2018 in Swedish music

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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, Göteborg
• 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]

May

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]

September

October

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

November

December

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]

March

April

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

May

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]

August

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

1. "An evening of Django Reinhardt". Konserthuset.se. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
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.