2020_in_Scandinavian_music
2020 in Scandinavian music
Overview of the events of 2020 in Scandinavian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2020.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)
January
- 1 January – The 2020 season of Denmark's X Factor competition is launched.[1]
- 16 January – The Royal Swedish Opera appoints Alan Gilbert as its next music director; his tenure will begin in spring 2021.[2]
- 28 January – Mia Winter Wallace announces that she has left Abbath.[3]
- 30 January – The Léonie Sonning Music Prize is awarded to Unsuk Chin.[4]
February
- 9 February – Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir becomes the first woman for twenty years, and only the fourth of all time, to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score, which is awarded for her score for Joker.[5][6]
- 29 February – The Söngvakeppnin final, held in Reykjavik, is won by Gagnamagnið with the song "Think About Things". The winners do not go on to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest because of the COVID-19 pandemic that causes the whole contest to be cancelled.[7]
March
- 7 March
- The Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2020 is held in Copenhagen, hosted by Hella Joof and Rasmus Bjerg,[8] but without a live audience as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark[9]
- Aksel Kankaanranta wins the Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu and is selected as Finland's representative in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest (later cancelled), with the song "Looking Back".[10]
- 16 March – Alexi Laiho and Daniel Freyberg announce the formation of a new heavy metal supergroup, Bodom After Midnight, also including drummer Waltteri Vayrynen and bassist Mitja Toivonen.[11]
- 22 March – Guitarist Niklas Sundin announces that he is leaving Swedish metal band Dark Tranquillity.[12]
- 30 March – Finnish band Dark the Suns announce they are re-forming by releasing a preview of their new single.[13]
April
- 23 April – Norwegian singer Sigrid is among those participating in the recording of a charity single, "Times Like These", by the "Live Lounge Allstars". The single goes to no 1 in the UK charts and does well in other European and North American charts.[14]
May
- 14 May – The final of Sveriges 12:a, a one-off music competition in the Eurovision format, is broadcast in Sweden by Sveriges Television. The winner is Icelandic band Daði og Gagnamagnið, performing "Think About Things" in English, which had been intended as Iceland's entry for the cancelled Eurovision Song Contest.[15]
- 16 May – In a special vote, BBC viewers select ABBA's 1974 Eurovision-winning song, "Waterloo", as the best Eurovision song of all time.[16]
- 29 May – John Lundvik wins Swedish TV's Let's Dance 2020 series.[17]
September
- 4 September – Finnish conductor Santtu-Matias Rouvali's first recording with the Philharmonia Orchestra is released: Swan Lake, a year before he takes up his appointment as the orchestra's Principal Conductor.[18]
- 22 September – Sweden's Idol contestant Caspar Camitz tests positive for COVID-19 and has to drop out of the first performance.[19] Three days later another contestant, Herman Silow, also tests positive,[20] and the following day so does Indra Elg.
- 30 September – Despite rumours that Sveriges Television have asked him to return, it is confirmed that David Sundin will not be a host at the 2021 Melodifestivalen.[21]
December
- December 4 – The Idol 2020 final in Sweden was won by Nadja Holm. It was held at the studios in Spånga for the first time since 2006, because of the COVID restrictions.[22]
- December 19 – The final of the 2020 series of Finnish TV series Vain elämää is scheduled to take place.
January
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Manifest | Amaranthe | Nuclear Blast | First album to feature Nils Molin | [23] |
| 10 | Cell-0 | Apocalyptica | Silver Lining Music | First album after a 4-year break | [24] |
| 17 | Contemporary Concertos by Pesson, Abrahamsen & Strasnoy | Alexandre Tharaud | Erato | Includes Left, Alone by Hans Abrahamsen | [25] |
| To Fathom the Master’s Grand Design | Horned Almighty | [26] | |||
| 31 | Killection | Lordi | AFM Records | [27] | |
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February
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Valittu kansa | Antti Tuisku | Warner Music Finland | Tuisku's sixth number-one album | [28] |
| 14 | Telemark (EP) | Ihsahn | Candlelight | First of two companion five-song EPs | [29] |
| Splid | Kvelertak | Rise Records | Recorded with Kurt Ballou at Godcity Studio | [30] | |
| 21 | No Absolution | Lost Society | Co-written with Joonas Parkkonen | [31] | |
| Myopia | Agnes Obel | Strange Harvest Limited | [32] | ||
| 28 | The Great Conspiracy | Nils Patrik Johansson | Metalville | Concept album about the unsolved murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme | [33] |
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March
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Violent Pop | Blind Channel | Ranka Kustannus | The band define their musical style as "violent pop" | [34] |
| 13 | Feeding the Machine | Wolf | Century Media Records | [35] | |
| 20 | Folkesange | Myrkur | Relapse Records | [36] | |
| Gothica Fennica, Vol. 1 | Ville Valo | EP - First solo release | [37] | ||
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April
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | The Dark Delight | Dynazty | First single from album was released in January | [38] | |
| 10 | Human. :II: Nature. | Nightwish | Nuclear Blast | First album to feature Kai Hahto as an official band member | [39] |
| 17 | Global Warning | Turmion Kätilöt | Nuclear Blast | [40] | |
| Í miðjum kjarnorkuvetri | JóiPé & Króli | Nuclear Blast | [41] | ||
| 24 | City Burials | Katatonia | [42] | ||
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May
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Leaves of Yesteryear | Green Carnation | Season Of Mist | The band's first new album for 14 years | [43] |
| Cerecloth | Naglfar | Century Media | [44] | ||
| Black Metal | Witchcraft | Nuclear Blast | Acoustic album | [45] | |
| 29 | Lamenting of the Innocent | Sorcerer | Metal Blade | Featuring guests Johan Langquist and Svante Henryson | [46] |
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June
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | We Are the Night | Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall | Frontiers Music Srl | Third album | [47] |
| 26 | From a Dying Ember | Falconer | Metal Blade Records | Ninth and final studio album | [48] |
| Call for Winter | Daniel Herskedal | Edition Records | [49] | ||
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July
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | All That She Wants: The Classic Collection | Ace of Base | Edsel (Demon Music Group) | Commemorative box set | [50] |
| 10 | Thalassic | Ensiferum | Metal Blade Records | Featuring new vocalist Pekka Montin | [51] |
| 17 | Grim | Dark Sarah | Napalm Records | [52] | |
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August
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Hunter Gatherer | Avatar | eOne Music | [53] | |
| 28 | Panther | Pain of Salvation | InsideOut Music | Produced by Daniel Gildenlöw & Daniel Bergstrand | [54] |
| Flowers of Evil | Ulver | House of Mythology | Mixed by Martin Glover and Michael Rendall | [55] | |
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September
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Swan Lake | Santtu-Matias Rouvali and the Philharmonia Orchestra | Signum Records | The Philharmonia's first recording with Rouvali as conductor. Recorded in 2019. | [56] |
| 18 | Vredesvävd | Finntroll | Century Media Records | [57] | |
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October
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dance | Tingvall Trio | Skip Records | [58] | |
| Manifest | Amaranthe | Nuclear Blast | With guest appearances by Noora Louhimo, Perttu Kivilaakso, Elias Holmlid and Heidi Shepherd | [59] | |
| Utgard | Enslaved | Nuclear Blast | [60] | ||
| 9 | Dawn of the Damned | Necrophobic | Century Media | Video directed by Magnus Göthlund | [61] |
| 16 | Bluu Afroo | Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra | SteepleChase | [62] | |
| 23 | I svunnen tid | Ralph Lundsten | [63] | ||
| Live! Against the World | HammerFall | Live album | [64] | ||
| The Last Viking | Leaves' Eyes | AFM Records | Produced by Alexander Krull at Mastersound Studio. | [65] | |
| 30 | Under a Godless Veil | Draconian | Napalm Records | [66] | |
| Formed by Mistakes | Small Time Giants | [67] | |||
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November
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| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Endless Twilight of Codependent Love | Sólstafir | Season of Mist | [68] | |
| 20 | Moment | Dark Tranquillity | Nuclear Blast | First album featuring guitarists Christopher Amott and Johan Reinholdz (replacing Niklas Sundin) | [69] |
| 27 | Edder & Bile | Cadaver | Nuclear Blast | First full-length album for 16 years | [70] |
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December
- Hildur Guðnadóttir – Illimani[73]
- Anders Hillborg – Through Lost Landscapes[74]
- Marcus Paus – Children of Ginko (opera)[75]
- Bent Sørensen – Enchantress (5 intermezzi for orchestra)[76]
- Lasse Enerson – Cold Courage[77]
- Marcus Paus - Mortal[78]
- 3 January – Bo Winberg, 80, Swedish guitarist (The Spotnicks)[79]
- 26 January – Santtu Lonka, 41, Finnish former drummer of To/Die/For[80]
- 6 February – Ola Magnell, 74, Swedish singer and guitarist[81]
- 9 February – Margareta Hallin, 88, Swedish opera singer, composer and actress[82]
- 18 February – Jon Christensen, 76, Norwegian jazz drummer[83]
- 27 February – Jahn Teigen, 70, Norwegian singer internationally known for his performance in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest[84]
- 3 March – Alf Cranner, 83, Norwegian folk singer[85]
- 28 March – Kerstin Behrendtz, 69, radio presenter and music director (COVID-19)[86]
- 14 April – Kerstin Meyer, 92, Swedish mezzo-soprano.[87]
- 3 May – Bob Lander, 78, Swedish rock musician (The Spotnicks)[88]
- 5 May – Kjell Karlsen, 88, Norwegian composer and bandleader.[89]
- 20 May – Malin Gjörup, 56, Swedish operatic mezzo-soprano and actress (cerebral haemorrhage)[90]
- 21 May – Berith Bohm, 87, Swedish opera singer[91]
- 7 June – Edith Thallaug, 90, Norwegian mezzo-soprano and actress[92]
- 3 June – Helge Rykkja, 76, poet and lyricist[93]
- 27 June – Mats Rådberg, 72, Swedish singer[94]
- 12 July – Jarno Sarkula, 47, Finnish musician (Alamaailman Vasarat)[95]
- 22 August – Ulla Pia, 75, Danish singer[96]
- 6 September – Anita Lindblom, 82, Swedish singer and actress[97]
- 8 September – Vexi Salmi, 77, Finnish lyricist[98]
- 29 October – Alexander Vedernikov, 56, Russian chief conductor of the Royal Danish Opera (COVID)[99]
- 26 November – Allan Botschinsky, 80, Danish jazz trumpeter[100]
- 19 December – Pelle Alsing [sv], 60, Swedish drummer (Roxette).[101]
- 24 December – Roland Cedermark, 82, Swedish singer[102]
- 29 December – Gösta Linderholm, 79, Swedish singer and composer[103]
- December – Alexi Laiho, 41, Finnish guitarist, composer, and vocalist[104]
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