2010 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2010.

Events

• 1 January – Swedish band Cult of Luna release Eviga Riket, a publication giving the full story behind their Eternal Kingdom album. ^[1]
• 29 January – Norwegian jazz bassist Bodvar Moe is awarded the Nordlysprisen. ^[2]
• 29 May – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, Denmark is the most successful of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in fourth place. ^[3]
• 10 June – The 27th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 12 June. ^[4]
• 26 July – Emperor Magus Caligula leaves the Swedish band Dark Funeral, ^[5] followed shortly afterwards by bandmates "B-Force" and "Dominator", leaving Lord Ahriman and "Chaq Mol" as the band's only members.
• 2 November – The Oslo World Music Festival opens, running until 7 November. ^[6]

New works

• Magnus Lindberg – Souvenir ^[7]
• Kaija Saariaho – Mirages ^[8]

Film scores and incidental music

• Jon Ekstrand - Easy Money ^[9]

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Tore Johansen feat. Steve Swallow	I.S.	Inner Ear		[10]
18	Motorpsycho	Heavy Metal Fruit	Stickman Records, Rune Grammofon		[11]
	Valkyrja	Contamination	Metal Blade Records		[12]
25	Deathbound	Non Compos Mentis	Dynamic Arts Records		[13]
	Dream Evil	In the Night	Century Media Records		[14]
	Ihsahn	After	Candlelight Records		[15]
	In Mourning	Monolith	Agonia Records/Pulverised Records		[16]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Nostradameus	Illusion's Parade	AFM Records	Featuring members of Fejd and Pathos	[17]
17	Finntroll	Nifelvind	Century Media		[18]
19	Throes of Dawn	The Great Fleet of Echoes		Released at the Finnish Metal Expo	[19]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Mads Eriksen	Just What the World Needs	MTG Music		[20]
	Mortemia	Misere Mortem	Napalm Records		[21]
8	Burzum	Belus	Byelobog Productions	First album for 11 years	[22]
10	Salem Al Fakir	Ignore This	EMI		[23]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
14	Anna Bergendahl	Yours Sincerely	Lionheart		[24]
16	Terje Rypdal	Crime Scene	ECM Records	Commissioned for the 2009 Bergen Festival	[25]
19	Live Extracts	Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[26]
23	Ketil Bjørnstad	Remembrance	ECM Records	featuring Tore Brunborg and Jon Christensen	[27]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
10	Keep of Kalessin	Reptilian	Nuclear Blast	Last album to feature Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei on vocals	[28]
19	Eric Saade	Masquerade	Roxy Recordings	First solo album	[29]
	April Divine	Redemption	Supernova/Cosmos		[30]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
9	Oskar Linnros	Vilja Bli	Universal Records		[31]
14	Grave	Burial Ground	Regain Records	Last album to feature Fredrik Isaksson	[32]
	Setherial	Ekpyrosis	Regain Records		[33]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Soilwork	The Panic Broadcast	Nuclear Blast	Produced by Peter Wichers	[34]
19	Darkane	Layers of Live	Listenable Records	Live album	[35]
21	Kvelertak	Kvelertak	Indie Recordings	Debut album	[36]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Immortal	The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh	Nuclear Blast	Live DVD album recorded 2007	[37]
18	Satanic Warmaster	Nachzehrer	Werewolf Records		[38]
23	Apocalyptica	7th Symphony	Sony Music Germany		[39]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Tarja Turunen	What Lies Beneath	Vertigo Records		[40]
20	Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble	Officium Novum	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[41]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Corroded	Exit To Transfer	Ninetone Records		[42] [43]
19	Dag Arnesen Trio	Norwegian Song 3	Losen Records		[44]
20	Amberian Dawn	End of Eden	Spinefarm Records	First album with Spinefarm	[45]
	Arckanum	Sviga Læ	Regain Records		[46]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Frida Ånnevik	Synlige Hjerteslag	Grappa Music		[47]
24	Dark the Suns	Sleepwalking in a Nightmare	Firebox Records		[48]
	Teräsbetoni	Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita	Sakara Records	Produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa	[49]
26	Hardcore Superstar	Split Your Lip	Nuclear Blast		[50]

December

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Seventh Wonder	The Great Escape	Lion Music	Including 30-minute title track	[51]
16	Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik Smith	License To Chill	Nordic Records		[52]

Deaths

• 26 January – Dag Frøland, 64, Norwegian entertainer ^[53]
• 12 February – Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer ^[54]
• 4 March – Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian classical pianist ^[55]
• 21 April – Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) ^[56]
• 24 April – Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish rock keyboardist ^[57]
• 30 May – Kristian Bergheim, 83, Norwegian jazz saxophonist ^[58]
• 5 June – Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical experimental composer ^[59]
• 15 July – Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer ^[60]
• 23 July – Willy Bakken ("willy b"), 59, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer ^[61]
• 16 September – Erkki Ertama, 82, Finnish composer and conductor ^[62]
• 13 October – Ulrik Cold, 71, Danish operatic bass ^[63]
• 7 December – Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer ^[64]
• 30 December – Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish baron and polymath^{[ citation needed ]}

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