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Overview of the events of 2019 in Scandinavian music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2019.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

  • 6 – The 50th Turku Jazz Festival opens in Åbo, Finland, running until 10 March.[7]
  • 9
  • 22 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 24 March.[10]
  • 28 – Icelandic band Sigur Rós are charged with tax evasion, covering the period 2011-2014.[11]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

December[edit]

Albums released[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

July[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Nummer 1 Einár Self-released Digital download; reached no 1 in Swedish charts [79]
13 Rust Crashdïet Diet Records; Frontiers Music Srl First full-length album with Gabriel Keyes as vocalist [80]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
3 9 Elu Laura Põldvere Oh! Joy productions [86]
6 Decades: Live in Buenos Aires Nightwish Nuclear Blast Live album issued as Blu-ray digibook, 2CD digipak, Blu-ray+2CD earbook and 3LP [87]

Classical works[edit]

Film and television scores[edit]

Eurovision Song Contest[edit]

  • 12 February – Olli Lindholm, 54, Finnish singer and guitarist (heart attack)[92]
  • 26 February – Magnus Lindberg, 66, Swedish musician, singer and composer (cancer)[93]
  • 20 March – Terje Nilsen, 67, Norwegian singer-songwriter.[94]
  • 26 March – Master Fatman, 53, Danish comedian, film director and singer[95]
  • 27 March – Audun Laading, 25, Norwegian musician, member of Her’s (car crash)[96]
  • 5 May – Ib Glindemann, 84, Danish jazz composer and bandleader[97]
  • 19 May – Alfred Janson, 82, Norwegian composer and pianist[98]
  • 10 June
  • 5 July – Paolo Vinaccia, 65, Italian drummer long resident in Norway[101]
  • 6 July – Thommy Gustafsson, 71, keyboardist of Swedish band Sven-Ingvars[102]
  • 8 August – Erling Wicklund, 75, Norwegian jazz trombonist and journalist.[103]
  • 18 September – Tony Mills, 57UK-born vocalist for Norwegian band TNT (cancer)[104]
  • 2 October – Morten Stützer, Danish guitarist and former bassist of Artillery, 57[105]
  • 4 November – Timi Hansen, 61, Danish bassist (cancer)[106]
  • 5 November – Jan Erik Kongshaug, 75, Norwegian jazz musician and sound engineer[107]
  • 9 December – Marie Fredriksson, 61, Swedish singer-songwriter (Roxette)[108]

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