• Source: 2011 in Scandinavian music

      • The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2012. (Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)


      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




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      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


      References

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