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

  1. ↑ "Swedish Grammy Awards 2017: Here are the winners!". JaJaMusic. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Laufer, Gil (2017-04-05). "Tonight: Israel Calling 2017 to be held with 28 participating countries". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2017-04-30.
  3. ↑ "GMLSTN JAZZ 2017". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Sofi Jeannin - Chief Conductor from July 2018" (Press release). BBC. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Martin Fröst blir ny Chefsdirigent för Svenska Kammarorkestern" (Press release). Swedish Chamber Orchestra. 15 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2017-05-20.
  6. ↑ "Sweden Rock Festival 7–10 June 2017". Sweden Rock Festival . Retrieved 2017-10-23.
  7. ↑ "Bråvalla 2017". SongKick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  8. ↑ "Välkommen till MALMÖFESTIVALEN – 11–18 augusti 2017 Malmöfestivalen". MalmoFestivalen.se. Archived from the original on 2017-10-31. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  9. ↑ Tim Ashley (2017-08-21). "Reformation Day review - Martin Luther's seismic text gets singalong salute". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
  10. ↑ "Stockholm Jazz Festival". Stockholm Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on April 20, 2000. Retrieved 2017-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ↑ "Umeå Jazz Festival". Umeå Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on 2017-01-02. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  12. ↑ "Pain of Salvation – In the Passing Light of Day Review". AngryMetalGuy.com. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  13. ↑ "Viktoria Tolstoy: Meet Me At The Movies – Vinyl LP (incl. mp3 Download Code)". ACT Music . Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  14. ↑ "Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz – CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  15. ↑ "Charlotte Perrelli – Mitt Liv – Stockhouse Artistbolaget".
  16. ↑ "For You – EP by LÉON on iTunes". iTunes. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
  17. ↑ "So Good – Zara Larsson | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  18. ↑ "Mando Diao is set to release new album 'Good Times' on May 12!". Frontview-Magazine.be. 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  19. ↑ "Lars Danielsson – Releases". ACT Music . Retrieved 2015-01-15.
  20. ↑ Andrew Zistler. "Waveshaper - Velocity". NewRetroWave. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  21. ↑ "Francobollo's debut album 'Long Live Life' is out in July". DIY. 16 May 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2017.
  22. ↑ "Björn Meyer - Bass erstaunlich!" (in German). JazzEcho.de. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  23. ↑ Per Magnusson (22 September 2017). "Kikkis självhjälpscountry urstark" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  24. ↑ "Iiro Rantala: Good Stuff". ACT Music . Retrieved 2017-09-05.
  25. ↑ "METALITE 'Heroes In Time' Details Revealed". MelodicRock.com. 2017-08-29. Archived from the original on 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  26. ↑ Andrew Hannah. "Danish composer August Rosenbaum unveils the stunning visuals for sweeping new track "Nebula"". thelineofbestfit. Retrieved 2017-10-08.
  27. ↑ "Vår käre Björn Thelin 27. juni 1942 har somnat in efter en tids sjukdom. Gøteborg 24. januari 2017" (PDF) (in Swedish). Familjesidan.se. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  28. ↑ "Vår älskade Robert Dahlqvist 16. april 1976 – 1. februari 2017 Oändligt saknad" (PDF) (in Swedish). Familjesidan.se. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  29. ↑ "Tony Särkkä, Swedish musician, Died at 45". Deadobituary.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-15. Retrieved 2017-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  30. ↑ "Lars "Dille" Diedricson är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  31. ↑ "Sven-Erik Magnusson är död". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). 2017-03-22. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  32. ↑ "Nachruf auf Siegfried Köhler" (in German). Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden . Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  33. ↑ "Swedish composer Folke Rabe dies aged 81". Crackmagazine.net. 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2017-10-20.
  34. ↑ "Tonsättaren Ingvar Lidholm död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2017-09-17. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
  35. ↑ "Rock-Boris är död". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). 2017-09-20. Retrieved 2017-10-30.
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