2018 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2018.
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Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

September

November

December

Albums released

January

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
5 Trident Wolf Eclipse Watain Century Media [30]
19Contra La Indecisión Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [31]
Elvesang Sigurd Hole Elvesang [32]
Lucus Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide ECM [33]

February

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
2Delights Of Decay Batagraf Jazzland Produced by Jon Balke, Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim [34]
Live at Victoria Solveig Slettahjell Jazzland Produced by Solveig Slettahjell [35]
9History Emmelie de Forest CosmosFirst album after two-year break from recording [36]
13Heat Knut Reiersrud Band Jazzland [37]
23 Reformation Part 1 Super8 & Tab Armada Music [38]
Pilgrim Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen ACT Produced by Esben Eyermann and Janne Mark [39]

March

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
1Takker Thomas Helmig Genlyd Grammofon [40]
2Ravensburg Mathias Eick ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [41]
9 Decades Nightwish Nuclear Blast [42]
23Returnings Jakob Bro with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, and Jon Christensen ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [43]
30Geimvísindi Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir The singer's first album to contain original material [44]

April

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
6PolarityHoff Ensemble - Jan Gunnar Hoff, Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive 2LProduced by Morten Lindberg [45]
20Barxeta II Per Mathisen & Jan Gunnar Hoff feat. Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez Losen Produced by Jan Gunnar Hoff and Per Mathisen [46]
Freedoms Trio II Steinar Aadnekvam Losen Produced by Steinar Aadnekvam [47]
Ultra Sivas Disco:Wax #1 in Danish album chart [48]
27Större Molly Sandén unknown [49]
Ootsä nähny Nikkee Nikke Ankara unknown [50]
Wild Wild Wonderland Saara Aalto Warner style="text-align:center;"Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [51] 2

May

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
4 Sway Tove Styrke RCA Records [52]
18A Suite of Poems Ketil Bjørnstad, Anneli Drecker, poems by Lars Saabye Christensen ECM [53]
25Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel Agnes Obel Night Time Stories Ltd [54]

June

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
1 Ääripäät Mikael Gabriel Universal Music Group [55]
Bertolt Brechts Svendborgdigte Søren Huss BaggårdTeatret [56]
8 So Sad So Sexy Lykke Li RCA Executive producer Malay [57]
29Sometimes the World Ain't Enough The Night Flight Orchestra Nuclear Blast [58]

July

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
27Act II Tarja Turunen earMUSICLive album [59]

August

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
24‘re:member Ólafur Arnalds Mercury KX [60]
31Helsinki Songs Trygve Seim ECM [61]
The Other Side Tord Gustavsen Trio ECM [62]

September

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
21Immortelle Say Lou Lou à DeuxProduced by Trent Mazur and Dash Le Francis[ citation needed ]

October

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
5Bay Of Rainbows Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron ECM Records [63]
12 Sorgir Skálmöld Napalm Records [64]
19 Forever Neverland Columbia Records [65]
26Christmas With My Friends VI Nils Landgren ACT Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg [66]
My Soul Kitchen Ida Sand ACT Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch [67]
Honey Robyn Konichiwa Records [68]

November

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
13Deep Snow Simon Lynge Atlantic Music [69]
16The Pursuit of Vikings: 25 Years in the Eye of the Storm Amon Amarth Live album [70]
23The Ghost Ward Diaries Electric Boys Mighty MusicProduced by David Castillo [71]

December

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
13Plays Metallica by Four Cellos – A Live Performance Apocalyptica Live album - 2CD+1DVD digipak [72]
14Let's Boogie! Live from Telia Parken Volbeat Republic RecordsLive album [73]

Film and television scores

Films

Television

Eurovision Song Contest

Deaths

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