2015 in Swedish music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music.
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Events
January
February
- 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28.[1]
March
- 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7.
- 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015.[2] Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.
April
- 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2).[3]
May
- 23
- Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden with his song "Heroes". It goes on to top the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.
June
- 3 – The 23rd Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 3 – 6).[4]
- 4 – The Malmö Live venue is officially inaugurated in Sweden; it becomes the new home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.[5]
- 25 – The 3rd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 25 - 27).[6]
July
August
September
October
- 12 – The 30th Stockholm International Composer Festival opens at the Stockholms Konserthus, focusing on the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger.[7]
November
December
- 11 – The 27 years old Martin Almgren won the final of Sweden's Idol series.[8]
Album and singles releases
January
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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30 | Pinball | Marius Neset with Ivo Neame, Petter Eldh, and Anton Eger | ACT Music | Produced by Marius Neset and Anton Eger | [9] |
February
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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17 | Picture You | The Amazing with Reine Fiske | Partisan Records | [10] |
March
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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6 | Trees Of Light | Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [11] |
22 | Hit The Wall! | Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore | Smalltown Superjazzz | [12] | |
23 | Lucidity | Atomic | Jazzland Recordings | Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen | [13] |
27 | Young At Heart | Ida Sand | ACT Music | Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch | [14] |
April
May
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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19 | Firehouse | Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity with Petter Eldh and André Roligheten | Clean Feed | [15] |
June
July
August
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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21 | Silver Mountain | Elephant9 with Reine Fiske | Rune Grammofon | [16] | |
28 | Just The Two Of Us | Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson | ACT Music | [17] |
September
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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25 | Allas Sak | Dungen | Smalltown Supersound | [18] | |
25 | Postcard from a Painted Lady | Kikki Danielsson | Lionheart/Universal | Produced by Sören Karlsson | [19] |
October
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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23 | Redo att gå Sönder | Bo Kaspers Orkester | Columbia | [20] |
November
Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
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27 | Melt | Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo | Trost | [21] |
December
Deaths
- January
- July
- 13 – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arrangeur, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (born 1926).
- November
- 5 – Kjell Öhman, jazz pianist, hammond organist, and accordionist (born 1943).
- December
- 22 – Peter Lundblad, singer "Ta mig till havet" (prostate cancer) (born 1950).[22]
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See also
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
- List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2015 section on page)
References
- "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". SVT. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Sweden's Melodifestivalen dates, changes and presenters announced". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- "GMLSTN JAZZ 2015". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Sweden Rock Festival 2015 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- Om Malmö Live. Malmö Live. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
- "Bråvalla 2015". SongKick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?MenuId=84&InformationPageItemId=354&Kategori=In+english Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra presents fascinating 2015-16 programme"]. Accessed 24 February 2016
- "Martin vann i Globen". svt.se. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
- "Marius Neset: Pinball - CD". Musical reviews. ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
- "The Amazing – Picture You". ConsequenceOfSound.net. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
- "Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore – Hit The Wall!". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- Lucidity - Atomic at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
- "Ida Sand: Young At Heart - CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
- "Firehouse (Gatefold LP) – Gard Nilssen's acoustic Unity". Cleanfeed-Records.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
- "Rune Grammofon". Rune Grammofon. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
- "Cæcilie Norby just the two of us – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
- "Dungen – Allas Sak". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- Håkan Steen (22 September 2017). "Kikki sjunger fantastiskt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- "Bo Kaspers Orkester – Redo att gå sönder". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- "Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo – Melt". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
- Weibull, Hedvig; Haimi, Rebecca; Fossbo, Hannes (2015-12-23). "Sångaren Peter Lundblad död". SVT (in Northern Sami). Retrieved 2016-02-21.
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