# 2010 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2010.

## Events

* 1 January – Swedish band Cult of Luna release Eviga Riket, a publication giving the full story behind their Eternal Kingdom album.
* 29 January – Norwegian jazz bassist Bodvar Moe is awarded the Nordlysprisen.
* 29 May – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, Denmark is the most successful of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in fourth place.
* 10 June – The 27th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 12 June.
* 26 July – Emperor Magus Caligula leaves the Swedish band Dark Funeral, followed shortly afterwards by bandmates "B-Force" and "Dominator", leaving Lord Ahriman and "Chaq Mol" as the band's only members.
* 2 November – The Oslo World Music Festival opens, running until 7 November.

## New works

* Magnus Lindberg – Souvenir
* Kaija Saariaho – Mirages

## Film scores and incidental music

* Jon Ekstrand - Easy Money

## Albums released
### January

| Day | Album | Artist | Label |
| 11 | Tore Johansen feat. Steve Swallow | I.S. | Inner Ear |
| 18 | Motorpsycho | Heavy Metal Fruit | Stickman Records, Rune Grammofon |
| 18 | Valkyrja | Contamination | Metal Blade Records |
| 25 | Deathbound | Non Compos Mentis | Dynamic Arts Records |
| 25 | Dream Evil | In the Night | Century Media Records |
| 25 | Ihsahn | After | Candlelight Records |
| 25 | In Mourning | Monolith | Agonia Records/Pulverised Records |

### February

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 2 | Nostradameus | Illusion's Parade | AFM Records | Featuring members of Fejd and Pathos |
| 17 | Finntroll | Nifelvind | Century Media | |
| 19 | Throes of Dawn | The Great Fleet of Echoes | | Released at the Finnish Metal Expo |

### March

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Mads Eriksen | Just What the World Needs | MTG Music | |
| 1 | Mortemia | Misere Mortem | Napalm Records | |
| 8 | Burzum | Belus | Byelobog Productions | First album for 11 years |
| 10 | Salem Al Fakir | Ignore This | EMI | |

### April

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 14 | Anna Bergendahl | Yours Sincerely | Lionheart | |
| 16 | Terje Rypdal | Crime Scene | ECM Records | Commissioned for the 2009 Bergen Festival |
| 19 | Live Extracts | Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher |
| 23 | Ketil Bjørnstad | Remembrance | ECM Records | featuring Tore Brunborg and Jon Christensen |

### May

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 10 | Keep of Kalessin | Reptilian | Nuclear Blast | Last album to feature Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei on vocals |
| 19 | Eric Saade | Masquerade | Roxy Recordings | First solo album |
| 19 | April Divine | Redemption | Supernova/Cosmos | |

### June

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 9 | Oskar Linnros | Vilja Bli | Universal Records | |
| 14 | Grave | Burial Ground | Regain Records | Last album to feature Fredrik Isaksson |
| 14 | Setherial | Ekpyrosis | Regain Records | |

### July

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 2 | Soilwork | The Panic Broadcast | Nuclear Blast | Produced by Peter Wichers |
| 19 | Darkane | Layers of Live | Listenable Records | Live album |
| 21 | Kvelertak | Kvelertak | Indie Recordings | Debut album |

### August

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Immortal | The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh | Nuclear Blast | Live DVD album recorded 2007 |
| 18 | Satanic Warmaster | Nachzehrer | Werewolf Records | |
| 23 | Apocalyptica | 7th Symphony | Sony Music Germany | |

### September

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 1 | Tarja Turunen | What Lies Beneath | Vertigo Records | | |
| 20 | Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble | Officium Novum | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | |

### October

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 6 | Corroded | Exit To Transfer | Ninetone Records | |
| 19 | Dag Arnesen Trio | Norwegian Song 3 | Losen Records | |
| 20 | Amberian Dawn | End of Eden | Spinefarm Records | First album with Spinefarm |
| 20 | Arckanum | Sviga Læ | Regain Records | |

### November

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes |
| 1 | Frida Ånnevik | Synlige Hjerteslag | Grappa Music | |
| 24 | Dark the Suns | Sleepwalking in a Nightmare | Firebox Records | |
| 24 | Teräsbetoni | Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita | Sakara Records | Produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa |
| 26 | Hardcore Superstar | Split Your Lip | Nuclear Blast | |

### December

| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
| 11 | Seventh Wonder | The Great Escape | Lion Music | Including 30-minute title track | |
| 16 | Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik Smith | License To Chill | Nordic Records | | |

## Deaths

* 26 January – Dag Frøland, 64, Norwegian entertainer
* 12 February – Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer
* 4 March – Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian classical pianist
* 21 April – Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen)
* 24 April – Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish rock keyboardist
* 30 May – Kristian Bergheim, 83, Norwegian jazz saxophonist
* 5 June – Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical experimental composer
* 15 July – Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer
* 23 July – Willy Bakken ("willy b"), 59, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer
* 16 September – Erkki Ertama, 82, Finnish composer and conductor
* 13 October – Ulrik Cold, 71, Danish operatic bass
* 7 December – Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer
* 30 December – Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish baron and polymath