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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2014.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)

Events

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January

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February

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  • 5 February – The Polarjazz Festival opens in Longyearbyen, Norway, running until 9 February.[7]
  • 21 February – Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson leaves Katatonia, to be temporarily replaced by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds) and Tomas Åkvik (Nale).[8]
  • 28 February – Swedish DJ Avicii's single Wake Me Up becomes the first song in history to surpass 200 million listeners on Spotify, making it the platform's most-streamed track at the time. The song will remain the most-played track on the platform for 506 days until overtaken in May 2015.[9]

March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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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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New works

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Albums released

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January

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
6 Jan Gunnar Hoff Fly North Losen Records [43]
10 Arve Henriksen Chron Rune Grammofon
17 Tord Gustavsen Quartet Extended Circle ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher [44]
20 The Haunted Eye of the Storm EP [45]
21 Persuader The Fiction Maze Inner Wound Recordings EP [46]
27 Kampfar Djevelmakt Indie Recordings [47]
Hildegunn Øiseth Valencia Losen Records [48]
Sister Disguised Vultures Metal Blade [49]
31 Grand Magus Triumph and Power Nuclear Blast [50]

February

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
7 Espen Berg Acres Of Blue Atterklang -

March

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
4 Wolves Like Us Black Soul Choir Prosthetic Records [51]
7 Motorpsycho with Reine Fiske Behind The Sun Rune Grammofon [52]
11 Nocturnal Breed Napalm Nights Agonia Records First album for 7 years [53]
21 Avicii True: Avicii By Avicii Rune Grammofon Remix [54]
28 Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses Maelstrom Rune Grammofon
Paul Bley Play Blue (Oslo Concert) ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher

April

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
7 Baker Hansen Chet På Norsk / Ei Som Deg NorCD
11 Hedvig Mollestad Trio Enfant Terrible Rune Grammofon [55]
25 Marius Neset Lion ACT Music [56]

May

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16 Jacob Young Forever Young ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher

June

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
30 Sanna Nielsen 7 Parlophone, Warner Music Group [57]

July

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
1 Sonic Syndicate Sonic Syndicate [58]
25 Crystal Eyes Killer Massacre Records [59]

August

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
22 The Nature of Connections Arve Henriksen Rune Grammofon [60]

September

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
19 Karl Seglem Som Spor NorCD

October

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
3 Eple Trio Universal Cycle Shipwreckords
14 Scar Symmetry The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity) [61]
17 Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet Innocent Play Ponca Jazz Records [62]
In the Country & Frida Ånnevik Skogenes Sang Grappa Music [63]
24 Lumen Drones (Nils Økland, Per Steinar Lie, Ørjan Haaland) Lumen Drones ECM
Liv Kristine Vervain Napalm Records [64]
Ketil Bjørnstad A Passion For John Donne ECM Records
Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen World Of Glass All Ice Records [65]

November

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
1 Gisle Torvik and Hardanger Big Band Kryssande NorCD [66]
6 Larz-Kristerz 40 mil från Stureplan Sony Music [67]
10 Christer Fredriksen Trademark Losen Records [68]
7 Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus Bonita Rune Grammofon [69]
Albatrosh Night Owl Rune Grammofon [70]
28 Kristoffer Eikrem & Kjetil Jerve Feeling // Emotion NorCD

December

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Day Artist Album Label Notes Ref.
5 Mors Principium Est Dawn of the 5th Era AFM Records [71]
8 Taake Stridens hus Dark Essence Records All tracks by Hoest [72]
25 The Project Hate MCMXCIX There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched [73]

Deaths

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References

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