2022 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2022.

Events

• 7 January – US-born Finnish violinist Elina Vähälä gives the first North American performance of the original 1904 version of Sibelius's Violin Concerto, with the Minnesota Orchestra under Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä. ^[1]
• 1 February
  • The Royal Danish Orchestra announces that Marie Jacquot will be its next music director, effective with the 2024-2025 season, with an initial contract of 5 years. She is the first female conductor ever appointed to the post. ^[2]
  • The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of Edward Gardner to the post of artistic advisor as its next music director. ^[3]
• 19 February – In the final of Norway's Melodi Grand Prix 2022, the trio Subwoolfer is selected to represent Norway at the Eurovision Song Contest, with "Give That Wolf a Banana". ^[4] They finish 10th in the Eurovision final.
• 5 March – Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2022 is won by punk band Reddi with "The Show". It would be eliminated from the Eurovision Song Contest at the semi-final stage. ^[5]
• 12 March – Melodifestivalen 2022 is won by Cornelia Jakobs with "Hold Me Closer"; at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, it would finish fourth. ^[6]
• 22 March – Ulf Dageby tours for the last time with the Nationalteatern orchestra. ^[7]
• 5 April – It is announced that Santtu-Matias Rouvali will end his tenure as chief conductor of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra at the end of the 2022-2023 season. ^[8]
• 12 April – Jukka-Pekka Saraste is appointed as the next chief conductor of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra on a three-year contract effective with the 2023-2024 season. ^[9]
• May – Guitarist Amen leaves Finnish band Lordi after disagreements with other band members. ^[10]
• 3 May – Swedish doom metal band Draconian change their line-up, with the departure of singer Heike Langhans and the return of Lisa Johansson on vocals, as well as the addition of Niklas Nord on guitars. ^[11]
• 27 May – The ABBA Voyage concert residency, with band members as virtual avatars, opens in London. The band make a personal appearance at the end of the first show. ^[12]
• 29-30 July – The Uppsala Reggae Festival is scheduled to take place in Finland. Artists expected to appear include Max Romeo, Morgan Heritage and Gentleman. ^[13]
• July – A version of Swedish band Ghost's 2019 song "Mary on a Cross" goes viral on TikTok. The band releases its own slowed-down version of the song, which tops the Billboard Hot Hard Rock streaming songs chart, and reaches the Hot 100 chart, their first such success. ^{[14] [15]}
• 20 September – The Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra announces that Matthew Halls will replace Santtu-Matias Rouvali as its chief conductor with an initial contract of 3 years. ^[16]
• 3 November – Hannu Lintu is appointed chief conductor of the Gulbenkian Orchestra, effective with the 2023-2024 season. ^[17]
• 30 November – Norway's Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Julian Rachlin as its next chief conductor, in succession to Nathalie Stutzmann. ^[18]
• unknown date – The Reykjavík Recording Orchestra is founded, based at the Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, Iceland. ^[19]

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
14	Live at Montreux Jazz Festival	Anna von Hausswolff	Southern Lord, Pomperipossa Records		[20]
15	Extreme	Molly Nilsson	Dark Skies Association, Night School	First album since 2018	[21]
21	Circus of Doom	Battle Beast	Nuclear Blast		[22]
	Acoustic Adventures – Volume One	Sonata Arctica	Atomic Fire	First acoustic album	[23]
28	Flames of Perdition	Dawn of Solace	Noble Demon		[24]
	Chimes at Midnight	Madrugada	Warner		[25]
	Motordrome	MØ	Columbia Records		[26]
	Live, New, Borrowed, Blue	The Quill		Compilation album	[27]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Halo	Amorphis	Atomic Fire Records		[28]
	The Long Road North	Cult of Luna	Metal Blade Records	Featuring guest artists Colin Stetson and Laurent Brancowitz	[29]
	Memoria	Trentemøller	In My Room	Featuring Lisbet Fritze	[30]
18	Abyss Rising	Nightrage	Despotz Records		[31]
25	Hammer of Dawn	HammerFall	Napalm Records	12th studio album	[32]
	Return to the Void	Shape of Despair			[33]
	Kumbl	Svartsot	Mighty Music Records	15th anniversary album	[34]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	By Royal Decree	The Flower Kings	Inside Out Music	Double album	[35]
	The War to End All Wars	Sabaton	Nuclear Blast Records	Concept album	[36]
11	Impera	Ghost	Loma Vista/Concord	Including "Hunter's Moon", which features in the film Halloween Kills	[37]
	Gate of the Gods	New Horizon	Frontiers Music Srl	Erik Grönwall with Jona Tee	[38]
18	Bigfoot TV	Ronni Le Tekrø	TBC Records via Cargo Records	First solo album for six years	[39]
	A Night at the Nordic House	Týr	Metal Blade	Live album, recorded February 2020	[40]
25	Turborider	Reckless Love	AFM Records	Postponed from February	[41]

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Avatars of Love	Sondre Lerche	Rough Trade	Double album; includes a duet with Aurora	[42]
	Shadowland	Wolf	Century Media	9th studio album	[43]
8	Isle of Wisdom	Hällas	Napalm Records		[44]
15	Ynglingaättens Öde	Månegarm	Napalm Records.		[45]
	Paradise Again	Swedish House Mafia	Republic	Featuring 070 Shake, ASAP Rocky, Connie Constance, Jacob Mühlrad, Mapei, Seinabo Sey, Sting, Ty Dolla Sign & the Weeknd	[46]
22	Gult myrkur	Guðrið Hansdóttir	Nordic Notes		[47]
	Black Miracles and Dark Wonders	Miseration	Massacre Records	Mixed and mastered by Plec	[48]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	How to Let Go	Sigrid	Music for Nations		[49]
	My Father's Son	Jani Liimatainen	Frontiers Music Srl	Featuring Tony Kakko, Timo Kotipelto, Antti Railio, et al	[50]
20	Eyeye	Lykke Li	PIAS Recordings		[51]
27	Justitia	Baest	Century Media Records	EP	[52]
	OMR	Omar Rudberg		Debut album	[53]
	Aerial	Anna Thorvaldsdóttir	Sono Luminus	Caput Ens; Nordic Affect; Iceland SO / Ilan Volkov et al (originally released on Deutsche Grammophon in 2014)	[54]
	Flamingo Overload	Trollfest	Napalm Records		[55]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	Be Here Soon	iamamiwhoami	To whom it may concern	First studio album for 8 years	[56]
17	Missaoui	Cleo	Random Bastards		[57]
	Over the Horizon Radar	Jorn		Mixed and mastered by Alessandro Del Vecchio	[58]
	Bliss	Tungsten	Arising Empire		[59]
24	Inhuman Spirits	Darkane	Massacre Records		[60]
	Svartsyn	Khold	Soulseller Records		[61]

July

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	Wisdom	Altaria	Reaper Entertainment	20th anniversary album (delayed by COVID-19)	[62]
	Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous	Blind Channel	Century Media Records		[63]
22	Nightside	Witchery	Century Media Records		[64]
29	Deceivers	Arch Enemy	Century Media Records		[65]
	Dead Inside	Torture Killer	The Other Records	EP - First release for 9 years	[66]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
5	The Great Heathen Army	Amon Amarth	Metal Blade Records		[67]
12	Days of the Lost	The Halo Effect	Century Media Records	Debut album	[68]
	Anti-Tank Dogs	Wolfbrigade	Agipunk / Armageddon	EP	[69]
19	Drif	Heilung	Season of Mist	Recorded at Lava Studios Copenhagen	[70]
	Övergivenheten	Soilwork	Nuclear Blast	First album with Rasmus Ehrnborn as bassist	[71]
26	Voices in the Sky	Brymir	Napalm Records		[72]
	Life of a Rainbow	Aura Dione	Mermaid Records		[73]
	Final Advent	Dynazty	AFM Records		[74]
	March of the Obsequious	Tad Morose	GMR Music Group	Featuring Andreas Silén	[75]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Älskar	Nina Nesbitt	Cooking Vinyl	With Jack & Coke and Shy Martin	[76]
9	Ei Meillä Ole Kuin Loisemme	Ville Laihiala & Saattajat	Sakara Records	Debut solo album	[77]
16	The Great Seal	Spiritus Mortis	Svart Records		[78]
23	Survive	Stratovarius			[79]
30	Fossora	Björk	One Little Independent Records	Inspired by the death of the artist's mother	[80]
	If the Sky Came Down	Lost Society	Nuclear Blast		[81]
	Acoustic Adventures – Volume Two	Sonata Arctica	Atomic Fire		[82]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	En Är för Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog	Dungen	Mexican Summer	First album for 7 years	[83]
	If the Sky Came Down	Lost Society	Nuclear Blast		[84]
14	The Power of the Nightstar	Dragonland	AFM Records		[85]
	Acoustic in Hell	Eleine	Atomic Fire Records	EP	[86]
	Dirt Femme	Tove Lo	Pretty Swede Records	First independent release	[87]
21	Death, Where Is Your Sting	Avatarium	AFM Records		[88]
	Pandemonium	Gothminister	AFM Records	Largely recorded in Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo	[89]
	Tár (Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture)	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Deutsche Grammophon	Recorded at Abbey Road Studios	[90]
28	Astral Fortress	Darkthrone	Peaceville Records		[91]
	Grind Over Matter	Defleshed	Metal Blade Records		[92]
	Dystopia – Part II	Royal Hunt	NorthPoint Productions	Released on October 26 via King Records (Japan/SE Asia)	[93]
	Leviathan II	Therion	Nuclear Blast		[94]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
11	Til Klovers Takt	Kampfar	Indie Recordings	Ninth studio album	[95]
18	Sweet Evil Sun	Candlemass	Napalm Records		[96]
	Seraph	Tine Thing Helseth	LAWO Classics	With Ensemble Allegria	[97]
25	Diversum	In the Woods...	Soulseller Records	First album featuring vocalist Bernt Fjellestad	[98]
	Ofermodian Litanies	Ofermod	Shadow Records	Mini-album	[99]

December

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Take a Chance – A Metal Tribute to ABBA	Amberian Dawn	Napalm Records	ABBA covers album	[100]
25	This Is Heavy Metal, Plain & Simple	Snowy Shaw		Compilation album	[101]
30	Aamongandr	Satanic Warmaster	Werewolf Records		[102]

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022

Classical works

• Hildur Guðnadóttir – The Fact of the Matter ^[103]
• Mats Larsson Gothe and Susanne Marko – Löftet (opera) ^[104]
• Jaakko Kuusisto – Symphony, Op. 39 (completed by Pekka Kuusisto) ^[105]
• Ville Raasakka – The Harvest, for chamber orchestra ^[106]
• Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir – ARCHORA ^[107]
• Sauli Zinovjev – Piano Concerto ^[108]

Film and television music

• Hildur Guðnadóttir - Women Talking ^[109]
• Krister Linder – Boy from Heaven ^[110]
• Marius Christiansen - Etterglød (Afterglow) ^[111]
• Johan Söderqvist - Anatomy of a Scandal ^[112]
• Mikkel Maltha and Leslie Ming - Triangle of Sadness ^[113]

Deaths

• 18 January – Paavo Heininen, Finnish composer, 84 ^[114]
• 25 January – Fredrik Johansson, Swedish guitarist, 47 (cancer) ^[115]
• 20 February – Nils Lindberg, Swedish composer and pianist, 88 ^[116]
• 23 February – Jaakko Kuusisto, Finnish composer, conductor and violinist, 48 (brain cancer) ^[117]
• 22 March – Tommy Tokyo  [ no ], Norwegian singer, guitarist and songwriter, 50 ^[118]
• 9 April – Birgit Nordin, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 ^[119]
• 9 April – Trygve Thue, Norwegian guitarist and producer, 71 ^[120]
• 6 May – Alf Hambe, Swedish writer, composer and singer-songwriter, 91 ^[121]
• 10 May – Kjell Lönnå, Swedish choirmaster, conductor and composer, 85 ^[122]
• 18 July – Povl Dissing, Danish singer, composer, guitarist, and harmonica player, 84 ^[123]
• 6 August – Torgny Söderberg, Swedish songwriter, 77 ^[124]
• 9 August – Jussi Hakulinen, Finnish musician and singer-songwriter, 57 ^[125]
• 10 August – Vesa-Matti Loiri, Finnish actor and musician, 77 ^[126]
• 15 August – Hans (Hasse) Magnusson, Swedish saxophonist, 73 ^[127]
• 16 August – Matti Lehtinen, Finnish baritone, 100 ^[128]
• August – Kimmo Blom, Finnish rock singer and musician, 52 (cancer) ^[129]
• 14 September (death announced on this date) – David Andersson, 47, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Soilwork) ^[130]
• 5 October – Ann-Christine Nyström, 78, Finnish Eurovision singer ^[131]
• 30 October (death announced on this date) – Ryan Karazija, 40, American-Icelandic musician (Low Roar) ^[132]
• 9 November – Mattis Hætta, 63, Norwegian Sami singer ^[133]
• 1 December – Tord Sjöman, 82, Swedish organist (Vikingarna). ^[134]
• 3 December – Svenne Hedlund, 77, Swedish pop singer ^[135]
• 26 December – Lars Lönndahl, 94, Swedish singer ("The Swedish Frank Sinatra") ^[136]

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