2018 in Swedish music

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

Events

January

• 28 – The Gustav Lundgren Trio performed a tribute to Django Reinhardt at Stockholm Concert Hall. ^[1]

February

• 3 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 1 in Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad
• 10 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 2 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg
• 17 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 3 in Malmö Arena, Malmö
• 24 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 4 in Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik

March

• 3 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Second chance in Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad
• 10 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm ^[2]
• 16 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival started in Stockholm (March 16 – 18). ^[3]

April

• 27 – ABBA announce that they have recorded some new songs, the first since 1983. ^[4]

June

• 6 – The 26th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 6 – 9). ^[5]

July

• 25 – The Norberg Festival opened (July 25 – 29). ^[6]

• 27 – The Uppsala Reggae Festival started (July 27 – 28). ^[7]

August

• 10
  • The Way Out West Festival started in Gothenburg (August 10 – 12). ^[8]
  • The Malmöfestivalen opened in Malmö (August 10 – 17). ^[9]

October

• 21 – The 50th Umeå Jazz Festival start (October 21 – 26). ^[10]

Albums released

January

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

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
23	A Novel Of Anomaly	Andreas Schaerer	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[13]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Större	Molly Sandén	unknown		[14]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	So Sad So Sexy	Lykke Li	RCA	Executive producer Malay	[15]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
18	e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch	Esbjörn Svensson Trio	ACT		[16]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
28	Summerwind	Lars Danielsson	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	[17]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
26	Christmas 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

• 16 – Javiera Muñoz, singer (born 1977). ^[20]

February

March

• 3 — Kenneth Gärdestad, pop songwriter (born 1948).
• 5 — Kjerstin Dellert, opera singer (born 1925)
• 26 – Jerry Williams, actor and rock singer (born 1942). ^[21]

April

• 3 – Lill-Babs or Barbro Svensson, singer and actress (born 1938). ^[22]
• 20 – Avicii or Tim Bergling, Swedish DJ and record producer (born 1989)

May

June

• 26 – Bo Nilsson, composer (born 1937). ^[23]

July

• 9 – Stefan Demert, singer and songwriter (born 1939). ^[24]

August

September

• 9 – Frank Andersson, entertainer and wrestler, complications during heart surgery (born 1956). ^[25]

See also

• 2018 in Sweden
• Music of Sweden
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2018 section on page)

References

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2. "Melodifestivalen 2018". LiveNation.se. Archived from the original on 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
3. "Blue House Youth Jazz Festival 2018". Festivall-App.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-23. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
4. Alex Needham (27 April 2018). "ABBA announce first new songs for 35 years". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
5. "Sweden Rock Festival 6-7-8-9 juni 2018". Sweden Rock Festival . Retrieved 2017-10-23.
6. "Norberg Festival 2018". Everfest.com. Retrieved 2017-10-23.
7. "Uppsala Reggae Festival 2018". Uppsala Reggae Festival . Retrieved 2017-10-23.
8. "Way Out West Gothenburg 10–12 Aug 2018". Way Out West . Retrieved 2017-10-23.
9. "Malmöfestivalen". Festivall-App.com. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
10. "Umeå Jazz Festival". Valletta2018.org. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
11. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 13 January 2018.
12. "Bobo Stenson Trio – Contra La Indecisión". ECM Records . Retrieved 2018-02-28.
13. "Andreas Schaerer: A Novel Of Anomaly - CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2018-02-28.
14. "Sverigetopplistan – Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved 4 May 2018. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
15. Maicki, Salvatore (19 April 2018). "Lykke Li shares two new singles from so sad so sexy". The Fader . Retrieved 19 April 2018.
16. "Esbjörn Svensson Trio e.s.t.: e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch". ACT Music . Retrieved 2018-11-07.
17. "Lars Danielsson: Summerwind - CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2018-11-07.
18. "Nils Landgren: Chrismas With My Friends VI - Vinyl (incl. mp3 Download Code)". ACT Music . Retrieved 2018-11-07.
19. "Ida Sand: My Soul Kitchen - CD". ACT Music . Retrieved 2018-11-07.
20. La Federación Nacional Chilena de Suecia te informa Archived 2018-08-25 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
21. "Rocklegenden Jerry Williams är död". Sveriges Radio (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-03-30.
22. Veberg, Anders (2018-04-03). "Aftonbladet: Lill-Babs er død". Aftenposten . Retrieved 2018-04-03.
23. "Kompositören Bo Nilsson död". Sveriges Television. 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
24. "Trubaduren Stefan Demert har gått bort" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 2018-07-10. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
25. Börjesson, Robert (2018-09-09). "Frank Andersson är död". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 2018-09-23.