2015 in Swedish music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music .

Events

February

• 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28. ^[1]

March

• 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7.
• 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015. ^[2] Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.

April

• 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2). ^[3]

May

• 23 - Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden with his song "Heroes". It goes on to top the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.

June

• 4 – The Malmö Live venue is officially inaugurated in Sweden; it becomes the new home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra. ^[4]
• 25 – The 3rd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 25–27). ^[5]

October

• 12 – The 30th Stockholm International Composer Festival opens at the Stockholms Konserthus, focusing on the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger. ^[6]

December

• 11 – The 27 years old Martin Almgren won the final of Sweden's Idol series. ^[7]

Album and singles releases

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
30	Pinball	Marius Neset with Ivo Neame, Petter Eldh, and Anton Eger	ACT Music	Produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger	[8]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
17	Picture You	The Amazing with Reine Fiske	Partisan Records		[9]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Trees Of Light	Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[10]
22	Hit The Wall!	Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore	Smalltown Superjazzz		[11]
23	Lucidity	Atomic	Jazzland Recordings	Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen	[12]
27	Young At Heart	Ida Sand	ACT Music	Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch	[13]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
19	Firehouse	Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten	Clean Feed		[14]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
21	Silver Mountain	Elephant9 with Reine Fiske	Rune Grammofon		[15]
28	Just The Two Of Us	Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson	ACT Music		[16]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
25	Allas Sak	Dungen	Smalltown Supersound		[17]
25	Postcard from a Painted Lady	Kikki Danielsson	Lionheart/Universal	Produced by Sören Karlsson	[18]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	Redo att gå Sönder	Bo Kaspers Orkester	Columbia		[19]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Melt	Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo	Trost		[20]

Deaths

July

• 13 – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arrangeur, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (born 1926).

November

• 5 – Kjell Öhman, jazz pianist, hammond organist, and accordionist prostate cancer(born 1943)

December

• 22 – Peter Lundblad, singer of "Ta mig till havet" (prostate cancer)(born 1950). ^[21]

See also

• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2015 section on page)

References

1. "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". SVT . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. "Sweden's Melodifestivalen dates, changes and presenters announced". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
3. "GMLSTN JAZZ 2015". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. Om Malmö Live. Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Malmö Live. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
5. "Bråvalla 2015". SongKick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
6. http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?MenuId=84&InformationPageItemId=354&Kategori=In+english Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra presents fascinating 2015-16 programme"]. Accessed 24 February 2016
7. "Martin vann i Globen". svt.se. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
8. "Marius Neset: Pinball - CD". Musical reviews. ACT Music . Retrieved 2016-02-26.
9. "The Amazing – Picture You". consequence.net. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
10. "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2018-02-28.
11. "Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore – Hit The Wall!". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
12. Lucidity - Atomic at AllMusic . Retrieved 2017-01-04.
13. "Ida Sand: Young At Heart - CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2017-01-02.
14. "Firehouse (Gatefold LP) – Gard Nilssen's acoustic Unity". Cleanfeed-Records.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
15. "Rune Grammofon". Rune Grammofon . Retrieved 2015-08-04.
16. "Cæcilie Norby just the two of us – CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2016-02-13.
17. "Dungen – Allas Sak". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
18. Håkan Steen (22 September 2017). "Kikki sjunger fantastiskt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
19. "Bo Kaspers Orkester – Redo att gå sönder". Discogs.com . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
20. "Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo – Melt". AllMusic.com . Retrieved 2016-02-14.
21. Weibull, Hedvig; Haimi, Rebecca; Fossbo, Hannes (2015-12-23). "Sångaren Peter Lundblad död". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-02-21.