2011 in Swedish music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2011 in Swedish music.

## Events

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### January

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### February

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### March

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* 12 – Eric Saade wins Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular", he will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.

### April

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* 6 – Per Wiberg quits Opeth.

### May

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* 12 – Eric Saade wins the second semi-final in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
* 14 – Eric Saade comes third in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, Sweden best placement since 1999 when Sweden won.
* 18
* Lady Gaga releases her new CD Born This Way Exclusively on the Swedish Music Streaming Program Spotify[1]
* Adrian Lux signs with Universal Music Sweden.[2]

### June

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* 8 – The 19th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 8 – 11).[3]
* 28 – The Where The Action Is festival started in Gothenburg.[4]

### July

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* 9 – Sonisphere In Globe Arena Stockholm.[5]
* 28 – Storsjöyran in Östersund (July 28 – 30).[6]

### August

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* 11 – Way Out West City festival in Gothenburg (August 11 – 13).[7]

## Albums released

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### January

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* 11 – Öga, Näsa, Mun Single by Dungen (Third Man Records).[8]

### February

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* February 11 – Charm School is released which is Roxette's first album with new material since 2001's Room Service [9]
* February 14 – Love CPR by September (singer) is released
* February 23 – Carl Norén from Sugar Plum Fairy releases his solo debut album Owls.[10]
* February 23 – Thomas Di Leva releases his album Hjärtat vinner alltid [11]
* February 28 – Mohombi releases his Debut album MoveMeant (various dates in Europe) [12]
* February 28 – Roxette start its Charm School World Tour in Kazan, Rusia in front of 8.000 people. The tour will include all continents, including dates in the United States

### March

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* March 2 – Lykke Li releases her second album Wounded Rhymes[13]
* March 9 – Swingfly releases Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly [14]
* March 11 – Danny Saucedo Releases In The Club [15]
* March 15 – Bob Hund releases Det Överexponerade Gömstället [16]
* 16
* Miss Li releases – Beats & Bruises [17]
* Unseen by The Haunted
* March 23 – Erik Hassle releases Mariefred Sessions
* 29 – Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth

### April

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* April 13
* Kikki Danielsson releases "Första dagen på resten av mitt liv".[18]
* Adam Tensta releases Scared Of The Dark[19]
* April 15 – Performocracy by The Poodles is released [20]
* 15
* Newkid releases Alexander JR Ferrer [21]
* The Unseen Empire by Scar Symmetry
* April 16 – Eva Eastwood – Lyckost [22]
* April 27 – Veronica Maggio Releases her third album Satan i Gatan[23]

### May

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* 30 – Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy

### June

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* June 8 – Timbuktu releases his eighth album, Sagolandet[24]
* June 15 – In Flames release their tenth album Sounds of a Playground Fading[25]
* June 29 – Eric Saade releases his second solo album Saade with the Eurovision song contest entry as lead single.[26]

### July

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* July 27 – Takida release their album The Burning Heart.[27]

### September

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* 16 – Heritage by Opeth
* 23 – Hell in Reverse by Last View

### November

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* 7 – For Funerals to Come... (reissue) by Katatonia

### Unknown date

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Agnes Carlsson TBA [28]

Europe (band) – TBA [29]

E-Type – TBA [30]

Gathania – TBA, Swedish IDOL contestant 2007 was reported working on material for 2011 [31]

## New Artists

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* Eric Amarillo – Swedish singer from Gothenburg SwEric Amarillo, musician, producer and DJ part of the duo The Attic with Michael Feiner [32]
* Newkid – Swedish singer from Stockholm released debut album

## References

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1. ^ "Listen to Lady Gaga's Born This Way exclusively on Spotify Premium now! - Spotify". Archived from the original on 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
2. ^ "Universal Music Sweden - Adrian Lux signar med Universal Music Sverige. - Mynewsdesk". Archived from the original on 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
3. ^ "Sweden Rock Festival 2011 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
4. ^ "Home". wtai.se. Archived from the original on 2011-07-03. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
5. ^ "Sonisphere Sweden, Slipknot, Mastodon". Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
6. ^ "Storsjöyran Östersund - festivalen som inte liknar någon annan". Storsjoyran.se. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
7. ^ "Home". wayoutwest.se.
8. ^ "Dungen – Öga, Näsa, Mun". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
9. ^ "Roxette turn on the charm | EMI Music". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
10. ^ "Carl Nor n - Owls - Skivor - Expressen N je | N jesnyheter Musiknyheter Filmnyheter". Archived from the original on 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
11. ^ "Di Leva | Blogg". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
12. ^ "Movemeant".
13. ^ "Lykke Li". www.lykkeli.com. Archived from the original on 2011-01-29.
14. ^ "Skivrecensioner • Kritiker".
15. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30. Retrieved 2011-05-23.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
16. ^ "nyheter - bob hund officiell sida". Archived from the original on 2011-02-25. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
17. ^ "www.missli.se". Archived from the original on 2011-03-26. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
18. ^ "Ginza Musik". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
19. ^ "Home". adamtensta.com.
20. ^ "The Poodles - Official Website".
21. ^ "Newkid - Alexander Jr Ferrer".
22. ^ http://www.evaeastwood.se/lyckost-1918473[permanent dead link]
23. ^ "Satan i Gatan har sålt Guld | Veronica Maggio". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
24. ^ "Album Details". Universal Music Publishing Group. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
25. ^ "IN FLAMES - the official homepage". Archived from the original on 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
26. ^ Saade vol.1CDON Archived 2011-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
27. ^ Takida TBD 2011CDON Archived 2012-07-18 at archive.today
28. ^ "Ett gyllene år för Agnes - Musik - www.ttela.se". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
29. ^ "Joey Tempest – the next Europe album will be out in 2011 | EspyRock".
30. ^ "Universal Music | Nyheter". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
31. ^ "Gathania från Idol debuterar med ny singel". 2 February 2009.
32. ^ "NRJ - de bästa hitsen".

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