2017 in Swedish music

The following events in Swedish music occurred in the year 2017.

Events

January

Hallåjsan

February

• 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 1 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
• 11 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 2 in Malmö Arena, Malmö.
• 18 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 3 in Vida Arena, Växjö.
• 25 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 4 in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå.
• 28 - At Sweden's Grammis Awards ceremony, Zara Larsson receives the Artist of the Year award and Kent win both the Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year. ^[1]

March

• 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Second chance in Saab Arena, Linköping.
• 11
  • Melodifestivalen 2017 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm.
  • Robin Bengtsson is selected as Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. ^[2]

April

• 21 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 21 – 29). ^[3]

May

• 9 – The conductor Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018. ^[4]
• 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place.
• 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons. ^[5]

June

• 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10). ^[6]
• 28 – The 5th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1). ^[7]

August

• 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18). ^[8]
• 20
  • Choral conductor and mezzo-soprano Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert. ^[9]

October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15). ^[10]
• 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29). ^[11]

Albums releases

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	In the Passing Light of Day	Pain of Salvation	Inside Out Music		[12]
27	Meet Me At The Movies	Viktoria Tolstoy	ACT Music	Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch	[13]
	Potsdamer Platz	Jan Lundgren	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch	[14]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
24	Mitt liv	Charlotte Perrelli	Stockhouse		[15]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	For You	Léon	Columbia		[16]
17	So Good	Zara Larsson	Epic		[17]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Good Times	Mando Diao	BMG		[18]
26	Liberetto III	Lars Danielsson	ACT Music	With Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström	[19]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
30	Velocity	Waveshaper	unknown	6-track EP	[20]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
14	Long Live Life	Francobollo	Square Leg Records		[21]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Provenance	Björn Meyer	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[22]
22	Portrait of a Painted Lady	Kikki Danielsson	Capitol	Produced by Sören Karlsson, Idde Schultz	[23]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Good Stuff	Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[24]
27	Heroes in Time	Metalite	Inner Wound Recordings	Produced by Jacob Hansen	[25]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
24	Vista	August Rosenbaum	Hiatus		[26]

Deaths

January

• 17 – Carina Jaarnek singer (born 1962).
• 24 – Björn Thelin, bassist for The Spotnicks, (born 1942). ^[27]

February

• 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget, (born 1976). ^[28]
• 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972). ^[29]
• 29 – Josefin Nilsson Swedish singer and actress (born 1969).

March

• 6 – Lars Diedricson, singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 (born 1961). ^[30]
• 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942). ^[31]

September

• 12 – Siegfried Köhler, conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, (born 1923). ^[32]
• 25 – Folke Rabe, composer, (born 1935). ^[33]

October

• 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921). ^[34]
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940). ^[35]

November

• 17 – Rikard Wolff, pop singer and actor (born 1958).

See also

• 2017 in Sweden
• Music of Sweden
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2017 section on page)

References

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