2006 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2006.

Events

• 13–15 January – The inaugural Ice Music Festival is held in Geilo, Norway.
• 25 March – Christofer Johnsson leaves Swedish extreme metal band Demonoid; the band replaces him with Emperor Magus Caligula of Dark Funeral.
• 7 April – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Yngve Moe receives the Vossajazzprisen.
• 8 April – On the second day of Vossajazz 2006, Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser.
• 12 May – Drummer Martin Lopez leaves Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, and Martin Axenrot is hired as his replacement.
• 20 May – The Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens, is won by Finland, with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. It is the country's first ever win at Eurovision.
• 1 December – The second MGP Nordic is held in Sweden. Denmark emerge winners with the song "Tro pÃ¥ os to", performed by SEB.
• 25 November – Markus Fagervall wins Sweden's third series of Idol.
• 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held in Oslo. Featured artists include Morten Abel, Renée Fleming and Lionel Richie.

Classical works

• Birgitte Alsted – Dance with Bells
• Victoria Borisova-Ollas – Open Ground
• Ulf Grahn – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
• Ilkka Kuusisto – Vapauden vanki (opera)
• Magnus Lindberg – Violin Concerto No. 1
• Per NørgÃ¥rd – 7th Symphony
• Kaija Saariaho
• Adriana Mater (opera)
• La Passion de Simone (oratorio)
• Notes on Light

Major hit singles

• Basshunter – "Boten Anna" (#1 Denmark and Sweden, #3 Norway, #4 Finland)
• Aleksander Denstad With – "A Little Too Perfect" (#1 Norway)
• Markus Fagervall – "Everything Changes" (#1 Sweden)
• Marit Larsen – "Don't Save Me" (#1 Norway)
• Lordi – "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (#1 Finland, #8 Norway, #9 Sweden)
• Veronica Maggio – "Nöjd?" (#6 Sweden)
• Nylon – ""Losing A Friend" (#1 Iceland)
• Sonata Arctica – "Replica 2006" (#1 Finland)
• Ola Svensson – "Brothers" (#4 Sweden)

Eurovision Song Contest

• Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Deaths

• 20 January – Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1980; suicide)
• 14 February – Putte Wickman, Swedish jazz musician (born 1924)
• 13 March – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet and record collector (born 1921)
• 24 April – Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (born 1911)
• 16 August – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish rock vocalist (born 1975; suicide)
• 3 September – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian pianist (born 1927)
• 4 September – Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918)
• 28 September – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (born 1976; heart failure)
• 24 December – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer, (born 1961; complications from epilepsy)

References