The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 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 inst ...
.
Events
January
February
* 1 – The
Melodifestivalen first semi-final took place. The three next semi-finals was executed on February 8, 15, and 22.
March
* 1 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 1.
* 8 – Final of the Melodifestivalen was on March 8, 2014.
Sanna Nielsen
Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. On her seventh attempt, she won Melodifestivalen in 2014 with the song "Undo" and so represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenh ...
's song "
Undo (Sanna Nielsen song)
"Undo" is a song by Swedish singer Sanna Nielsen. The track was written and composed by Fredrik Kempe, David Kreuger, Hamed "K-One" Pirouzpanah. It premiered on 8 February 2014, as part of the second semi-final in Melodifestivalen 2014. The song ...
" won the competition.
April
* 28 – Swedes
,
Ilya Salmanzadeh and
Shellback produced "
Problem" by
Ariana Grande and
Iggy Azalea
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.
May
* 9 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in
Göteborg
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(May 9 – 10).
June
* 26 – The 2nd
Bråvalla Festival
Bråvalla Festival was a Swedish four-day music festival that was held annually. It was Sweden's biggest and most popular music festival. It was held at Bråvalla Wing outside of Norrköping. The inaugural season of the festival was from 27 to ...
opened near
Norrköping (June 26 - 28).
July
* 5 –
Ghost (Swedish band)
Ghost is a Swedish rock band that was formed in Linköping in 2006. In 2010, they released a three-track demo followed by a 7-inch vinyl titled " Elizabeth", and later their debut full-length album '' Opus Eponymous''. The song "Ritual" was ch ...
performed at the European
Sonisphere Festival
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at Knebworth Park, Knebworth, England.
August
September
October
November
December
Album and singles releases
January
February
* 4 – ''Years'' by Markku Ounaskari / Kari Heinilä /
Lena Willemark
Lena Willemark (born 12 May 1960) is a Swedish traditional music fiddler, singer, and composer, who combines elements of folk and jazz.
Born in Älvdalen, Dalarna, Willemark grew up with the region's folk music. In Stockholm in the 1970s, she al ...
/
Anders Jormin
Anders Bertil Michael Jormin (born 7 September 1957) is a Swedish bassist and composer.
Jormin established a musical partnership with Bobo Stenson in the mid-1980s which led to international recognition playing with Charles Lloyd, in the early ...
(
Eclipse Records
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).
March
* 3 – ''
Truth Serum
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'' EP by
Tove Lo
Ebba Tove Elsa Nilsson (born 29 October 1987), known professionally as Tove Lo (), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She has been called "Sweden's darkest pop export" by ''Rolling Stone.'' She is known for her raw, grunge-influenced take o ...
, her album released on March 3. The album speaks about a love and personal story.
* 7 – ''
Behind The Sun'' by
Motorpsycho 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, Eleph ...
(
Rune Grammofon
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).
* 12 –
Kent
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released
La Belle Epoque on March 12.
* 28 – ''Momento Magico'' by guitarist
Ulf Wakenius
Ulf, or Ulv is a masculine name common in Scandinavia and Germany. It derives from the Old Norse word for "wolf" (''úlfr'', see Wulf).
The oldest written record of the name's occurrence in Sweden is from a runestone of the 11th century.
The ...
(
ACT Music
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).
* 31 – ''
My Silver Lining'' single by
First Aid Kit
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, a folk-pop song.
April
* 30 – ''
Tigerdrottningen'', the eleventh studio album by
Kent
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, was released on April 30.
May
* 13 – ''
Hail the Apocalypse
''Hail the Apocalypse'' is the fifth studio album by Swedish metal band Avatar, released on 13 May 2014. It is their first album to chart on the US Billboard 200, reaching number 97 and selling 3,500 copies in its first week. The album was mixed ...
'' by the band
Avatar
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is scheduled for release.
June
* 10 – ''
Stay Gold'' the third album by
First Aid Kit
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was released in the United States.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
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Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player.
Career
Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chri ...
& NU Ensemble (Not Two Records).
Deaths
; February
* 11 –
Alice Babs
Hildur Alice Nilsson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer and actress. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known i ...
, Swedish singer and actress (born
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20– 30 – Kuomintang in China holds ...
).
; July
* 24 –
Christian Falk
Christian Falk (25 April 1962 – 24 July 2014) was a Swedish record producer and musician. Falk started his recording career with the band Madhouse in the early 1980s. He later moved on and became a founding member of post-punk band Imperiet. ...
, record producer and musician (born 1962).
; October
* 11 –
Mats Rondin, cellist and conductor (born
1960
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Events
January
* Jan ...
).
See also
*
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
*
List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
(see 2014 section on page)
References
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