# 2011 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2011.

## Events

* 26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, running until 29 January.
* 28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway.
* 28 February – Swedish duo Roxette launches its 55-date "Charm School World Tour", part of "The Neverending World Tour" in Kazan, Russia, in front of 8,000 people.
* 6 April – It is reported that keyboardist Per Wiberg has left the band Opeth.
* 16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival:
** Mari Kvien Brunvoll receives the Vossajazzprisen for 2011.
** Mathias Eick performs the commissioned work Voss.
* 9 June – Rockland the Opera, an opera by Finland's Jukka Linkola, is premièred at the Nivala Ice Arena.
* 17 June – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until 19 June
* 17 June – Finnish singer Tarja Turunen performs with tenor José Cura at the Savonlinna Opera Festival.
* 15 October – Olli Kortekangas's one-act opera Yhden yön juttu (One Night Stand), commissioned by the Sibelius Academy, is premièred at the Helsinki Music Centre
* 1 November – Norwegian TV station NRK broadcasts a 30-minute film in which musician Jørn Stubberud (aka Necrobutcher) undergoes an exorcism by US televangelist Bob Larson.
* December – Blood Red Throne take on Yngve "Bolt" Christiansen as their new vocalist, replacing Osvald "Vald" Egeland.

## New works

* Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto
* Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8
* Djuro Zivkovic – On the Guarding of the Heart

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 7 | Axenstar | Aftermath | IceWarrior Records | |
| 11 | myGRAIN | myGRAIN | Spinefarm Records | |
| 11 | Stratovarius | Elysium | Victor Entertainment | |
| 17 | Desultory | Counting Our Scars | | |
| 21 | Sirenia | The Enigma of Life | Nuclear Blast Records | |
| 26 | Battlelore | Doombound | Napalm Records | Concept album focusing on Túrin Turambar |

### February

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 2 | Ajattara | Murhat | Osasto-A Records | |
| 4 | Korpiklaani | Ukon Wacka | Nuclear Blast | All tracks sung in Finnish |
| 7 | Sigbjørn Apeland | Glossolalia | Hubro Music | |
| 7 | Vreid | V | Indie Recordings | |
| 9 | KYPCK | Lower | Indie Recordings | |
| 11 | Roxette | Charm School | Roxette Recordings; Capitol | First studio album since 2001 |
| 14 | Lifelover | Sjukdom | Prophecy Productions | |
| 14 | The Project Hate | Bleeding The New Apocalypse (Cum Victriciis In Manibus Armis) | | Mixed by Dan Swanö |
| 14 | September | Love CPR | Catchy Tunes | Digital release |
| 15 | Svartsyn | Wrath Upon the Earth | Agonia Records | |
| 18 | Jenny Hval | Viscera | Rune Grammofon | |
| 21 | Moonsorrow | Varjoina Kuljemme Kuolleiden Maassa | Spinefarm Records | |
| 22 | Evergrey | Glorious Collision | Steamhammer/SPV | |
| 23 | Carl Norén | Owls | EMI Music Sweden | First solo album |
| 23 | Thomas Di Leva | Hjärtat vinner alltid | Universal Import | |
| 25 | Before the Dawn | Deathstar Rising | Nuclear Blast | |
| 25 | Mercenary | Metamorphosis | NoiseArt Records | |
| 25 | One Man Army and the Undead Quartet | The Dark Epic | | |
| 25 | Thunderbolt | Dung Idols | | |
| 28 | Mohombi | MoveMeant | 2101 Records | |
| 28 | Frederik Magle | Like a Flame | Proprius Music | Recorded on the Frobenius pipe organ in Jørlunde church |

### March

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Omnium Gatherum | New World Shadows | Lifeforce Records | First album on new label |
| 2 | Lykke Li | Wounded Rhymes | Atlantic Records | |
| 7 | Burzum | Fallen | Byelobog Productions | Vocals and all instruments by Varg Vikernes |
| 8 | Children of Bodom | Relentless Reckless Forever | Spinefarm Records, Fearless Records and Nuclear Blast | |
| 9 | Swingfly | Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly | | |
| 11 | Ole Mathisen, Per Mathisen and Paolo Vinaccia | Elastics | Losen Records | |
| 11 | Danny Saucedo | In the Club | Sony | |
| 15 | Rotten Sound | Cursed | Relapse Records and Fullsteam Records | Themed around "six curses of mankind" |
| 18 | Bloodbound | Unholy Cross | AFM Records | |
| 18 | Susanna Wallumrød | Jeg Vil Hjem Til Menneskene | Grappa Music | Lyrics by Gunvor Hofmo |
| 25 | Divinefire | Eye of the Storm | Rivel Records | |
| 25 | Kampfar | Mare | Napalm Records | Produced by Peter Tägtgren |
| 25 | Vintersorg | Jordpuls | Napalm | First of a planned 4-album concept series |
| 29 | Amon Amarth | Surtur Rising | Metal Blade, Sony Music | |

### April

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Illdisposed | There Is Light (But It's Not For Me) | Massacre Records | |
| 1 | Symfonia | In Paradisum | Avalon/Marquee | Joint project led by Andre Matos and Timo Tolkki |
| 13 | Kikki Danielsson | Första dagen på resten av mitt liv | Sony Music Entertainment | First solo album since 1993 |
| 13 | Norther | Circle Regenerated | Century Media, Marquee Avalon, Spinefarm | The band's final full-length album |
| 15 | Scar Symmetry | The Unseen Empire | Nuclear Blast | |
| 17 | Adam Tensta | Scared of the Dark | EMI | |
| 19 | Eva Eastwood | Lyckost | Border Music | |
| 19 | Leaves' Eyes | Melusine | Sonic Seducer magazine | EP |
| 22 | Leaves' Eyes | Meredead | Napalm Records | |
| 25 | Above Symmetry | Ripples | | Re-issued after band name change |
| 25 | Bloodbath | Bloodbath over Bloodstock | | DVD |
| 25 | Wolf | Legions of Bastards | Century Media | Last album to feature Johannes Axeman Losbäck |
| 25 | Yggdrasil | Irrbloss | Grand Master Music | |
| 26 | Vomitory | Opus Mortis VIII | Metal Blade Records | |
| 27 | Poisonblack | Drive | HYPE Records | |
| 27 | Ulver | Wars of the Roses | Jester Records, Kscope | First album to feature Daniel O'Sullivan |

### May

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Chrome Division | Third Round Knockout | Nuclear Blast | |
| 10 | Enslaved | The Sleeping Gods | Losen Records | EP |
| 24 | In the Country | Sounds and Sights | Rune Grammofon | Live album |
| 30 | Arch Enemy | Khaos Legions | Century Media | |

### June

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Timbuktu | Sagolandet | BuDada Records | |
| 15 | In Flames | Sounds of a Playground Fading | Century Media | First album without founder Jesper Strömblad |
| 15 | Tore Johansen | Nord | Inner Ear | with guest Odd Børretzen |
| 29 | Eric Saade | Saade Vol. 1 | Roxy Recordings | |

### July

| Day | Artist | Album | Label |
| 22 | Communic | The Bottom Deep | Nuclear Blast |
| 27 | Svartsot | Maledictus Eris | Scarecrow Records |
| 27 | Takida | The Burning Heart | Seven Records |
| 31 | Jostein Gulbrandsen Trio | Release of Tension | Self-released |

### August

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 5 | Sabaton | World War Live: Battle of the Baltic Sea | | Live album |
| 19 | Ghost Brigade | Until Fear No Longer Defines Us | Season of Mist | |
| 19 | Humcrush with Sidsel Endresen | Ha! | Rune Grammofon | |
| 23 | Jørn Lande | Live in Black | Frontiers Records | Live double album |
| 24 | Apostasy | Nuclear Messiah | | |

### September

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 2 | Mats Eilertsen | SkyDive | Hubro Music | With SkyDive Trio |
| 13 | Opeth | Heritage | Roadrunner Records | Written and produced by Mikael Åkerfeldt |
| 17 | Kjersti Stubø | How High Is the Sky | Bolage | |
| 23 | Hedvig Mollestad Trio | Shoot! | Rune Gramoffon | |
| 23 | Ragnhild Hemsing | Yr | Simax Classics | |

### October

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 11 | Immortal Souls | IV: The Requiem for the Art of Death | Facedown Records | |
| 14 | Stein Urheim and Mari Kvien Brunvoll | Stein & Mari's Daydream Community | Jazzland Recordings | EP |
| 28 | Isole | Born from Shadows | Napalm Records | |

### November

| Day | Artist | Album | Label | Notes |
| 9 | Elephant9 | Live at the BBC | Rune Grammofon | Recorded in London, UK, November 2010 |
| 11 | Alog | Unemployed | Rune Grammofon | |
| 11 | Siri Nilsen | Alle Snakker Sant | Grappa Music | |

### December

| Day | Artist | Album | Label |
| 2 | Bugge Wesseltoft | Songs | Jazzland Recordings |
| 2 | Hildegunn Øiseth | Stillness | Losen Records |
| unknown date | Uno Svenningsson and Irma Schultz Keller | December - En svensk jul | Universal Music |

## Deaths

* 1 January – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest)
* 17 January – Sjonni Brink, Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke)
* 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913).
* 6 February – Per Grundén, Swedish tenor, 88
* 24 February – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke)
* 2 March – Erling Kroner, Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader
* 10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen, television host and folk singer, 78
* 22 April – Eyvind Solås, classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73
* 24 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist TNT, church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer)
* 31 May – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81
* 4 June – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish singer and composer, 58 (cancer)
* 18 June – Gustaf Kjellvander, Swedish singer-songwriter, 31
* 24 July – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack)
* 13 August
** Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer, 58 (lung cancer)
** Ellen Winther, Danish opera singer and actress, 78
* 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer).
* 8 October – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80
* 11 October – Kim Brown, British-born Finnish rock musician, 66
* 19 October – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist and composer
* 2 November
** Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen, Danish trombonist and bandleader, 81
** Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer, 96