2025 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2025.

Events

• 6 January – Finnish DJ Yotto broadcasts his first hour-long show, "Yotto's Odd World", on Europe's One World Radio, specialising in electronic dance music. ^[1]
• 16 January – Norway's Kristine Tjøgersen is one of the recipients of the Ernst von Siemens Composer Prizes for 2025. ^[2]
• 29 January – 1 February – The Bodø Jazz Open takes place in Norway, featuring Susanne Lundeng, Arve Henriksen, Cornelis Vreeswijk, Rebekka Bakken and others. ^[3]
• 2 February – At the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, Norwegian sound engineer Morten Lindberg is among nominees for the Grammy award for Best Immersive Audio Album for his work on Henning Sommerro's Borders and Pax by Nina T. Karlsen, Ensemble 96 & Current Saxophone Quartet, and for Producer of the Year, Classical, for Borders, Pax and Mor (Karen Haugom Olsen & Nidaros Domkor). ^[4]

Albums released

January

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
10	The Halo Effect	March of the Unheard	Nuclear Blast		[5]
24	Avatarium	Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead	AFM Records		[6]
25	Wardruna	Birna		"She-Bear" theme	[7]

February

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Marko Hietala	Roses from the Deep	Nuclear Blast		[8]
	Majestica	Power Train	Nuclear Blast	First album for four years	[9]
14	Dawn of Solace	Affliction Vortex			[10]
	Dynazty	Game of Faces	Nuclear Blast		[11]
28	Arion	The Light That Burns the Sky	Ranka Kustannus, Avalon Label / Marquee Inc., RPM		[12]

March

Day	Artist	Album	Label	Notes	Ref.
21	Lordi	Limited Deadition	Reigning Phoenix Music		[13]

Deaths

• 4 January – Árni Grétar Jóhannesson (Futuregrapher), Icelandic electronic musician, 41 (injuries resulting from car accident) ^[14]
• 5 January – Fredrik Lindgren, Swedish heavy metal musician, 53 (undisclosed causes) ^[15]
• 7 January – Ragne Wahlquist, Swedish heavy metal musician, 69 ^[16]
• 30 January – Leif "Loket" Olsson, Swedish television and radio host and dansband singer, 82 ^[17]

References

1. "Yotto's Odd World". Tomorrowland.com. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
2. "2025 Composer Prizes to Ashkan Behzadi, Bastien David and Kristine Tjøgersen". EVS Musikstiftung. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
3. "Program 2025". Bodo Jazz Open. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Morten Lindberg". Grammy. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
5. "Album Review: The Halo Effect – March of the Unheard". Metal Planet Music. 5 January 2025. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
6. "Avatarium to release new studio album "Between You, God, the Devil and the Dead" on January 24th 2025". Grande Rock. 12 July 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.
7. Matt Mills (20 September 2024). "Norse folk shamen Wardruna announce new album Birna with single Himinndotter". loudersound.com. Retrieved 22 January 2025.
8. "Ex-NIGHTWISH Bassist/Vocalist MARKO HIETALA Announces New Solo Album 'Roses From The Deep'". Blabbermouth.net. 28 November 2024. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
9. "MAJESTICA To Release Power Train Album In February; Title Track Music Video Streaming". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles . 25 January 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
10. "Dawn Of Solace to release new studio album "Affliction Vortex" on February 14th 2025". Grande Rock. 25 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
11. "Dynazty to release new studio album "Game of Faces" on February 14th 2025". Grande Rock. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
12. "Arion to release new studio album "The Light That Burns the Sky" on February 28th 2025". Grande Rock. 17 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
13. "Lordi Announce Limited Deadition Album And "Syntax Terror" Lyric Video". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
14. Brynjar Birgisson (4 January 2025). "Árni Grétar var einn fremsti raftónlistarmaður Íslands: "Hann var hlý sál"". Mannlíf (in Icelandic). Retrieved 6 January 2025.
15. "Original UNLEASHED Guitarist FREDRIK LINDGREN Dead At 53". Blabbermouth.net. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
16. "Legendary metal 'Godfather' dead at 69". Penn Live. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
17. "Leif 'Loket' Olsson är död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 31 January 2025.