# 2017 in Swedish music

The following events in Swedish music occurred in the year 2017.

## Events
### January

Hallåjsan

### February

* 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 1 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
* 11 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 2 in Malmö Arena, Malmö.
* 18 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 3 in Vida Arena, Växjö.
* 25 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 4 in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå.
* 28 - At Sweden's Grammis Awards ceremony, Zara Larsson receives the Artist of the Year award and Kent win both the Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.

### March

* 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Second chance in Saab Arena, Linköping.
* 11
** Melodifestivalen 2017 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm.
** Robin Bengtsson is selected as Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

### April

* 21 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 21 – 29).

### May

* 9 – The conductor Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018.
* 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place.
* 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.

### June

* 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10).
* 28 – The 5th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1).

### August

* 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18).
* 20
** Choral conductor and mezzo-soprano Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert.

### October

* 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15).
* 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29).

### December
## Albums releases
### January

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 13 | In the Passing Light of Day | Pain of Salvation | Inside Out Music | |
| 27 | Meet Me At The Movies | Viktoria Tolstoy | ACT Music | Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch |
| 27 | Potsdamer Platz | Jan Lundgren | ACT Music | Produced by Siggi Loch |

### February

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 24 | Mitt liv | Charlotte Perrelli | Stockhouse | | |

### March

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 3 | For You | Léon | Columbia | | |
| 17 | So Good | Zara Larsson | Epic | | |

### May

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 12 | Good Times | Mando Diao | BMG | | |
| 26 | Liberetto III | Lars Danielsson | ACT Music | With Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström | |

### June

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 30 | Velocity | Waveshaper | unknown | 6-track EP | |

### July

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 14 | Long Live Life | Francobollo | Square Leg Records | | |

### September

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 15 | Provenance | Björn Meyer | ECM | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |
| 22 | Portrait of a Painted Lady | Kikki Danielsson | Capitol | Produced by Sören Karlsson, Idde Schultz | |

### October

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 27 | Good Stuff | Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius | ACT | Produced by Siggi Loch | |
| 27 | Heroes in Time | Metalite | Inner Wound Recordings | Produced by Jacob Hansen | |

### November

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 24 | Vista | August Rosenbaum | Hiatus | | |

## Deaths
### January

* 17 – Carina Jaarnek singer (born 1962).
* 24 – Björn Thelin, bassist for The Spotnicks, (born 1942).

### February

* 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget, (born 1976).
* 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972).
* 29 – Josefin Nilsson Swedish singer and actress (born 1969).

### March

* 6 – Lars Diedricson, singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 (born 1961).
* 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942).

### September

* 12 – Siegfried Köhler, conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, (born 1923).
* 25 – Folke Rabe, composer, (born 1935).

### October

* 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921).
* 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940).

### November

* 17 – Rikard Wolff, pop singer and actor (born 1958).