# 2014 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2014.

## Events
### January

* 16 January
** The Ice Music Festival opens in Geilo, Norway, lasting until 19 January.
** Swedish band In Mourning announce that drummer Christian Netzell has left the band.
* 22 January – The Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, Norway, lasting until 26 January.
* 24 January
** The Nordlysfestivalen opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 2 February.
** Anne-Lise Sollied Allemano (soprano) is awarded the Nordlysprisen at Nordlysfestivalen.
* 30 January – Kristiansund Opera Festival opens, running until 15 February.

### February

* 5 February – The Polarjazz Festival opens in Longyearbyen, Norway, running until 9 February.
* 21 February – Per ‘Sodomizer’ Eriksson leaves Katatonia, to be temporarily replaced by Bruce Soord (The Pineapple Thief, Wisdom of Crowds) and Tomas Åkvik (Nale).
* 28 February – Swedish DJ Avicii's single Wake Me Up becomes the first song in history to surpass 200 million listeners on Spotify, making it the platform's most-streamed track at the time. The song will remain the most-played track on the platform for 506 days until overtaken in May 2015.

### March

* 14 March – The Narvik Winter Festival opens in Norway (March 14 – 23).

### April

* 2 April – In Mourning announce that Mattias Bender will be their new drummer.
* 3 April – The two-day Tape to Zero event starts at Victoria, National jazz scene in Oslo.
* 11 April – Vossajazz opens at Voss, Norway, running until 13 April.
* 12 April
** Sigbjørn Apeland is awarded the Vossajazzprisen 2014.
** Mats Eilertsen performs the commissioned work Rubicon for Vossajazz 2014.
* 16 April – Inferno Metal Festival 2014 opens in Oslo (April 16–19).
* 17 April – Daniel Liljekvist leaves Katatonia, and is temporarily replaced by JP Asplund and Daniel Moilanen (ex-Engel) in succession.
* 23 April – SoddJazz opens in Inderøy Municipality, Nord-Trøndelag, Norway, running until 27 April.

### May

* 10 May – The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark, presented by Danish television presenter Lise Rønne, musician Nikolaj Koppel and actor Pilou Asbæk. The best-performing of the Scandinavian countries is Sweden, who finish in third place with "Undo" performed by Sanna Nielsen.
* 21 May – The Festspillene i Bergen opens in Norway (May 21 – June 4).

### June

* 11 June – Bergenfest opens in Bergen, Norway, lasting until 15 June.
* 21 June – Festspillene i Nord-Norge opens in Harstad, Norway, lasting until 28 June.

### July

* 2 July – The Kongsberg Jazzfestival opens at Kongsberg, Norway, running until 5 July.
* 5 July – Mathias Eick receives the Kongsberg Jazz Award or DNB.prisen 2014 at the Kongsberg Jazzfestival.
* 10 July – The Stavernfestivalen opens in Stavern, Norway, lasting until 12 July.
* 14 July – Moldejazz opens in Molde, Norway, with Sidsel Endresen as artist in residence (July 14–19).
* 15 July – Norwegian trio Monkey Plot win the JazzIntro 2014 award.

### August

* 11 August – The Oslo Jazzfestival opens in Norway, running until 16 August.
* 12 August – Odd André Elveland receives the Ella-prisen 2014 at the Oslo Jazzfestival.
* 31 August – The Danish National Symphony Orchestra announces the appointment of Fabio Luisi as its next principal conductor on a 3-year contract from 2017.

### September

* 1 September – The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra announces the appointment of Susanna Mälkki as its next chief conductor on a 3-year contract from autumn 2016.
* 4 September – The Punktfestivalen opens in Kristiansand, Norway, running until 6 September.
* 10 September – The Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival 2014 starts in Oslo, Norway, running until 20 September.
* 17 September – Nordic Music Days 2014 begins in Oslo, Norway, running until 20 September; it is hosted by the Ultima Oslo Contemporary Music Festival for the Norwegian Society of Composers.

### October

* 17 October – The Ekkofestival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 25 October.
* 20 October – The Asker Jazz Festival opens in Asker Municipality, Norway, running until 26 October.
* 23 October – The Insomnia Festival opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 26 October.

### November

* 12 November – The Vardø Blues Festival (Blues i Vintermørket) opens in Norway, running until 15 November.
* 13 November – The 9th Barents Jazz, Tromsø International Jazz Festival opens in Tromsø, Norway, running until 15 November.

### December

* 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held at Telenor Arena in Oslo, Norway.

## New works

* Kaija Saariaho – Maan Varjot

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Jan Gunnar Hoff | Fly North | Losen Records | |
| 10 | Arve Henriksen | Chron | Rune Grammofon | |
| 17 | Tord Gustavsen Quartet | Extended Circle | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| 20 | The Haunted | Eye of the Storm | | EP |
| 21 | Persuader | The Fiction Maze | Inner Wound Recordings | EP |
| 27 | Kampfar | Djevelmakt | Indie Recordings | |
| 27 | Hildegunn Øiseth | Valencia | Losen Records | |
| 27 | Sister | Disguised Vultures | Metal Blade | |
| 31 | Grand Magus | Triumph and Power | Nuclear Blast | |

### February

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 7 | Espen Berg | Acres Of Blue | Atterklang | | - |

### March

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 4 | Wolves Like Us | Black Soul Choir | Prosthetic Records | |
| 7 | Motorpsycho with Reine Fiske | Behind The Sun | Rune Grammofon | |
| 11 | Nocturnal Breed | Napalm Nights | Agonia Records | First album for 7 years |
| 21 | Avicii | True: Avicii By Avicii | Rune Grammofon | Remix |
| 28 | Stian Westerhus & Pale Horses | Maelstrom | Rune Grammofon | |
| 28 | Paul Bley | Play Blue (Oslo Concert) | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |

### April

| Day | Artist | Album | Label |
| 7 | Baker Hansen | Chet På Norsk / Ei Som Deg | NorCD |
| 11 | Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Enfant Terrible | Rune Grammofon |
| 25 | Marius Neset | Lion | ACT Music |

### May

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 16 | Jacob Young | Forever Young | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |

### June

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 30 | Sanna Nielsen | 7 | Parlophone, Warner Music Group | | |

### July

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Sonic Syndicate | Sonic Syndicate | | | |
| 1 | 25 | Crystal Eyes | Killer | Massacre Records | |

### August

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 22 | The Nature of Connections | Arve Henriksen | Rune Grammofon | | |

### September

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 19 | Karl Seglem | Som Spor | NorCD | | |

### October

| Day | Artist | Album | Label |
| 3 | Eple Trio | Universal Cycle | Shipwreckords |
| 14 | Scar Symmetry | The Singularity (Phase I – Neohumanity) | |
| 17 | Bjørn Alterhaug Quintet | Innocent Play | Ponca Jazz Records |
| 17 | In the Country & Frida Ånnevik | Skogenes Sang | Grappa Music |
| 24 | Lumen Drones (Nils Økland, Per Steinar Lie, Ørjan Haaland) | Lumen Drones | ECM |
| 24 | Liv Kristine | Vervain | Napalm Records |
| 24 | Ketil Bjørnstad | A Passion For John Donne | ECM Records |
| 24 | Terje Isungset & Arve Henriksen | World Of Glass | All Ice Records |

### November

| Day | Artist | Album | Label |
| 1 | Gisle Torvik and Hardanger Big Band | Kryssande | NorCD |
| 6 | Larz-Kristerz | 40 mil från Stureplan | Sony Music |
| 10 | Christer Fredriksen | Trademark | Losen Records |
| 7 | Sidsel Endresen & Stian Westerhus | Bonita | Rune Grammofon |
| 7 | Albatrosh | Night Owl | Rune Grammofon |
| 28 | Kristoffer Eikrem & Kjetil Jerve | Feeling // Emotion | NorCD |

### December

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 5 | Mors Principium Est | Dawn of the 5th Era | AFM Records | |
| 8 | Taake | Stridens hus | Dark Essence Records | All tracks by Hoest |
| 25 | The Project Hate MCMXCIX | There Is No Earth I Will Leave Unscorched | | |

## Deaths

* 24 July – Christian Falk (52), Swedish record producer and musician
* 15 August – Svein Nymo (61), Norwegian violinist and composer
* 19 August – Kåre Kolberg (78), Norwegian composer.
* 29 August – Jan Groth (68), Norwegian vocalist (cancer)
* 10 October – Olav Dale (55), Norwegian jazz saxophonist, composer and orchestra leader
* 11 October – Mats Rondin (54), Swedish cellist and composer (heart attack)
* 8 December – Knut Nystedt (99), Norwegian composer.
* 12 December – John Persen (73), Norwegian composer.