2014 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2014.

Events

January

• 16 January
  • The Ice Music Festival opens in Geilo, Norway, lasting until 19 January. ^[1]
  • Swedish band In Mourning announce that drummer Christian Netzell has left the band. ^[2]
• 22 January – The Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, Norway, lasting until 26 January. ^[3]
• 24 January
  • The Nordlysfestivalen opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 2 February. ^[4]
  • Anne-Lise Sollied Allemano (soprano) is awarded the Nordlysprisen at Nordlysfestivalen. ^[5]
• 30 January – Kristiansund Opera Festival opens, running until 15 February. ^[6]

February

• 5 February – The Polarjazz Festival opens in Longyearbyen, Norway, running until 9 February. ^[7]
• 21 February – Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson leaves Katatonia, to be temporarily replaced by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds) and Tomas Åkvik (Nale). ^[8]
• 28 February – Swedish DJ Avicii's single Wake Me Up becomes the first song in history to surpass 200 million listeners on Spotify, making it the platform's most-streamed track at the time. The song will remain the most-played track on the platform for 506 days until overtaken in May 2015. ^[9]

March

• 14 March – The Narvik Winter Festival opens in Norway (March 14 – 23). ^[10]

April

• 2 April – In Mourning announce that Mattias Bender will be their new drummer. ^[11]
• 3 April – The two-day Tape to Zero event starts at Victoria, National jazz scene in Oslo. ^[12]
• 11 April – Vossajazz opens at Voss, Norway, running until 13 April. ^[13]
• 12 April
  • Sigbjørn Apeland is awarded the Vossajazzprisen 2014. ^[14]
  • Mats Eilertsen performs the commissioned work Rubicon for Vossajazz 2014. ^[15]
• 16 April – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 opens in Oslo (April 16–19). ^[16]
• 17 April – Daniel Liljekvist leaves Katatonia, and is temporarily replaced by JP Asplund and Daniel Moilanen (ex-Engel) in succession. ^[17]
• 23 April – SoddJazz opens in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, running until 27 April. ^[18]

May

• 10 May – The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. ^[19] The best-performing of the Scandinavian countries is Sweden, who finish in third place with "Undo" performed by Sanna Nielsen. ^[20]
• 21 May – The Festspillene i Bergen opens in Norway (May 21 – June 4). ^[21]

June

• 11 June – Bergenfest opens in Bergen, Norway, lasting until 15 June. ^[22]
• 21 June – Festspillene i Nord-Norge opens in Harstad, Norway, lasting until 28 June. ^[23]

July

• 2 July – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg, Norway, running until 5 July. ^[24]
• 5 July – Mathias Eick receives the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2014 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival. ^[25]
• 10 July – The Stavernfestivalen opens in Stavern, Norway, lasting until 12 July. ^[26]
• 14 July – Moldejazz opens in Molde, Norway, with Sidsel Endresen as artist in residence (July 14–19). ^[27]
• 15 July – Norwegian trio Monkey Plot win the JazzIntro 2014 award. ^[28]

August

• 11 August – The Oslo Jazzfestival opens in Norway, running until 16 August. ^[29]
• 12 August – Odd André Elveland receives the Ella-prisen 2014 at the Oslo Jazzfestival. ^[30]
• 31 August – The Danish National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Fabio Luisi as its next principal conductor on a 3-year contract from 2017. ^[31]

September

• 1 September – The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Susanna Mälkki as its next chief conductor on a 3-year contract from autumn 2016. ^[32]
• 4 September – The Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand, Norway, running until 6 September. ^[33]
• 10 September – The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo, Norway, running until 20 September. ^[34]
• 17 September – Nordic Music Days 2014 begins in Oslo, Norway, running until 20 September; it is hosted by the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival for the Norwegian Society of Composers. ^[35]

October

• 17 October – The Ekkofestival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 25 October. ^[36]
• 20 October – The Asker Jazz Festival opens in Asker Municipality, Norway, running until 26 October. ^[37]
• 23 October – The Insomnia Festival opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 26 October. ^[38]

November

• 12 November – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) opens in Norway, running until 15 November. ^[39]
• 13 November – The 9th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 15 November. ^[40]

December

• 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway. ^[41]

New works

• Kaija Saariaho – Maan Varjot ^[42]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Jan Gunnar Hoff	Fly North	Losen Records		[43]
10	Arve Henriksen	Chron	Rune Grammofon
17	Tord Gustavsen Quartet	Extended Circle	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[44]
20	The Haunted	Eye of the Storm		EP	[45]
21	Persuader	The Fiction Maze	Inner Wound Recordings	EP	[46]
27	Kampfar	Djevelmakt	Indie Recordings		[47]
	Hildegunn Øiseth	Valencia	Losen Records		[48]
	Sister	Disguised Vultures	Metal Blade		[49]
31	Grand Magus	Triumph and Power	Nuclear Blast		[50]

February

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Espen Berg	Acres Of Blue	Atterklang		-

March

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	Wolves Like Us	Black Soul Choir	Prosthetic Records		[51]
7	Motorpsycho with Reine Fiske	Behind The Sun	Rune Grammofon		[52]
11	Nocturnal Breed	Napalm Nights	Agonia Records	First album for 7 years	[53]
21	Avicii	True: Avicii By Avicii	Rune Grammofon	Remix	[54]
28	Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses	Maelstrom	Rune Grammofon
	Paul Bley	Play Blue (Oslo Concert)	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher

April

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Baker Hansen	Chet På Norsk / Ei Som Deg	NorCD
11	Hedvig Mollestad Trio	Enfant Terrible	Rune Grammofon		[55]
25	Marius Neset	Lion	ACT Music		[56]

May

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
16	Jacob Young	Forever Young	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher

June

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
30	Sanna Nielsen	7	Parlophone, Warner Music Group		[57]

July

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Sonic Syndicate	Sonic Syndicate			[58]
	25	Crystal Eyes	Killer	Massacre Records		[59]

August

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
22	The Nature of Connections	Arve Henriksen	Rune Grammofon		[60]

September

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
19	Karl Seglem	Som Spor	NorCD

October

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Eple Trio	Universal Cycle	Shipwreckords
14	Scar Symmetry	The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity)			[61]
17	Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet	Innocent Play	Ponca Jazz Records		[62]
	In the Country & Frida Ånnevik	Skogenes Sang	Grappa Music		[63]
24	Lumen Drones (Nils Økland, Per Steinar Lie, Ørjan Haaland)	Lumen Drones	ECM
	Liv Kristine	Vervain	Napalm Records		[64]
	Ketil Bjørnstad	A Passion For John Donne	ECM Records
	Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen	World Of Glass	All Ice Records		[65]

November

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Gisle Torvik and Hardanger Big Band	Kryssande	NorCD		[66]
6	Larz-Kristerz	40 mil från Stureplan	Sony Music		[67]
10	Christer Fredriksen	Trademark	Losen Records		[68]
7	Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus	Bonita	Rune Grammofon		[69]
	Albatrosh	Night Owl	Rune Grammofon		[70]
28	Kristoffer Eikrem & Kjetil Jerve	Feeling // Emotion	NorCD

December

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	Mors Principium Est	Dawn of the 5th Era	AFM Records		[71]
8	Taake	Stridens hus	Dark Essence Records	All tracks by Hoest	[72]
25	The Project Hate MCMXCIX	There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched			[73]

Deaths

• 24 July – Christian Falk (52), Swedish record producer and musician ^[74]
• 15 August – Svein Nymo (61), Norwegian violinist and composer ^[75]
• 19 August – Kåre Kolberg (78), Norwegian composer. ^[76]
• 29 August – Jan Groth (68), Norwegian vocalist (cancer) ^[77]
• 10 October – Olav Dale (55), Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader ^[78]
• 11 October – Mats Rondin (54), Swedish cellist and composer (heart attack) ^[79]
• 8 December – Knut Nystedt (99), Norwegian composer. ^[75]
• 12 December – John Persen (73), Norwegian composer. ^[80]

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