2017 in Swedish music

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

Contents

Events

January

Hallåjsan

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums releases

January

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
13 In the Passing Light of Day Pain of Salvation Inside Out Music [12]
27Meet 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

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
24 Mitt liv Charlotte Perrelli Stockhouse [15]

March

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
3For You Léon Columbia [16]
17 So Good Zara Larsson Epic [17]

May

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
12Good Times Mando Diao BMG [18]
26Liberetto III Lars Danielsson ACT Music With Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström [19]

June

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
30Velocity Waveshaper unknown6-track EP [20]

July

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
14Long Live Life Francobollo Square Leg Records [21]

September

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
15Provenance 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

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
27Good Stuff Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius ACT Produced by Siggi Loch [24]
27Heroes in TimeMetaliteInner Wound RecordingsProduced by Jacob Hansen [25]

November

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
24Vista August Rosenbaum Hiatus [26]

Deaths

January
February
March
September
October
November

See also

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References

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