2015 in Swedish music explained

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

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Trees Of Light	Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa	ECM Records	Produced by Manfred Eicher	[10]
22	Hit The Wall!	Mats Gustafsson together with Thurston Moore	Smalltown Superjazzz		[11]
23	Lucidity	Atomic	Jazzland Recordings	Produced by Atomic, co-producer Sten Nilsen
27	Young At Heart	Ida Sand	ACT Music	Produced by Nils Landgren, executive producer Siggi Loch	[12]

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
21	Silver Mountain	Elephant9 with Reine Fiske	Rune Grammofon		[14]
28	Just The Two Of Us	Cæcilie Norby and Lars Danielsson	ACT Music		[15]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
25	Allas Sak	Dungen	Smalltown Supersound		[16]
25	Postcard from a Painted Lady	Kikki Danielsson	Lionheart/Universal	Produced by Sören Karlsson	[17]

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).^[20]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Artisterna i Melodifestivalen 2016: Hela listan – så blir deltävlingarna . . 2016-02-14.
2. Web site: Sweden's Melodifestivalen dates, changes and presenters announced . Eurovision.tv . 2016-02-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150331164404/http://www.eurovision.tv/page/news?id=a_bigger_final_for_swedens_melodifestivalen . 2015-03-31 .
3. Web site: GMLSTN JAZZ 2015 . GmlStnJazz.com . 2016-02-14.
4. http://malmolive.se/om-malmo-live Om Malmö Live.
5. Web site: Bråvalla 2015 . SongKick.com . 2018-03-04.
6. http://www.konserthuset.se/Default.aspx?MenuId=84&InformationPageItemId=354&Kategori=In+english "Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra presents fascinating 2015-16 programme"
7. Web site: Martin vann i Globen. svt.se. 25 December 2015.
8. Web site: Marius Neset: Pinball - CD . Musical reviews . . 2016-02-26.
9. Web site: The Amazing – Picture You . consequence.net . 2016-02-14.
10. Web site: Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light . . 2018-02-28.
11. Web site: Mats Gustafsson & Thurston Moore – Hit The Wall! . . 2016-02-14.
12. Web site: Ida Sand: Young At Heart - CD . . 2017-01-02.
13. Web site: Firehouse (Gatefold LP) – Gard Nilssen’s acoustic Unity . Cleanfeed-Records.com . 2015-02-16.
14. Web site: Rune Grammofon . . 2015-08-04.
15. Web site: Cæcilie Norby just the two of us – CD . . 2016-02-13.
16. Web site: Dungen – Allas Sak . . 2016-02-14.
17. News: Kikki sjunger fantastiskt. Aftonbladet. Swedish. Håkan Steen. 22 September 2017. 2 April 2018.
18. Web site: Bo Kaspers Orkester – Redo att gå sönder . . 2016-02-14.
19. Web site: Brian Chippendale / Mats Gustafsson / Massimo Pupillo – Melt . . 2016-02-14.
20. News: Weibull . Hedvig . Haimi . Rebecca . Fossbo . Hannes . 2015-12-23 . Sångaren Peter Lundblad död . 2016-02-21 . . sv.