The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2014 in
Swedish music.
Events
January
February
* 1 – The
Melodifestivalen
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first semi-final took place. The three next semi-finals was executed on February 8, 15, and 22.
March
* 1 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 1.
* 8 – Final of the Melodifestivalen was on March 8, 2014.
Sanna Nielsen
Sanna Viktoria Nielsen (born 27 November 1984) is a Sweden, Swedish singer, television presenter and musical theatre performer. On her seventh attempt, she won Melodifestivalen 2014, Melodifestivalen in 2014 with the song "Undo (Sanna Nielsen so ...
's song "
Undo (Sanna Nielsen song)" won the competition.
April
* 28 – Swedes
,
Ilya Salmanzadeh and
Shellback produced "
Problem
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" by
Ariana Grande
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and
Iggy Azalea
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.
May
* 9 – Gamlestaden Jazzfestival started in
Gothenburg
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(May 9 – 10).
June
* 26 – The 2nd
Bråvalla Festival opened near
Norrköping
Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...
(June 26 - 28).
July
* 5 –
Ghost (Swedish band)
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performed at the European
Sonisphere Festival
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at Knebworth Park, Knebworth, England.
August
September
October
November
December
Album and singles releases
January
February
* 4 – ''Years'' by Markku Ounaskari / Kari Heinilä /
Lena Willemark /
Anders Jormin (
Eclipse Records).
March
* 3 – ''
Truth Serum
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'' EP by
Tove Lo
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, her album released on March 3. The album speaks about a love and personal story.
* 7 – ''
Behind The Sun'' by
Motorpsycho with
Reine Fiske (
Rune Grammofon
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).
* 12 –
Kent
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released
La Belle Epoque on March 12.
* 28 – ''Momento Magico'' by guitarist
Ulf Wakenius
Ulf Karl Erik Wakenius (born 16 April 1958) is a Swedish jazz guitarist, known as a member of Oscar Peterson's last quartet from 1997. He was also a member of the Ray Brown trio.
Career
Wakenius was born in Halmstad and raised in Gothenbu ...
(
ACT Music
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).
* 31 – ''
My Silver Lining'' single by
First Aid Kit
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, a folk-pop song.
April
* 30 – ''
Tigerdrottningen'', the eleventh studio album by
Kent
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, was released on April 30.
May
* 13 – ''
Hail the Apocalypse'' by the band
Avatar
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is scheduled for release.
June
* 10 – ''
Stay Gold'' the third album by
First Aid Kit
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was released in the United States.
July
August
September
October
November
December
Unknown date
#
G – ''Hidros6 Knockin' '' by
Mats Gustafsson
Mats Olof Gustafsson (born 29 October 1964) is a Swedish free jazz saxophone player.
Career
Gustafsson came to the attention of lovers of improvised music as part of a duo with Christian Munthe (started in 1986), as member of Gunter Chris ...
& NU Ensemble (Not Two Records).
Deaths
; February
* 11 –
Alice Babs
Hildur Alice Nilson (26 January 1924 – 11 February 2014), known by her stage name Alice Babs, was a Swedish singer. She worked in a wide number of genres – Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera. While she was best known internationall ...
, Swedish singer and actress (born
1924
Events
January
* January 12 – Gopinath Saha shoots Ernest Day, whom he has mistaken for Sir Charles Tegart, the police commissioner of Calcutta, and is arrested soon after.
* January 20–January 30, 30 – Kuomintang in Ch ...
).
; July
* 24 –
Christian Falk, record producer and musician (born 1962).
; October
* 11 –
Mats Rondin, cellist and conductor (born
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events January
* Janu ...
).
See also
*
Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014
*
List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2014 section on page)
References
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Music
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