2011 in Scandinavian music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2012.
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Events

• 26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, running until 29 January.
• 28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway.
• 28 February – Swedish duo Roxette launches its 55-date "Charm School World Tour", part of "The Neverending World Tour" in Kazan, Russia, in front of 8,000 people.
• 6 April – It is reported that keyboardist Per Wiberg has left the band Opeth.
• 16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival:
  • Mari Kvien Brunvoll receives the Vossajazzprisen for 2011.
  • Mathias Eick performs the commissioned work Voss.
• 9 June – Rockland the Opera, an opera by Finland's Jukka Linkola, is premièred at the Nivala Ice Arena.
• 17 June – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until 19 June
• 17 June – Finnish singer Tarja Turunen performs with tenor José Cura at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.
• 15 October – Olli Kortekangas's one-act opera Yhden yön juttu (One Night Stand), commissioned by the Sibelius Academy, is premièred at the Helsinki Music Centre
• 1 November – Norwegian TV station NRK broadcasts a 30-minute film in which musician Jørn Stubberud (aka Necrobutcher) undergoes an exorcism by US televangelist Bob Larson.
• December – Blood Red Throne take on Yngve "Bolt" Christiansen as their new vocalist, replacing Osvald "Vald" Egeland.

New works

• Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto
• Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8
• Djuro Zivkovic – On the Guarding of the Heart

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
7	Axenstar	Aftermath	IceWarrior Records
11	myGRAIN	myGRAIN	Spinefarm Records
	Stratovarius	Elysium	Victor Entertainment
17	Desultory	Counting Our Scars
21	Sirenia	The Enigma of Life	Nuclear Blast Records
26	Battlelore	Doombound	Napalm Records	Concept album focusing on Túrin Turambar

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
2	Ajattara	Murhat	Osasto-A Records
4	Korpiklaani	Ukon Wacka	Nuclear Blast	All tracks sung in Finnish
7	Vreid	V	Indie Recordings
9	KYPCK	Lower	Indie Recordings
14	Lifelover	Sjukdom	Prophecy Productions
	The Project Hate	Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis)		Mixed by Dan Swanö
15	Svartsyn	Wrath Upon the Earth	Agonia Records
21	Moonsorrow	Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa	Spinefarm Records
22	Evergrey	Glorious Collision	Steamhammer/SPV
25	Before the Dawn	Deathstar Rising	Nuclear Blast
	Mercenary	Metamorphosis	NoiseArt Records
	One Man Army and the Undead Quartet	The Dark Epic
	Thunderbolt	Dung Idols

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Omnium Gatherum	New World Shadows	Lifeforce Records	First album on new label
7	Burzum	Fallen	Byelobog Productions	Vocals and all instruments by Varg Vikernes
8	Children of Bodom	Relentless Reckless Forever	Spinefarm Records, Fearless Records and Nuclear Blast
15	Rotten Sound	Cursed	Relapse Records and Fullsteam Records	Themed around "six curses of mankind"
18	Bloodbound	Unholy Cross	AFM Records
25	Divinefire	Eye of the Storm	Rivel Records
	Kampfar	Mare	Napalm Records	Produced by Peter Tägtgren
	Vintersorg	Jordpuls	Napalm	First of a planned 4-album concept series
29	Amon Amarth	Surtur Rising	Metal Blade, Sony Music

April

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	Illdisposed	There Is Light (But It's Not For Me)
	Symfonia	In Paradisum	Avalon/Marquee	Joint project led by Andre Matos and Timo Tolkki

Deaths

• 1 January – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest)
• 17 January – Sjonni Brink, Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke)
• 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913).
• 6 February – Per Grundén, Swedish tenor, 88
• 24 February – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke)
• 2 March – Erling Kroner, Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader
• 10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen, television host and folk singer, 78
• 22 April – Eyvind Solås, classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73
• 24 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist TNT, church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer)
• 31 May – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81
• 24 July – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack)
• 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer).
• 8 October – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
• 11 October – Kim Brown, British-born Finnish rock musician, 66
• 19 October – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist and composer
• 2 November
  • Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen, Danish trombonist and bandleader, 81
  • Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer, 96