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

## Events

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* 1 January – Swedish band Cult of Luna release Eviga Riket, a publication giving the full story behind their Eternal Kingdom album.[1]
* 29 January – Norwegian jazz bassist Bodvar Moe is awarded the Nordlysprisen.[2]
* 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.[3]
* 10 June – The 27th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 12 June.[4]
* 26 July – Emperor Magus Caligula leaves the Swedish band Dark Funeral,[5] 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.[6]

## New works

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* Magnus Lindberg – Souvenir[7]
* Kaija Saariaho – Mirages[8]

## Film scores and incidental music

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* Jon Ekstrand \- Easy Money[9]

## Albums released

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### January

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11  | Tore Johansen feat. Steve Swallow | I.S. | Inner Ear  |  | [10]
18  | Motorpsycho | Heavy Metal Fruit | Stickman Records, Rune Grammofon |  | [11]
Valkyrja | Contamination | Metal Blade Records |  | [12]
25  | Deathbound | Non Compos Mentis | Dynamic Arts Records  |  | [13]
Dream Evil | In the Night | Century Media Records |  | [14]
Ihsahn | After | Candlelight Records |  | [15]
In Mourning | Monolith | Agonia Records/Pulverised Records  |  | [16]

### February

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2  | Nostradameus | Illusion's Parade | AFM Records  | Featuring members of Fejd and Pathos  | [17]
17  | Finntroll | Nifelvind | Century Media  |  | [18]
19  | Throes of Dawn | The Great Fleet of Echoes |  | Released at the Finnish Metal Expo  | [19]

### March

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1  | Mads Eriksen | Just What the World Needs | MTG Music  |  | [20]
Mortemia | Misere Mortem | Napalm Records |  | [21]
8  | Burzum | Belus | Byelobog Productions | First album for 11 years  | [22]
10  | Salem Al Fakir | Ignore This | EMI  |  | [23]

### April

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14  | Anna Bergendahl | Yours Sincerely | Lionheart |  | [24]
16  | Terje Rypdal | Crime Scene | ECM Records | Commissioned for the 2009 Bergen Festival  | [25]
19  | Live Extracts | Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra  | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [26]
23  | Ketil Bjørnstad | Remembrance | ECM Records | featuring Tore Brunborg and Jon Christensen | [27]

### May

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10  | Keep of Kalessin | Reptilian | Nuclear Blast  | Last album to feature Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei on vocals  | [28]
19  | Eric Saade | Masquerade | Roxy Recordings | First solo album  | [29]
April Divine | Redemption | Supernova/Cosmos  |  | [30]

### June

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Day  | Album  | Artist  | Label  | Notes  | Ref.

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9  | Oskar Linnros | Vilja Bli | Universal Records |  | [31]
14  | Grave | Burial Ground | Regain Records | Last album to feature Fredrik Isaksson | [32]
Setherial | Ekpyrosis | Regain Records  |  | [33]

### July

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2  | Soilwork | The Panic Broadcast | Nuclear Blast  | Produced by Peter Wichers | [34]
19  | Darkane | Layers of Live | Listenable Records | Live album  | [35]
21  | Kvelertak | Kvelertak | Indie Recordings | Debut album  | [36]

### August

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6  | Immortal | The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh | Nuclear Blast  | Live DVD album recorded 2007  | [37]
18  | Satanic Warmaster | Nachzehrer | Werewolf Records |  | [38]
23  | Apocalyptica | 7th Symphony | Sony Music Germany |  | [39]

### September

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1  | Tarja Turunen | What Lies Beneath | Vertigo Records |  | [40]
20  | Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble | Officium Novum | ECM Records | Produced by Manfred Eicher | [41]

### October

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6  | Corroded | Exit To Transfer | Ninetone Records |  | [42][43]
19  | Dag Arnesen Trio | Norwegian Song 3 | Losen Records |  | [44]
20  | Amberian Dawn | End of Eden | Spinefarm Records | First album with Spinefarm  | [45]
Arckanum | Sviga Læ | Regain Records |  | [46]

### November

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1  | Frida Ånnevik | Synlige Hjerteslag | Grappa Music |  | [47]
24  | Dark the Suns | Sleepwalking in a Nightmare | Firebox Records |  | [48]
Teräsbetoni | Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita | Sakara Records | Produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa | [49]
26  | Hardcore Superstar | Split Your Lip | Nuclear Blast  |  | [50]

### December

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11  | Seventh Wonder | The Great Escape | Lion Music | Including 30-minute title track  | [51]
16  | Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik Smith  | License To Chill | Nordic Records |  | [52]

## Deaths

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* 26 January – Dag Frøland, 64, Norwegian entertainer[53]
* 12 February – Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer[54]
* 4 March – Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian classical pianist[55]
* 21 April – Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen)[56]
* 24 April – Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish rock keyboardist[57]
* 30 May – Kristian Bergheim, 83, Norwegian jazz saxophonist[58]
* 5 June – Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical experimental composer[59]
* 15 July – Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer[60]
* 23 July – Willy Bakken ("willy b"), 59, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer[61]
* 16 September – Erkki Ertama, 82, Finnish composer and conductor[62]
* 13 October – Ulrik Cold, 71, Danish operatic bass[63]
* 7 December – Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer[64]
* 30 December – Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish baron and polymath[citation needed]

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