2011 in Swedish music explained

The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Swedish music.

Events

March

• 12 – Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular", he will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

April

• 6 – Per Wiberg quits Opeth.

May

• 12 – Eric Saade wins the second semi-final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
• 14 – Eric Saade comes third in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Sweden best placement since 1999 when Sweden won.
• 18
  • Lady Gaga releases her new CD Born This Way Exclusively on the Swedish Music Streaming Program Spotify^[1]
  • Adrian Lux signs with Universal Music Sweden.^[2]

June

• 8 – The 19th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 8 – 11).^[3]
• 28 – The Where The Action Is festival started in Gothenburg.^[4]

July

• 9 – Sonisphere In Globe Arena Stockholm.^[5]
• 28 – Storsjöyran in Östersund (July 28 – 30).^[6]

August

• 11 – Way Out West City festival in Gothenburg (August 11 – 13).^[7]

Albums released

January

• 11 – Öga, Näsa, Mun Single by Dungen (Third Man Records).^[8]

February

• February 11 – Charm School is released which is Roxette's first album with new material since 2001's Room Service ^[9]
• February 14 – Love CPR by September (singer) is released
• February 23 – Carl Norén from Sugar Plum Fairy releases his solo debut album Owls.^[10]
• February 23 – Thomas Di Leva releases his album Hjärtat vinner alltid ^[11]
• February 28 – Mohombi releases his Debut album MoveMeant (various dates in Europe) ^[12]
• February 28 – Roxette start its Charm School World Tour in Kazan, Rusia in front of 8.000 people. The tour will include all continents, including dates in the United States

March

• Mars 2 – Lykke Li releases her second album Wounded Rhymes^[13]
• Mars 9 – Swingfly releases Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly ^[14]
• Mars 11 – Danny Saucedo Releases In The Club ^[15]
• Mars 15 – Bob Hund releases Det Överexponerade Gömstället ^[16]
• 16
  • Miss Li releases – Beats & Bruises ^[17]
  • Unseen by The Haunted
• Mars 23 – Erik Hassle releases Mariefred Sessions
• 29 – Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth

April

• April 13
  • Kikki Danielsson releases "Första dagen på resten av mitt liv".^[18]
  • Adam Tensta releases Scared Of The Dark^[19]
• April 15 – Performocracy by The Poodles is released ^[20]
• 15
  • Newkid releases Alexander JR Ferrer ^[21]
  • The Unseen Empire by Scar Symmetry
• April 16 – Eva Eastwood – Lyckost ^[22]
• April 27 – Veronica Maggio Releases her third and highly anticipated album Satan i Gatan ^[23]

May

• 30 – Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy

June

• June 8 – Timbuktu releases his eight album Sagolandet ^[24]
• June 15 – In Flames release their tenth album Sounds of a Playground Fading^[25]
• June 29 – Eric Saade releases his second solo album Saade with the Eurovision song contest entry as lead single.^[26]

July

• July 27 – Takida will release their album. Title yet to be announced, but The Burning heart has been circulating.^[27]

September

• 16 – Heritage by Opeth
• 23 – Hell in Reverse by Last View

November

• 7 – For Funerals to Come... (reissue) by Katatonia

Unknown date

A

Agnes Carlsson TBA ^[28]

E

Europe (band) – TBA ^[29]

E-Type – TBA ^[30]

G

Gathania – TBA, Swedish IDOL contestant 2007 was reported working on material for 2011 ^[31]

New Artists

• Eric Amarillo – Swedish singer from Gothenburg SwEric Amarillo, musician, producer and DJ part of the duo The Attic with Michael Feiner ^[32]
• Newkid – Swedish singer from Stockholm released debut album

Notes and References

1. Web site: Listen to Lady Gaga's Born This Way exclusively on Spotify Premium now! - Spotify . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110520024141/http://www.spotify.com/se/blog/archives/2011/05/18/listen-to-lady-gagas-born-this-way-exclusively-on-spotify-premium-now/ . 2011-05-20 . dead .
2. Web site: Universal Music Sweden - Adrian Lux signar med Universal Music Sverige. - Mynewsdesk . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120328114226/http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressroom/universalmusic/pressrelease/view/adrian-lux-signar-med-universal-music-sverige-637001 . 2012-03-28 . dead .
3. Web site: Sweden Rock Festival 2011 Setlist . Setlist.fm . 2018-03-04.
4. Web site: Home . wtai.se . 2011-05-22 . 2011-07-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110703235145/http://www.wtai.se/ . dead .
5. Web site: Sonisphere Sweden, Slipknot, Mastodon . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110414052252/http://se.sonispherefestivals.com/ . 2011-04-14 . dead .
6. Web site: Storsjöyran Östersund - festivalen som inte liknar någon annan . Storsjoyran.se . 2022-03-11.
7. Web site: Home . wayoutwest.se.
8. Web site: Dungen – Öga, Näsa, Mun . . 2016-02-21.
9. Web site: Roxette turn on the charm EMI Music . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727080156/http://www.emimusic.com/blog/2010/roxette-turn-on-the-charm/ . 2011-07-27 . dead .
10. Web site: Carl Nor n - Owls - Skivor - Expressen N je N jesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter . 2011-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110224033254/http://www.expressen.se/noje/recensioner/skivor/1.2340097/carl-noren-owls . 2011-02-24 . dead .
11. Web site: Di Leva | Blogg . 2011-05-23 . 2011-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725235234/http://www.dileva.org/blogg . dead .
12. Web site: Movemeant.
13. Web site: Lykke Li. www.lykkeli.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20110129062050/http://www.lykkeli.com/news%2Csecond-album-wounded-rhymes_49.htm . 2011-01-29.
14. Web site: Skivrecensioner • Kritiker.
15. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930071811/http://www.qx.se/uploads/5a/9a690952f53ebaf476f104f481f324.pdf# . 2011-09-30 . dead .
16. Web site: nyheter - bob hund officiell sida . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225011835/http://www.bobhund.se/nyheter . 2011-02-25 . dead .
17. Web site: www.missli.se . 2011-05-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110326032041/http://www.national.se/missli/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450&Itemid=209 . 2011-03-26 . dead .
18. Web site: Ginza Musik . 13 April 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110426060250/http://www.ginza.se/Product/Product.aspx?Identifier=106606 . 26 April 2011 .
19. Web site: Home . adamtensta.com.
20. Web site: The Poodles - Official Website.
21. Web site: Newkid - Alexander Jr Ferrer.
22. http://www.evaeastwood.se/lyckost-1918473{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
23. Web site: Satan i Gatan har sålt Guld Veronica Maggio . 2011-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309160632/http://www.veronicamaggio.se/2011/05/13/satan-i-gatan-har-salt-guld/#more-86 . 2012-03-09 . dead .
24. http://emi.se/2011/03/timbuktu-nytt-album-sagolandet-slapps-pa-emi-music-ny-lat-dansa-slapps-9-mars/{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
25. Web site: IN FLAMES - the official homepage . 2008-01-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080108071444/http://www.inflames.com/main.html . 2008-01-08 .
26. http://cdon.se/musik/saade_eric/saade_vol.1_%282011%29-14466170 Saade vol.1
27. http://cdon.se/musik/takida/tba_2011-14495184 Takida TBD 2011
28. Web site: Ett gyllene år för Agnes - Musik - www.ttela.se . 2011-05-22 . 2012-03-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318062205/http://ttela.se/nojekultur/musik/1.680801-ett-gyllene-ar-for-agnes . dead .
29. Web site: Joey Tempest – the next Europe album will be out in 2011 | EspyRock.
30. Web site: Universal Music Nyheter . 2011-05-23 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929072940/http://www.universalmusic.se/blogg/nyheter/2011/1/14/e-type-back-2-life . 2011-09-29 .
31. Web site: Gathania från Idol debuterar med ny singel. 2 February 2009.
32. Web site: NRJ - de bästa hitsen.