2017 in Swedish music

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 SkellefteÃ¥ Kraft Arena, SkellefteÃ¥.
• 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.

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.

April

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

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.
• 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.

June

• 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10).
• 28 – The 5th BrÃ¥valla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1).

July

August

• 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18).
• 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.

September

October

• 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15).
• 25 – The 49th UmeÃ¥ Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29).

November

December

Albums releases

January

February

March

May

June

July

September

October

November

Deaths

January

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

February

• 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and DundertÃ¥get, (born 1976).
• 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972).
• 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).
• 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942).

September

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

October

• 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921).
• 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940).

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)

References