASDJ25, 5099951590321.
15. "PER GESSLE - EN HÄNDIG MAN (SONG)". Swedish Charts. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
16. "Swedish charts" . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
17. Laleh Discography Archived 11 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
18. "Leave Me Alone". T4C. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
19. "To Holmgard and Beyond". T4C. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
20. "Jenni Vartiainen: Ihmisten edessä" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
21. Steffen Hung. "Måns Zelmerlöw – Cara mia". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
22. "Arn, the Knight Templar". Movie Music International. 23 September 2022. Retrieved 27 May 2025.
23. Sanneh, Kelefa (1 July 2007). "Sugar Sugar, Shake Shake and, Yes!, Viking Metal". The New York Times . Retrieved 3 March 2025.
24. "Pain of Salvation - Scarsick". Rock Report. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
25. Kelman, John (25 June 2008). "Dag Arnesen: Norwegian Song". All About Jazz . Retrieved 20 February 2017.
26. "Smoke Breaks With Satan: The Strange Days And Sinister Nights of Watain". Spin. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
27. "Sirenia - Nine Destinies and a Downfall". Metal Archives. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
28. Prato, Greg. 2007 in Scandinavian music at AllMusic
29. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1042055
30. Henderson, Alex. "Review: Ur Jordens Djup". Allmusic . Retrieved 17 February 2025.
31. "Sirenia - Nine Destinies and a Downfall". Metal Archives. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
32. "Serpent Smiles and Killer Eyes". Metal Archives. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
33. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1069952
34. Steffen Hung (24 May 2007). "Sonic Syndicate – Only Inhuman". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
35. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000747834
36. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1082549
37. https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000746245
38. Michael Edele (27 July 2007). "Why Should This Band Apologize?". Laut.de. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
39. Rogers, Jude (14 December 2007). "Susanna, Sonata Dwarf Mix Cosmo Review". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 February 2025.
40. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1113476
41. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r1185469
42. "New Revelation". Metal Archive. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
43. John Kelman (28 September 2007). "Eivind Aarset: Sonic Codex". AllAboutJazz. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
44. 2007 in Scandinavian music at AllMusic
45. Nunstedt, Anders. "Kent - Tillbaka till samtiden". Expressen . Retrieved 13 October 2007.
46. Jurek, Thom. "The Roundhouse Tapes". AllMusic . Retrieved 19 February 2025.
47. Donnelly, Dave. "Tarja My Winter Storm review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 19 September 2013.
48. "Kirka died last night". ESC Today.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
49. Barkman, Erik (1 March 2008). "Otto Brandenburg er død". Gaffa (in Danish). Retrieved 20 October 2024.
50. Anne-Kari Skardhamar. "Regin Dahl". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
51. "Eeki Mantere on kuollut" [Eeki Mantere is dead]. Ilta-Sanomat. 30 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 May 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
52. "Danish rapper killed in car accident in Jamaica". International Herald Tribune . Associated Press. 25 June 2007. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007.
53. "Musician found dead in Oslo – Aftenposten.no". web.archive.org. 16 July 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
54. Jalkanen, Pekka (27 August 2007). "Pokela, Martti (1924 - 2007)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
55. Laura Thomas. "Guess I'm special: Burn the Place You Hide". The Lancet Psychiatry. 6 (4): 291.
56. Lerbak, Marie Norum (16 November 2007). "Grethe Kausland er død" [Grethe Kausland is dead]. Aftenposten (in Norwegian Bokmål). Archived from the original on 23 January 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
57. "Näyttelijä Markku Peltola kuollut (Actor Markku Peltola dead)". HS.fi (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. 31 December 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2007.