2011 in Nordic music
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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2011.
Events
- 26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, running until 29 January.[1]
- 28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 6 April – It is reported that keyboardist Per Wiberg has left the band Opeth.[4]
- 16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival:
- Mari Kvien Brunvoll receives the Vossajazzprisen for 2011.[5]
- Mathias Eick performs the commissioned work Voss.[6]
- 9 June – Rockland the Opera, an opera by Finland's Jukka Linkola, is premièred at the Nivala Ice Arena.[7]
- 17 June
- The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until 19 June[8]
- Finnish singer Tarja Turunen performs with tenor José Cura at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.[9]
- 22 July – The far-right terrorist attacks on civilians and government offices in Norway lead to the renewed popularity of Ole Paus's 1994 song, "Mitt lille land".[10]
- 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[11]
- 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.[12]
- December – Blood Red Throne take on Yngve "Bolt" Christiansen as their new vocalist, replacing Osvald "Vald" Egeland.[13]
New works
- Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto[14]
- Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8[15]
- Đuro Živković – On the Guarding of the Heart[16]
Albums released
January
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Axenstar | Aftermath | IceWarrior Records | [17] | |
| 11 | myGRAIN | myGRAIN | Spinefarm Records | [18] | |
| Stratovarius | Elysium | Victor Entertainment | [19] | ||
| 17 | Desultory | Counting Our Scars | [20] | ||
| 21 | Sirenia | The Enigma of Life | Nuclear Blast Records | [21] | |
| 26 | Battlelore | Doombound | Napalm Records | Concept album focusing on Túrin Turambar | [22] |
February
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Ajattara | Murhat | Osasto-A Records | [23] | |
| 4 | Korpiklaani | Ukon Wacka | Nuclear Blast | All tracks sung in Finnish | [24] |
| 7 | Sigbjørn Apeland | Glossolalia | Hubro Music | [25] | |
| Vreid | V | Indie Recordings | [26] | ||
| 9 | KYPCK | Lower | Indie Recordings | [27] | |
| 11 | Roxette | Charm School | Roxette Recordings; Capitol | First studio album since 2001 | [28] |
| 14 | Lifelover | Sjukdom | Prophecy Productions | [29] | |
| The Project Hate | Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis) | Mixed by Dan Swanö | [30] | ||
| September | Love CPR | Catchy Tunes | Digital release | [31] | |
| 15 | Svartsyn | Wrath Upon the Earth | Agonia Records | [32] | |
| 18 | Jenny Hval | Viscera | Rune Grammofon | [33] | |
| 21 | Moonsorrow | Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa | Spinefarm Records | [34] | |
| 22 | Evergrey | Glorious Collision | Steamhammer/SPV | [35] | |
| 23 | Carl Norén | Owls | EMI Music Sweden | First solo album | [36] |
| Thomas Di Leva | Hjärtat vinner alltid | Universal Import | [37] | ||
| 25 | Before the Dawn | Deathstar Rising | Nuclear Blast | [38] | |
| Mercenary | Metamorphosis | NoiseArt Records | [39] | ||
| One Man Army and the Undead Quartet | The Dark Epic | [40] | |||
| Thunderbolt | Dung Idols | [41] | |||
| 28 | Mohombi | MoveMeant | 2101 Records | [42] | |
| Frederik Magle | Like a Flame | Proprius Music | Recorded on the Frobenius pipe organ in Jørlunde church | [43] |
March
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Omnium Gatherum | New World Shadows | Lifeforce Records | First album on new label | [44] |
| 2 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic Records | [45] | |
| 7 | Burzum | Fallen | Byelobog Productions | Vocals and all instruments by Varg Vikernes | [46] |
| 8 | Children of Bodom | Relentless Reckless Forever | Spinefarm Records, Fearless Records and Nuclear Blast | [47] | |
| 9 | Swingfly | Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly | [48] | ||
| 11 | Ole Mathisen, Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia | Elastics | Losen Records | [49] | |
| Danny Saucedo | In the Club | Sony | |||
| 15 | Rotten Sound | Cursed | Relapse Records and Fullsteam Records | Themed around "six curses of mankind" | [50] |
| 18 | Bloodbound | Unholy Cross | AFM Records | [51] | |
| Susanna Wallumrød | Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene | Grappa Music | Lyrics by Gunvor Hofmo | [52] | |
| 25 | Divinefire | Eye of the Storm | Rivel Records | [53] | |
| Kampfar | Mare | Napalm Records | Produced by Peter Tägtgren | [54] | |
| Vintersorg | Jordpuls | Napalm | First of a planned 4-album concept series | [55] | |
| 29 | Amon Amarth | Surtur Rising | Metal Blade, Sony Music | [56] | |
April
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Illdisposed | There Is Light (But It's Not For Me) | Massacre Records | [57] | |
| Symfonia | In Paradisum | Avalon/Marquee | Joint project led by Andre Matos and Timo Tolkki | [58] | |
| 13 | Kikki Danielsson | Första dagen på resten av mitt liv | Sony Music Entertainment | First solo album since 1993 | [59] |
| Norther | Circle Regenerated | Century Media, Marquee Avalon, Spinefarm | The band's final full-length album | [60] | |
| 15 | Scar Symmetry | The Unseen Empire | Nuclear Blast | [61] | |
| 17 | Adam Tensta | Scared of the Dark | EMI | [62] | |
| 19 | Eva Eastwood | Lyckost | Border Music | [63] | |
| Leaves' Eyes | Melusine | Sonic Seducer magazine | EP | [64] | |
| 22 | Leaves' Eyes | Meredead | Napalm Records | [65] | |
| 25 | Above Symmetry | Ripples | Re-issued after band name change | [66] | |
| Bloodbath | Bloodbath over Bloodstock | DVD | [67] | ||
| Wolf | Legions of Bastards | Century Media | Last album to feature Johannes Axeman Losbäck | [68] | |
| Yggdrasil | Irrbloss | Grand Master Music | [69] | ||
| 26 | Vomitory | Opus Mortis VIII | Metal Blade Records | [70] | |
| 27 | Poisonblack | Drive | HYPE Records | [71] | |
| Ulver | Wars of the Roses | Jester Records, Kscope | First album to feature Daniel O'Sullivan | [72] | |
May
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Chrome Division | Third Round Knockout | Nuclear Blast | [73] | |
| 10 | Enslaved | The Sleeping Gods | Losen Records | EP | [74] |
| 24 | In the Country | Sounds and Sights | Rune Grammofon | Live album | [75] |
| 30 | Arch Enemy | Khaos Legions | Century Media | [76] | |
June
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Timbuktu | Sagolandet | BuDada Records | [77] | |
| 15 | In Flames | Sounds of a Playground Fading | Century Media | First album without founder Jesper Strömblad | [78] |
| Tore Johansen | Nord | Inner Ear | with guest Odd Børretzen | [79] | |
| 29 | Eric Saade | Saade Vol. 1 | Roxy Recordings | [80] | |
July
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Communic | The Bottom Deep | Nuclear Blast | [81] | |
| 27 | Svartsot | Maledictus Eris | Scarecrow Records | [82] | |
| Takida | The Burning Heart | Seven Records | [83] | ||
| 31 | Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio | Release of Tension | Self-released | [84] | |
August
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Sabaton | World War Live: Battle of the Baltic Sea | Live album | [85] | |
| 19 | Ghost Brigade | Until Fear No Longer Defines Us | Season of Mist | [86] | |
| Humcrush with Sidsel Endresen | Ha! | Rune Grammofon | [87] | ||
| 23 | Jørn Lande | Live in Black | Frontiers Records | Live double album | [88] |
| 24 | Apostasy | Nuclear Messiah | [89] | ||
September
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Mats Eilertsen | SkyDive | Hubro Music | With SkyDive Trio | [90] |
| 13 | Opeth | Heritage | Roadrunner Records | Written and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt | [91] |
| 17 | Kjersti Stubø | How High Is the Sky | Bolage | [92] | |
| 23 | Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Shoot! | Rune Gramoffon | [93] | |
| Ragnhild Hemsing | Yr | Simax Classics | [94] | ||
October
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Immortal Souls | IV: The Requiem for the Art of Death | Facedown Records | [95] | |
| 14 | Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll | Stein & Mari's Daydream Community | Jazzland Recordings | EP | [96] |
| 28 | Isole | Born from Shadows | Napalm Records | [97] | |
November
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Elephant9 | Live at the BBC | Rune Grammofon | Recorded in London, UK, November 2010 | [98] |
| 11 | Alog | Unemployed | Rune Grammofon | [99] | |
| Siri Nilsen | Alle Snakker Sant | Grappa Music | [100] | ||
December
| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Bugge Wesseltoft | Songs | Jazzland Recordings | [101] | |
| Hildegunn Øiseth | Stillness | Losen Records | [102] | ||
| unknown date | Uno Svenningsson and Irma Schultz Keller | December - En svensk jul | Universal Music | [103] | |
Deaths
- 1 January – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest)[104]
- 17 January – Sjonni Brink, Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke)[105]
- 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913).[106]
- 6 February – Per Grundén, Swedish tenor, 88[107]
- 24 February – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke)[108]
- 2 March – Erling Kroner, Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader[109]
- 10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen, television host and folk singer, 78[110]
- 22 April – Eyvind Solås, classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73[111]
- 24 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist TNT, church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer)[112]
- 31 May – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81[113]
- 4 June – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish singer and composer, 58 (cancer)[114]
- 18 June – Gustaf Kjellvander, Swedish singer-songwriter, 31[115]
- 24 July – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack)[116]
- 13 August
- Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer, 58 (lung cancer)[117]
- Ellen Winther, Danish opera singer and actress, 78[118]
- 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer).[119]
- 8 October – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80[120]
- 11 October – Kim Brown, British-born Finnish rock musician, 66[121]
- 19 October – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist and composer[122]
- 2 November
- Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen, Danish trombonist and bandleader, 81[123]
- Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer, 96[124]