2015 in Swedish music

Overview of the events of 2015 in Swedish music

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2015 in Swedish music.

Events

February

• 7 – The first semi-final of Melodifestivalen was arranged. The three next semi-finals took place on February 14, 21, and 28.^[1]

March

• 7 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 7.
• 14 – The final of Melodifestivalen was carried out on March 14, 2015.^[2] Måns Zelmerlöw's song "Heroes" won the competition.

April

• 25 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in Gothenburg (April 25 – May 2).^[3]

May

• 23 - Måns Zelmerlöw wins the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 for Sweden with his song "Heroes". It goes on to top the charts in Sweden, Greece, Iceland and Poland.

June

• 4 – The Malmö Live venue is officially inaugurated in Sweden; it becomes the new home of the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.^[4]
• 25 – The 3rd Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 25–27).^[5]

October

• 12 – The 30th Stockholm International Composer Festival opens at the Stockholms Konserthus, focusing on the work of Lili and Nadia Boulanger.^[6]

December

• 11 – The 27 years old Martin Almgren won the final of Sweden's Idol series.^[7]

Album and singles releases

January

February

March

May

August

September

October

November

Deaths

July

• 13 – Bengt-Arne Wallin, Swedish composer, arrangeur, trumpeter, and flugelhornist (born 1926).

November

• 5 – Kjell Öhman, jazz pianist, hammond organist, and accordionist prostate cancer(born 1943)

December

• 22 – Peter Lundblad, singer of "Ta mig till havet" (prostate cancer)(born 1950).^[21]

See also

• Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
• List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2015 section on page)

References

1. "Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna". SVT. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
2. "Sweden's Melodifestivalen dates, changes and presenters announced". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 2015-03-31. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
3. "GMLSTN JAZZ 2015". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
4. Om Malmö Live. Archived 2015-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Malmö Live. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
5. "Bråvalla 2015". SongKick.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
6. http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?MenuId=84&InformationPageItemId=354&Kategori=In+english Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra presents fascinating 2015-16 programme"]. Accessed 24 February 2016
7. "Martin vann i Globen". svt.se. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
8. "Marius Neset: Pinball - CD". Musical reviews. ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
9. "The Amazing – Picture You". consequence.net. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
10. "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
11. "Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore – Hit The Wall!". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
12. Lucidity - Atomic at AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
13. "Ida Sand: Young At Heart - CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
14. "Firehouse (Gatefold LP) – Gard Nilssen's acoustic Unity". Cleanfeed-Records.com. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
15. "Rune Grammofon". Rune Grammofon. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
16. "Cæcilie Norby just the two of us – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
17. "Dungen – Allas Sak". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
18. Håkan Steen (22 September 2017). "Kikki sjunger fantastiskt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
19. "Bo Kaspers Orkester – Redo att gå sönder". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
20. "Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo – Melt". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
21. Weibull, Hedvig; Haimi, Rebecca; Fossbo, Hannes (2015-12-23). "Sångaren Peter Lundblad död". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 2016-02-21.