2017 in Swedish music explained

The following events in Swedish music occurred in the year 2017.

Events

January

Hallåjsan

February

• 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 1 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
• 11 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 2 in Malmö Arena, Malmö.
• 18 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 3 in Vida Arena, Växjö.
• 25 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 4 in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå.
• 28 - At Sweden's Grammis Awards ceremony, Zara Larsson receives the Artist of the Year award and Kent win both the Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.^[1]

March

• 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Second chance in Saab Arena, Linköping.
• 11
  • Melodifestivalen 2017 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm.
  • Robin Bengtsson is selected as Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.^[2]

April

• 21 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 21 – 29).^[3]

May

• 9 – The conductor Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018.^[4]
• 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place.
• 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.^[5]

June

• 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10).^[6]
• 28 – The 5th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1).^[7]

August

• 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18).^[8]
• 20
  • Choral conductor and mezzo-soprano Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert.^[9]

October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15).^[10]
• 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29).^[11]

December

Albums releases

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
13	In the Passing Light of Day	Pain of Salvation	Inside Out Music		^[12]
27	Meet Me At The Movies	Viktoria Tolstoy	ACT Music	Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch	^[13]
	Potsdamer Platz	Jan Lundgren	ACT Music	Produced by Siggi Loch	^[14]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
3	For You	Léon	Columbia		^[16]
17	So Good	Zara Larsson	Epic		^[17]

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
12	Good Times	Mando Diao	BMG		^[18]
26	Liberetto III	Lars Danielsson	ACT Music	With Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström	^[19]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
15	Provenance	Björn Meyer	ECM	Produced by Manfred Eicher	^[22]
22	Portrait of a Painted Lady	Kikki Danielsson	Capitol	Produced by Sören Karlsson, Idde Schultz	^[23]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
27	Good Stuff	Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius	ACT	Produced by Siggi Loch	^[24]
27	Heroes in Time	Metalite	Inner Wound Recordings	Produced by Jacob Hansen	^[25]

November

Deaths

January

• 17 – Carina Jaarnek singer (born 1962).
• 24 – Björn Thelin, bassist for The Spotnicks, (born 1942).^[27]

February

• 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget, (born 1976).^[28]
• 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972).^[29]
• 29 – Josefin Nilsson Swedish singer and actress (born 1969).

March

• 6 – Lars Diedricson, singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 (born 1961).^[30]
• 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942).^[31]

September

• 12 – Siegfried Köhler, conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, (born 1923).^[32]
• 25 – Folke Rabe, composer, (born 1935).^[33]

October

• 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921).^[34]
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940).^[35]

November

• 17 – Rikard Wolff, pop singer and actor (born 1958).

See also

• 2017 in Sweden
• Music of Sweden
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2017 section on page)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Swedish Grammy Awards 2017: Here are the winners!. JaJaMusic. 2 March 2017. 21 July 2017.
2. Web site: Tonight: Israel Calling 2017 to be held with 28 participating countries . Laufer . Gil . esctoday.com . 2017-04-05 . 2017-04-30.
3. Web site: GMLSTN JAZZ 2017 . GmlStnJazz.com . 2017-10-21.
4. Sofi Jeannin - Chief Conductor from July 2018 . BBC . 9 May 2017 . 2017-05-14.
5. Martin Fröst blir ny Chefsdirigent för Svenska Kammarorkestern . Swedish Chamber Orchestra . 15 May 2017 . 2017-05-20 . 2017-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170908134345/http://www.orebrokonserthus.com/kontakt/press/pressmeddelanden/2017-05-15-martin-frost-blir-ny-chefsdirigent-for-svenska-kammarorkestern.html . dead .
6. Web site: Sweden Rock Festival 7–10 June 2017 . . 2017-10-23.
7. Web site: Bråvalla 2017 . SongKick.com . 2018-03-04.
8. Web site: Välkommen till MALMÖFESTIVALEN – 11–18 augusti 2017 Malmöfestivalen . MalmoFestivalen.se . 2017-10-21 . 2017-10-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171031142339/http://www.malmofestivalen.se/program . dead .
9. News: Reformation Day review - Martin Luther's seismic text gets singalong salute . The Guardian . Tim Ashley . 2017-08-21 . 2017-08-31.
10. Web site: Stockholm Jazz Festival . . 2017-01-20.
11. Web site: Umeå Jazz Festival . . 2017-01-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170102193226/http://www.umeajazzfestival.se/sve . 2017-01-02 . dead .
12. Web site: Pain of Salvation – In the Passing Light of Day Review . 23 January 2017 . AngryMetalGuy.com . 2017-10-21.
13. Web site: Viktoria Tolstoy: Meet Me At The Movies – Vinyl LP (incl. mp3 Download Code) . . 2017-01-02.
14. Web site: Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz – CD . . 2017-01-02.
15. Web site: Charlotte Perrelli – Mitt Liv – Stockhouse Artistbolaget.
16. Web site: For You – EP by LÉON on iTunes. iTunes. 3 March 2017 . 2017-03-04.
17. Web site: So Good – Zara Larsson AllMusic . AllMusic . 2017-10-24.
18. Web site: Mando Diao is set to release new album 'Good Times' on May 12! . Frontview-Magazine.be . 2017-03-22 . 2015-01-15.
19. Web site: Lars Danielsson – Releases . . 2015-01-15.
20. Web site: Waveshaper - Velocity . Andrew Zistler . NewRetroWave . 2017-08-14.
21. Web site: Francobollo's debut album 'Long Live Life' is out in July. DIY. 16 May 2017 . 7 July 2017.
22. Web site: Björn Meyer - Bass erstaunlich! . German . JazzEcho.de . 2018-03-03.
23. News: Kikkis självhjälpscountry urstark. Aftonbladet. Swedish. Per Magnusson. 22 September 2017. 31 March 2018.
24. Web site: Iiro Rantala: Good Stuff . . 2017-09-05.
25. News: METALITE 'Heroes In Time' Details Revealed. 2017-08-29. MelodicRock.com. 2018-03-13. en. 2018-01-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20180103190252/http://www.melodicrock.com/articles/news-feed/2017/08/29/metalite-%E2%80%98heroes-time%E2%80%99-details-revealed. dead.
26. Web site: Danish composer August Rosenbaum unveils the stunning visuals for sweeping new track "Nebula". Andrew Hannah. thelineofbestfit. 2017-10-08.
27. Web site: Vår käre Björn Thelin 27. juni 1942 har somnat in efter en tids sjukdom. Gøteborg 24. januari 2017 . sv . Familjesidan.se . 2017-10-30.
28. Web site: Vår älskade Robert Dahlqvist 16. april 1976 – 1. februari 2017 Oändligt saknad . sv . Familjesidan.se . 2017-10-30.
29. Web site: Tony Särkkä, Swedish musician, Died at 45 . Deadobituary.com . 2017-02-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170215072903/http://deadobituary.com/tony-sarkka-swedish-musician-died-at-45/ . 2017-02-15 . dead .
30. News: Lars "Dille" Diedricson är död . sv . . 2017-03-22 . 2017-10-20.
31. News: Sven-Erik Magnusson är död . sv . . 2017-03-22 . 2017-10-20.
32. Web site: Nachruf auf Siegfried Köhler . . de . 2017-10-30.
33. Web site: Swedish composer Folke Rabe dies aged 81 . Crackmagazine.net . 2017-10-27 . 2017-10-20.
34. News: Tonsättaren Ingvar Lidholm död . sv . . 2017-09-17 . 2017-10-30.
35. Web site: Rock-Boris är död . sv . . 2017-09-20 . 2017-10-30.