2018 in Swedish music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Swedish music .

Contents

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Albums released

January

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
5 Trident Wolf Eclipse Watain Century Media [11]
19Contra La Indecisión Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [12]

February

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
23A Novel Of Anomaly Andreas Schaerer ACT Produced by Siggi Loch [13]

March

April

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
27Större Molly Sandén unknown [14]

May

June

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
8 So Sad So Sexy Lykke Li RCA Executive producer Malay [15]

July

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
18e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch Esbjörn Svensson Trio ACT [16]

August

September

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
28Summerwind Lars Danielsson ACT Produced by Siggi Loch [17]

October

DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.
26Christmas With My Friends VI Nils Landgren ACT Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg [18]
My Soul Kitchen Ida Sand ACT Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch [19]

Deaths

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September

See also

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