# 2013 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2013.

## Events

* 18 February – Norway's Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra appoints Edward Gardner as its next principal conductor, with effect from the 2015–2016 season.
* 18 March – Sweden's Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra appoints Stefan Solyom as its next chief conductor, with effect from the 2014–2015 season.

## New works

* Hans Abrahamsen – Let me tell you (soprano and orchestra)
* Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – Together or Not
* Aulis Sallinen – Baumgesang mit Epilog for Cello & Piano

## Film and television music

* Anna Jarvinen, Darya Pakarinen, Love Antell, Markus Fagervall, Mirella Hautala, Manskensorkestern, Hannu Kiviaho, Heikki Kiviaho, Harri Manty, Jukka Takalo – Finnish Blood Swedish Heart
* Atli Örvarsson – Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Mors Principium Est | ...And Death Said Live | AFM Records | |
| 25 | Convulse | Inner Evil | | |
| 25 | Cult of Luna | Vertikal | | |
| 25 | Koldbrann | Vertigo | | |
| 25 | Jørn Lande | Symphonic (compilation) | | |
| 25 | Stratovarius | Unbreakable | | EP |

### March

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Honningbarna | Verden Er Enkel | Virgin | | |
| 12 | Tine Thing Helseth | Tine | Warner Classics | | |

### April

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 4 | Atomic | There's A Hole In The Mountain | Losen Records | |
| 12 | Ketil Bjørnstad | La Notte | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| 12 | Motorpsycho and Reine Fiske | Still Life with Eggplant | Rune Grammofon | Produced by Bent Sæther |
| 12 | Gjermund Titlestad | Map Of The World – Music For Guitar | Ponca Jazz Records | |

### May

| Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| 10 | Arckanum | Fenris Kindir | Season of Mist |
| 17 | Blood Red Throne | Blood Red Throne | Sevared Records |
| 17 | Gothminister | Utopia | AFM Records |

### June

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 14 | Terje Rypdal with The Hilliard Ensemble | Melodic Warrior | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |
| 25 | Lage Lund, Orlando le Fleming, Will Vinson | OWL Trio | Losen | | |

### July

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 27 | Mercenary | Through Our Darkest Days | NoiseArt Records | Only album to feature Peter Mathiesen as drummer | |

### September

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Frida Ånnevik | Ville Ord | Grappa | Recipient of the Spellemannprisen lyricist award |
| 9 | Duplex | Duolia | NorCD | |
| 9 | Duplex | Sketches of ... | NorCD | |
| 11 | Mopti | Logic | Ocean Sound Recordings | |
| 20 | Andrea Kvintett | Russian Dream | NorCD | |
| 20 | The Forester | Susanna and Ensemble neoN | SusannaSonata | Produced by Deathprod and Susanna |

### October

| Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| 1 | Arve Henriksen | Places of Worship | Rune Grammofon |
| 8 | Pixel | We Are All Small Pixels | Cuneiform Records |
| 18 | Karl Seglem | NyeSongar.no | NorCD |
| 25 | Geir Lysne | New Circle | ACT Music |

### November

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 29 | Daniel Herskedal | Dagane | NorCD | | |

### December

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 18 | Arvingarna | Änglar och en massa kärlek | Sony Music | 2014 Guldklaven Award winner | |
| 18 | Skálmöld and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra | Skálmöld & Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands (CD/DVD) | Sena | Live album | |

## Deaths

* 14 January – Morten Mølster, Norwegian rock guitarist, age unknown
* 25 January – Aase Nordmo Løvberg, Norwegian opera singer, 89
* 16 February – Eric Ericson, Swedish conductor, 94
* 17 April – Yngve Moe, Norwegian jazz and rock bass guitarist, 55 (drowning)
* 20 May – Anders Eliasson, Swedish composer, 66
* 26 June – Henrik Otto Donner, Finnish composer and music industry executive, 73
* 6 December – Tom Krause, Finnish opera singer, 79
* 21 December – Lars Edlund, Swedish organist and composer, 91