The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Swedish music.

List of years in Swedish music
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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • 27ABBA announce that they have recorded some new songs, the first since 1983.[4]

June

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July

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  • 25 – The Norberg Festival opened (July 25 – 29).[6]

August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Albums released

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January

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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

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
23 A Novel Of Anomaly Andreas Schaerer ACT Produced by Siggi Loch [13]

March

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April

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

June

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
8 So Sad So Sexy Lykke Li RCA Executive producer Malay [15]

July

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
18 e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch Esbjörn Svensson Trio ACT [16]

August

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September

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
28 Summerwind Lars Danielsson ACT Produced by Siggi Loch [17]

October

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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

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January
February
March
April
  • 3Lill-Babs or Barbro Svensson, singer and actress (born 1938).[22]
  • 20Avicii or Tim Bergling, Swedish DJ and record producer (born 1989)
May
June
July
August
September
  • 9Frank Andersson, entertainer and wrestler, complications during heart surgery (born 1956).[25]

See also

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References

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  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.