The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2017.
Events
January
- 5 - Royal Danish Opera announces that its artistic director, Sven Müller, will leave his position in 2017, three years ahead of schedule. Müller is believed to have resigned because of financial cuts.
- 18 â It is announced that Finland's Esa-Pekka Salonen has withdrawn as music director of the Ojai Music Festival for 2018 because of his composition schedule, and will be replaced by Patricia Kopatchinskaja, ahead of her originally scheduled season in 2020.
- 21 â Hot Club de Norvège headline at the annual Djangofestival at Cosmopolite in Oslo, Norway.
- 28
- At the annual Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu, Norma John is selected to represent Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
- At Norway's Spellemannprisen, Karpe Diem win the Best Album and Urban Music awards.
February
March
April
May
- 8 â It is reported that Norwegian Eurovision jury member Per Sundnes has been replaced by Erland Bakke, after the Irish delegation complained about public comments that suggested he was prejudiced against their entry.
- 9
- Sweden's Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018.
- Finnish soprano Karita Mattila wins the Singer's award at the Royal Philharmonic Society (RPS) Music Awards 2017.
- 13 â In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place, Norway 10th and Denmark 20th, whilst Finland and Iceland fail to qualify for the final.
- 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.
- 18 - Gita Kadambi is appointed general director of the Finnish National Opera and Ballet announces the appointment of as its next general director, effective January 2018. Kadambi will stand down from her post as general manager of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
June
July
- 1 â FKP Scorpio announced the cancellation of the BrÃÂ¥valla Festival, Sweden's biggest music festival, for 2018, because of the number of sex crimes reported at the festival.
- 5 â The 18th Folk music festival of Siglufjordur opens in Siglufjordur, Iceland, running until 9 July.
- 7
- The Baltic Jazz festival opens in Dalsbruk, Finland, running until 9 July.
- The 38th Copenhagen Jazz Festival opens in Copenhagen, Denmark, running until 16 July.
- 8 â The 52nd Pori Jazz Festival opens in Pori, Finland, running until 16 July.
- 25 â Susanne Sundfør stars in a Prom concert at London's Royal Albert Hall, performing songs by Scott Walker.
August
- 1
- In Search of Stardust: Amazing Micro-Meteorites and Their Terrestrial Imposters, a book about cosmic dust in urban environments by Norwegian musician and polymath Jon Larsen, is published.
- Finnish-born Tuomas Hiltunen takes over as general director of Fort Worth Opera.
- 2 â Björk announces her still-unnamed new album on social media. In an interview with Dazed and Confused magazine, she states that âÂÂItâÂÂs about that search (for utopia) â and about being in love. Spending time with a person you enjoy is when the dream becomes real.âÂÂ
- 3 â The Notodden Blues Festival opens in Notodden, Norway, running until 6 August.
- 8 â The 19th ÃÂyafestivalen opens in Oslo, running until 13 August.
- 20 â Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert.
- 31 â The 12th Punktfestivalen starts in Kristiansand, Norway, running until 2 September.
September
- 6 â The Copenhagen World Music Festival opens, running until 10 September.
- 8 â Sebastian FagerlundâÂÂs new opera, Höstsonaten (Autumn Sonata) is premièred by Finnish National Opera.
- 11 â Our Festival (Meidän Festivaali in Finnish) starts by Lake Tuusula, Finland, running until September 17.
October
November
Albums released
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
Eurovision Song Contest
Classical works
Film scores and incidental music
Deaths
- 18 January - StÃÂ¥le WikshÃÂ¥land, 63, Norwegian musicologist (blood clot)
- 7 February - Svend Asmussen, 100, Danish jazz violinist
- 14 February - Tony Särkkä, 45, Swedish musician (Abruptum, Ophthalamia)
- 22 February â Dag ÃÂsterberg, 78, Norwegian sociologist and musicologist
- 27 February - Jórunn Viðar, 98, Icelandic pianist and composer
- 6 March - Lars Diedricson, 55, Swedish singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
- 9 March - Barbara Helsingius, 79, Finnish singer, poet and Olympic fencer
- 22 March - Sven-Erik Magnusson, 74, Swedish musician (Sven-Ingvars)
- 9 April â Knut Borge, 67, Norwegian music journalist and entertainer
- 12 April - Mika Vainio, 53, Finnish electronic and experimental musician (Pan Sonic)
- 1 May - Erkki Kurenniemi, 75, Finnish musician
- 4 May - Katy Bødtger, 84, Danish singer
- 7 June - Jan Høiland, 78, Norwegian singer
- 7 July - Egil Monn-Iversen, 89, Norwegian composer and pianist
- 13 July - Egil Kapstad, 76, Norwegian jazz pianist, arranger and composer
- 25 September - Folke Rabe, 81, Swedish composer
- 7 October - Jan Arvid Johansen, 70, Norwegian musician
- 17 October - Ingvar Lidholm, 96, Swedish composer
- 20 October - Boris Lindqvist, 76, Swedish rock singer (death announced on this date)
- 22 October
- Atle Hammer, 85, Norwegian jazz musician
- Emu Lehtinen, 70, Finnish record dealer (leukemia)
- 7 November - Pentti Glan, 71, Finnish-Canadian drummer (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed)
- 21 December - Halvard Kausland, 72, Norwegian jazz guitarist
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