The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2012 in
Swedish music
The Music of Sweden shares roots with its neighboring countries in Scandinavia, as well as Eastern Europe, including polka, schottische, waltz, polska and mazurka. The Swedish fiddle and nyckelharpa are among the most common Swedish folk instr ...
.
Events
January
February
March
April
May 26-Swedish singer
Loreen Loreen may refer to:
*Loreen (singer), Swedish singer
*Loreen Rice Lucas (1914–2011), a Canadian author
* "Loreen" (song), 1986 song by German singer Sandra See also
*Loren (disambiguation)
*Lorene
*Loreena Loreena is a female given name. It may r ...
won the 57th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan.
June
* 6 – The 20th
Sweden Rock Festival
The Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held in Sweden since 6 June 1992. While having a clear rock/metal focus, the festival is noted for its diversity across these genres, from southern rock bands such as Molly Hatchet to de ...
started in
Norje
Norje is a locality situated in Sölvesborg Municipality, Blekinge County, Sweden with 657 inhabitants in 2010.
Since 1998, Norje has been the location of the Sweden Rock Festival
The Sweden Rock Festival is an annual rock/metal festival held ...
(June 6 – 9).
July
August
September
October
November
December
Album and singles releases
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
* 7 – ''Atlantis'' by
Elephant9
Elephant9 (established 2006 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian progressive/neo-psychedelic/jazz-rock trio which formed in 2006 under the name Storløkken/Eilertsen/Lofthus, for the members of the band, namely Ståle Storløkken (keyboard), Nikolai ...
, with
Reine Fiske
Nils Reine Fiske (born 4 October 1972) is a Swedish guitarist, art director and sound engineer at the record label Subliminal Sounds, who put his signature to many prog-rock projects such as Landberk, Morte Macabre, Paatos, Motorpsycho, Elephant ...
(
Rune Grammofon
Rune Grammofon is a Norwegian record label founded in 1998 by Rune Kristoffersen. Rune Grammofon's reputation for lovingly issued experimental electronic music, jazz, and improvised music by Norwegian artists has grown over the years with its art ...
).
October
November
December
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See also
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Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012
Sweden participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Euphoria" written by Thomas G:son and Peter Boström. The song was performed by Loreen. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national fina ...
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List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
(see 2012 section on page)
References
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Swedish music by year
Swedish
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