2010 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2010.

Events

• 1 January – Swedish band Cult of Luna release Eviga Riket, a publication giving the full story behind their Eternal Kingdom album.
• 29 January – Norwegian jazz bassist Bodvar Moe is awarded the Nordlysprisen.
• 29 May – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, Denmark is the most successful of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in fourth place.
• 10 June – The 27th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 12 June.
• 26 July – Emperor Magus Caligula leaves the Swedish band Dark Funeral, followed shortly afterwards by bandmates "B-Force" and "Dominator", leaving Lord Ahriman and "Chaq Mol" as the band's only members.
• 2 November – The Oslo World Music Festival opens, running until 7 November.

New works

• Magnus Lindberg – Souvenir
• Kaija Saariaho – Mirages

Film scores and incidental music

• Jon Ekstrand - Easy Money

Albums released

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Deaths

• 26 January – Dag Frøland, 64, Norwegian entertainer
• 12 February – Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer
• 4 March – Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian classical pianist
• 21 April – Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen)
• 24 April – Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish rock keyboardist
• 30 May – Kristian Bergheim, 83, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
• 5 June – Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical experimental composer
• 15 July – Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer
• 23 July – Willy Bakken ("willy b"), 59, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer
• 16 September – Erkki Ertama, 82, Finnish composer and conductor
• 13 October – Ulrik Cold, 71, Danish operatic bass
• 7 December – Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer
• 30 December – Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish baron and polymath

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