Sweden Rock Festival

Sweden Rock Festival
Final evening of Sweden Rock 2008
Genre	Heavy metal, hard rock, blues rock
Dates	June
Location(s)	Norje, Sölvesborg, Sweden
Years active	1992–present
Website	swedenrock.com

Sweden Rock Festival is a rock festival outside the town of Sölvesborg in Blekinge in southern Sweden. The festival offers the best possible mix of classic rock, hard rock, metal, blues and related genres.

The first version of the festival, known as Sommarfestivalen i Olofström, was held in Olofström in 1992. In 1993 the festival moved to Karlshamn, and changed its name to Karlshamn Rock Festival. In 1998, the festival moved to Norje, although the name Karlshamn Rock Festival was kept. In 1999 the name was changed to the Sweden Rock Festival.

When the festival began in 1992, it featured nine relatively unknown bands and it only lasted one day. The next year the festival was expanded to two days and more bands were added to the line-up. From 1993 to 2002 the festival would last two days; over those years it would also begin to feature bigger name acts. In 2000 the festival was expanded to three days but it returned to two days the following year.

From 2003 to 2006 the festival lasted three days and had by then featured some of the biggest acts. From 2007 the festival has been expanded to four days and will feature approximately 120 different bands/artists.

Some notable appearances in the past have been Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Mötley Crüe, Dio, Bruce Dickinson, Yngwie Malmsteen, Twisted Sister, Whitesnake, Uriah Heep, Europe, Deep Purple, Accept, Motörhead, Saxon, Nazareth, Poison, Status Quo, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Scorpions, Porcupine Tree, Kamelot, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper, Testament, W.A.S.P, ZZ Top, The Orchestra, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Slayer and Guns N' Roses.

The festival has also worked as a comeback scene for bands like Triumph and Thundersteel line-up Riot.

Bachman & Turner started their world reunion tour here in June 2010. In 2013 both Rush and Kiss together with Europe were headliners for the festival.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused the festival to be cancelled in 2020 and 2021.

Lineups

2023

7–10 June, Norje Havsbad

1349 Abramis Brama Airbourne Alter Bridge Angra Avatar Behemoth Billy Gibbons and the BFGS Bloodbound Blue Öyster Cult Blues Pills British Lion Brutus Children of the Sün Christone Kingfish Ingram Clutch Coney Hatch Crowne The Crown Dahlia Deathstars Deep Purple Def Leppard Defleshed Dynazty Employed to Serve Enforcer Eradikated Europe Florence Black Lita Ford Ghost Gojira Grave Green Lung Grimner H.E.A.T Hot Breath Iron Maiden Jinjer Joddla med Siv Kamelot Chez Kane Karmanjakah Katatonia Korpiklaani Liar Thief Bandit Mammoth WVH Marduk Mindless Sinner Modesty Monster Magnet Mötley Crüe Motvind Myrath Nakkeknaekker Napalm Death Die Oberherren The Overthrone Pantera Perfect Plan Phil Campbell and The Bastard Sons Powerwolf Raised Fist Rancid The Raven Age Rockklassiker Allstars Running Cooper Sanctrum Sator Self Deception Skid Row Skynd Smash Into Pieces Soilwork Spidergawd Spiritbox Ström Symphony X Testament Thorbjörn Risager and the Black Tornado Threshold Thundermother TNT Mike Tramp - Songs of White Lion Tribulation Tungsten Twilight Force U.D.O. Vended Wig Wam Wolfmother

2022

8–11 June, Norje Havsbad

10cc Lee Aaron Accept Agonize the Serpent Alestorm Amaranthe Art Nation Artillery Baest Jean Beauvoir Belphegor Bomber Bombus Browsing Collection Clawfinger The Coffinshakers Rosalie Cunningham D-A-D Death by Horse Dirty Money Dropkick Murphys Eclipse Elden Eleine Eluveitie Evergrey Fejd Freedom Call Eric Gales Grave Guns N' Roses The Halo Effect Hardcore Superstar The Hellacopters Hexed Honeyburst Honeymoon Suite Horndal Hällas In Flames Kadavar Kingdom Come Kvelertak Magic Pie Mass Worship Megadeth Mercyful Fate Metalite Michael Monroe Månegarm Narnia Nashville Pussy Nationalteatern Nestor Night Ranger Nightwish Nile (band) Opeth Orange Goblin Orbit Culture Orphaned Land Overdrive Praying Mantis Rage Raubtier Rockklassiker Allstars Ross the Boss Saga Satan Takes a Holiday Saxon Siena Root Social Distortion Sodom Sonata Arctica Sorcerer Ten Years After Tiamat Walter Trout Devin Townsend Trouble VA Rocks Victory Violator Volbeat Warner E Hodges Band The Wildhearts Witchcraft Within Temptation Wormwood

2021

9–12 June, Norje Havsbad (Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

10cc Lee Aaron Accept Agonize the Serpent Alestorm Amaranthe Art Nation Artillery Baest Baroness Jean Beauvoir Belphegor Bombus Browsing Collection Clawfinger The Coffinshakers Rosalie Cunningham D-A-D Death by Horse Dropkick Murphys Eclipse Elden Eleine Eluveitie Evergrey Fejd Freedom Call Eric Gales Gojira Grave Guns N' Roses Haken The Hellacopters Hexed Honeyburst Honeymoon Suite Horisont In Flames Kadavar Kingdom Come Kvelertak Magic Pie Mass Worship Megadeth Mercyful Fate Metalite Michael Monroe Månegarm Narnia Nashville Pussy Night Ranger Nightwish Nile (band) Opeth Orange Goblin Orphaned Land Overdrive Praying Mantis Rage Raubtier Ross the Boss Saga Satan Takes a Holiday Siena Root Social Distortion Sodom Sonata Arctica Sorcerer Ten Years After Tiamat Devin Townsend Trouble Turbonegro Unleash the Archers VA Rocks Victory Violator Volbeat Walter E Hodges Band The Wildhearts Witchcraft Within Temptation Wormwood

2020

3–6 June, Norje Havsbad (Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)

10cc Lee Aaron Accept Agonize the Serpent Alestorm Amaranthe Art Nation Jean Beauvoir Baest Baroness Belphegor Black Star Riders Blue Öyster Cult Bombus Browsing Collection Clawfinger The Coffinshakers Rosalie Cunningham D-A-D Death by Horse Eclipse Elden Eluveitie Evergrey Fejd Freedom Call Eric Gales Gojira Grave Guns N' Roses Haken Harem Scarem The Hellacopters Hexed Honeyburst Horisont In Flames Kadavar Kingdom Come Kvelertak Magic Pie Mass Worship Mercyful Fate Metalite Michael Monroe Månegarm Narnia Nashville Pussy Nightwish Nile (band) Opeth Orange Goblin Orphaned Land Overdrive Praying Mantis Rage Raubtier Saga Satan Takes a Holiday Siena Root Social Distortion Sonata Arctica Sorcerer Stryper Devin Townsend Trouble Walter Trout Turbonegro Unleash the Archers Violator VA Rocks Victory Volbeat Walter E Hodges Band The Wildhearts Witchcraft Within Temptation Wormwood

2019

5–8 June, Norje Havsbad

A.C.T Amon Amarth Annihilator (cancelled, replaced by Unleashed) Arch Enemy At the Gates Bataar Batushka Blaze Bayley Beast in Black Behemoth (cancelled, replaced by Myrath) Blackberry Smoke Black Mamba Blue Coupe The Bones Brothers of Metal Burning Witches Candlemass Zal Cleminson's Sin Dogs Cobra Cult Danko Jones Darkane Deadland Ritual Death Angel Def Leppard Demon Demons & Wizards Disturbed Dizzy Mizz Lizzy Dream Theater Dust Bowl Jokies Dynazty Easy Action Electric Boys Electric Hydra FM Gathering of Kings The Generations Army Gorgoroth Gravestone Green Jellÿ Hällas HammerFall James Holkworth and the Coolbenders In Silence Jag Panzer KISS Krisiun Krokus Lillasyster LOK Lucifer Lisa Lystam Family Band Magnum Myrath Jared James Nichols The Night Flight Orchestra Oz Axel Rudi Pell Powerwolf The Quill Rainbow Rock på svenska: en hyllning till strängen Uli Jon Roth Royal Republic Saxon Scarlet Seventh Wonder Sins in Vain Sir Reg Skid Row Slayer Styx Tenacious D Three Days Grace Thundermother Joe Lynn Turner UFO Hank von Hell Pete Way Band The Wild Witchfynde ZZ Top

2018

6–9 June, Norje Havsbad

The 69 Eyes Astral Doors Avatarium Backyard Babies Baroness Battle Beast Body Count Buckcherry Buckets Rebel Heart Bullet Circus Maximus The Mick Clarke Band Coldtears Coven Crashdïet Crazy Lixx CyHra The Dark Element Dark Funeral The Darkness Dark Tranquility Destruction Doc Holliday Brian Downey's Alive and Dangerous Electric Mary (Canceled) F.K.Ü Focus Frontback Gain Eleven Gaupa Girlschool Graveyard Hackensack (Canceled) Hardcore Superstar H.E.A.T. Hedda Hatar Heavy Load Helloween Glenn Hughes In This Moment Inglorious Iron Maiden Shooter Jennings (Canceled) Judas Priest Junkyard Drive Killswitch Engage Kreator Lacuna Coil Lugnet Madam X Meshuggah Misery Loves Co. Nala Nazareth Nekrokraft The New Roses Nocturnal Rites Ozzy Osbourne PAIN Pestilence Pist.On Pop Evil (Canceled) Pretty Maids Primordial The Quill The Quireboys The Raven Age Rockklassiker Allstars Rose Tattoo Rotting Christ Skindred Sky high Slade Spiral Skies Steelheart Stone Sour Stratovarius Suffocation Tarja Three Dead Fingers Torch Bernie Tormé Turbonegro Joe Lynn Turner (Canceled) Uriah Heep Vixen Wilmer X Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

2017

7–10 June, Norje Havsbad

Aerosmith Alter Bridge Amorphis Apocalyptica Artch Art Nation Black Ingvars Black Star Riders The Brandos Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons Candlemass Carcass Clutch Coheed and Cambria Stacie Collins Corroded Dare (Replaced Kansas) The Dead Daisies Dead Sleep Edguy Electric Boys Fates Warning Gotthard Grand Magus Grave Digger Great King Rat Hardline The Haunted Heavy Tiger Helix (Replaced Y&T) Ian Hunter & The Rant Band Iced Earth In Flames King's X Kix Knogjärn Leading Light Lionheart Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul Lost Society Lucifer's Friend Merciless Metal Church Ministry Motvind Mustasch Myrkur Nifelheim Nocean Picture Primal Fear Primus RATT Rhapsody Rival Sons Rockklassiker All-Stars Running Wild Sator Saxon Scorpions Skeleton Birth Steel Panther Supralunar Svartanatt Sweden Rock Symphony Orchestra Thunder Thyrfing Rob Tognoni Treat A Tribute to Led Zeppelin The Unguided Emma Varg VA Rocks Venom Veonity Voivod Warlock Bob Wayne & The Outlaw Carnies Wintersun Wishbone Ash

2016

8–11 June, Norje Havsbad

220 Volt Amaranthe Anthrax Avantasia Dan Baird and Homemade Sin Banditos The Eric Bell Trio Blind Guardian Bonafide Graham Bonnet Death DTA Demon (replaced Robin George & Dangerous Music) Diamond Head Dirkschneider Eclipse Eleine Entombed AD Epica Finntroll Lita Ford Foreigner Friday Night Specials Gamma Ray Grand Slam Graveyard Gun Halestorm Hawkwind The Hellacopters The Hooters Glenn Hughes Imperial State Electric The Kentucky Headhunters King Albatross King Diamond King Kobra King Witch The Kristet Utseende L.A. Guns Legion of the Damned Lordi Loudness Mayhem Megadeth Monster Truck My Dying Bride Neon Rose Niterain Painted Sky Pedalens Pagar The Presolar Sands Queen + Adam Lambert Raised Fist Dan Reed Network Rockklassiker All-Stars Sabaton Saffire Eric Sardinas And Big Motor Satyricon Michael Schenker Fest (With Gary Barden, Robin Mcauley and Graham Bonnet) Serpent Shinedown Sixx A.M. Skallbank Skitarg Slayer Slough Feg Soilwork The Struts Symphony X The Temperance Movement Therapy? Mike Tramp Tribulation Twilight Force Twisted Sister Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats Steve Vai Vanilla Fudge Warner Drive The Winery Dogs

2015

3–6 June, Norje Havsbad

Abramis Brama Airbourne Alestorm All That Remains The Angels Avatar Backyard Babies Battle Beast Behemoth Scott H. Biram Blackberry Smoke Bloodbath Browsing Collection Tony Carey Children of Bodom D-A-D Dare The Darkness Dark Tranquillity Deception Def Leppard Delain Dokken Egonaut Electric Mary Eluveitie Jon English Evergrey Exciter Exodus Extreme Fish – Farewell to Childhood Five Finger Death Punch Frantic Amber Ace Frehley Ghost Gloryhammer Gojira Grave Pleasures Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper HammerFall Hardcore Superstar Hatebreed HAZY/DIZZY H.E.A.T Hell Dan Hylander & Orkester Jerusalem Judas Priest Kaipa Da Capo Kee Man Hawk Lillasyster Lucifer's Friend Mad Max Maida Vale Manfred Mann's Earth Band Marduk Meshuggah M.O.B. Molly Hatchet Michael Monroe Morbus Chron Mother's Finest Mötley Crüe Mustasch My Dying Bride (cancelled) Nuclear Assault Opeth The Order of Israfel Carl Palmer's ELP Legacy Portrait The Quireboys Rage (as Refuge) Riot V Rock Goddess Royal Ruckus Safemode Samael Seventribe The Sirens Slash feat. Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators Spike's Free House Steve 'N' Seagulls Torsson Toto Pat Travers Wasted Shells Wolf Yardstones

2013

5–8 June, Norje Havsbad

Accept Amaranthe Amon Amarth Asia At the Gates Avantasia Axxis Backdraft The Black Day Black Star Riders Bloodbound Nicke Borg Homeland Bullet Candlemass Civil War Stacie Collins Corroded Crazy Lixx Days of Jupiter The Dead and Living Demon Doro The Drake Equation Jon English Europe Firewind Five Finger Death Punch Goda Grannar Hardline Heathen Audrey Horne Huntress Hypocrisy Ihsahn Imber Jaggernaut Michael Katon Kiss Klogr Mia Klose Kreator Krokus The Last Band Leningrad Cowboys Leprous The Levellers (band) Magic Pie Manilla Road Mårran Masters of Reality Morgana Lefay Naglfar Newsted Nine Below Zero Overworld Paradise Lost Martin Prahl's Skelter Wheels The Quireboys Raubtier Regal Demise Rockklassiker All-Stars Pugh Rogefeldt Rush Sahg Satan Saxon The Scams Sister Sin Skid Row Sonata Arctica Spiders Rick Springfield Status Quo Survivor Sweet System Annihilated Tankard Threshold Thunder Devin Townsend Project Treat UFO Vader Vomitory

2005

9–11 June, Norje Havsbad

Accept A.C.T Anthrax Sebastian Bach Behemoth Blackfoot Black Label Society Candlemass Crucified Barbara Crystal Eyes Defleshed Diamond Head Dio Dream Theater Face Down Force Of Evil Freak Kitchen Gemini5 Goda Grannar Sammy Hagar and The Wabos HammerFall Helix Hellfueled Jug McKenzie Kansas Lana Lane The Lizards Magnum Yngwie Malmsteen Megadeth Kim Mitchell Morgana Lefay Mötley Crüe Motörhead Mustasch Napalm Death Nazareth Nightingale Overkill Pagan's Mind The Ring Rob Rock Sabaton Satanic Slaughter Savoy Brown Saxon Shakra Sonata Arctica Statetrooper Status Quo Styx Symphorce Ten 67 Therion Thyrfing Trettioåriga Kriget (Thirty Year War) Robin Trower Vixen We Within Temptation

2004

10–12 June, Norje Havsbad

Abramis Brama April Wine Astral Doors Beseech Brainstorm Carnal Forge Children of Bodom Coney Hatch Crazy Led of Mika Järvinen D-A-D Danger Danger Debase Dr. Feelgood Eddie Meduza Tribute Entombed Europe (Festival Headliners) Exodus Foghat Grand Magus The Haunted Hawkwind Heart Helloween Hirax In Flames Judas Priest Kingdom Come Lake of Tears Lost Horizon Lumsk Magic Slim & The Teardrops Maryslim Memory Garden Monster Magnet Montrose Narnia Nicky Moore plays Samson Nifelheim Nightwish Opeth Paragon Pathos Axel Rudi Pell Persuader Pink Cream 69 Raceway Ritual Scorpions Slade Spearfish Spridda SkurarS Sun Caged TNT Testament Trading Fate Pat Travers Band U.D.O. UFO Wasa Express Y&T

2003

6–8 June, Norje Havsbad

A.C.T Angra Anthrax Arch Nemesis Axenstar Blind Guardian Budgie Burning Point Chrome Shift Crystal Eyes Danko Jones Darkane Demon Paul Di'Anno & Killers DragonForce Dumper Fairyland Falconer Finntroll Ignition Jethro Tull Kamelot Krokus Locomotive Breath with Nicky Moore Masterplan Mörk Gryning Motörhead Pagan's Mind Peer Günt Platitude The Provenance Queensrÿche Sepultura Sky High Slow Train with Nicky Moore Sonata Arctica Spearfish with Svenne Hedlund Squealer Stormwind The Storyteller Syron Vanes Tad Morose Talisman Tankard Rob Tognoni Turning Leaf Twinball Twisted Sister Uriah Heep Whitesnake Wishbone Ash Y&T Yes

2002

7–8 June, Norje Havsbad

220 Volt Aurora Candlemass Cryonic Temple Damned Nation Destiny Bruce Dickinson Doc Holliday Doro Dream Evil Evergrey Five Fifteen Freak Kitchen Freedom Call Freternia Gamma Ray Girlschool Goda Grannar Halford Hanoi Rocks Michael Katon John Kay & Steppenwolf Lizard Locomotive Breath Lost Horizon Magnum Manfred Mann's Earth Band Meldrum Motörhead Ted Nugent Rage Reclusion Saxon Slowgate Snakegod Status Quo Steel Attack Virgin Steele Wolf

2001

8–9 June, Norje Havsbad

AC/DC Jam Angel Bigelf Bosse Manny Charlton Band Dokken Elsesphere The Flower Kings Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar Grave Digger HammerFall Helloween Hensley/Lawton Band House of Shakira Glenn Hughes Lion's Share Lotus Metalium Gary Moore Moxy Mustasch Nitzinger Nocturnal Rites Pretty Maids Rise and Shine Rose Tattoo Uli Jon Roth Dee Snider Southern Rock Allstars Symphony X Talisman Tang U.D.O. W.A.S.P.

2000

9–11 June, Norje Havsbad
Armored Saint Bai Bang Bigelf Alice Cooper Dash Rip Rock Demon Dio Edguy Evergrey Fivefifteen Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar Dave Hole In Flames King Diamond King's X Lynyrd Skynyrd Yngwie Malmsteen Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush The Midnight Blues Molly Hatchet John Norum Group + Brian Robertson Primal Fear Running Wild Saxon Stratovarius Street Legal Union

1998

5–6 June, Norje Havsbad
Alice Cooper Backyard Babies Black Ingvars Blue Öyster Cult Clawfinger Creedence Clearwater Revisited D-A-D Dash Rip Rock Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar HammerFall Håkan Hemlin Hjalle & Heavy Johnny Lang Locomotive Breath Motörhead Mountain John Norum Peps Down Home Blues Band Push Simple Minds Dee Snider Sobsister Speaker Spiritual Beggars Status Quo Stratovarius Andrew Strong

1997

13–14 June, Karlshamn
Alfheims The Blues Band Chris Jagger Zydeco Band Cross Eyed Mary Dublin Fair Freak Kitchen Goda Grannar The Hellacopters Staffan Hellstrand Innocent Blood Led Zeppelin Jam Locomotive Breath Mick Taylor All Star Band Molly Hatchet M-Train Nazareth Nomads Overdrive Saxon Simon Bolivar Ten Years After

1996

14–15 June, Karlshamn
Blues Bag Bo Wilson Band Creedence Clearwater Revisited Deep Purple Dizzy Mizz Lizzy Drain Joe D'ursu Freak Kitchen Garmarna The Georgia Satellites Kent Uffe Larsson Llashram Lynyrd Skynyrd Naked Sigge Hill Sinn Fenn Status Quo Stefan Sundström

1995

16–17 June, Karlshamn
Abstrakt Algebra Black Sabbath bob hund Billy Bremner & The Refreshments Lars Demian Electric Eskimoes Fairport Convention Flaped Forge Fleetwood Mac Freak Kitchen Jukka Tolonen Band Kashmir Kent Led Zeppelin Jam Los Stjärtgroggs Mary Beats Jane Planet Waves The Pogues The Quill Sator Sky High Spiritual Beggars Pat Travers Trouble Urban Turban Vitality W.E.T. Rolf Wikström

1994

10–11 June, Karlshamn
Bazooka Blackfoot Blues Bag Brainpool Caamora Deep Purple Dia Psalma Electric Boys Lisa Ekdahl Emeth Green Joddla med Siv KSMB Mountain Pride & Glory Red Cloud Sinn Fenn Skintrade Sweet Underdog Uriah Heep Sven Zetterberg & Chicago Express

1993

11–12 June, Karlshamn
Bachman–Turner Overdrive Backstage Queen Björnsson Bombyces Bryggeri The Boppers Bryngelsson Blues Blend Clawfinger Crossroad Jam Dragonflies In Bloomers Hof's The Hooters Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers Nine Below Zero Peps Blodsband Something Stars On Mars T For Trouble

1992

6 June, Olofström
Goda Grannar Madgic Crowd M.ill.ion Nazareth Peps Persson The Sinners Steve & the Lloyds Stonecake Sweet Little Company Wishbone Ash

External links

• Sweden Rock Festival – official website
• Pictures from Sweden Rock Festival since 2001
• Sweden Rock Festival – Russian website, руcскоязычный сайт о фестивале
• – TheClosedCircle for Sweden Rock 2015