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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2023.
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Events
- 13 January – Rolling Stone lists Björk as the 64th-greatest singer [1] and the 81st- greatest songwriter of all time. [2]
- 13 January – The world premiere of the Sinfonia concertante of Esa-Pekka Salonen takes place at the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland, inaugurating the hall's new organ, with Iveta Apkalna as the soloist and the NOSPR conducted by the composer. [3]
- 11 February – Faroese singer Reiley wins the 53rd Dansk Melodi Grand Prix at Arena Næstved and becomes Denmark's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest [4]
- 25 February – Käärijä wins the 12th edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu to become Finland's entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Cha Cha Cha. [5]
- 4 March – In the final of Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Diljá is selected to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. [6]
- 12 March – Tax evasion charges against members of Icelandic band Sigur Rós are finally dismissed. [7]
- 13 May – Sweden's Loreen becomes the first woman to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice, having previously won in 2012. [8] Finland's Käärijä finishes in second place. [9]
- 9 June – It is confirmed that Petr Popelka will end his contract as chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra after the 2022–2023 season. [10]
- 22 September – Sweden's NorrlandsOperan confirms Eduardo Strausser as its next principal conductor and music director, effective from autumn 2024 for three seasons. [11]
- 16 October – The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra confirms Maxime Pascal as its next chief conductor, beginning in August 2024. [12]
Albums released
January
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Omen X | Turmion Kätilöt | Nuclear Blast Records | [13] | |
| Neon Noir | VV | Heartagram Records/UMG/Spinefarm | [14] | ||
| 20 | 4 (The Pink Album) | Lukas Graham | Warner Records | [15] | |
| Sky Void of Stars | Katatonia | Napalm Records | [16] | ||
| Heroes of the Great War | Sabaton | Second in the “Echoes Of The Great War” EP trilogy | [17] | ||
| At the Heart of Wintervale | Twilight Force | Nuclear Blast | [18] | ||
| 27 | The Loss of All Hope | Ablaze My Sorrow | Black Lion Records | EP | [19] |
| As in Gardens, So in Tombs | ...And Oceans | Season of Mist | [20] | ||
| Compositions | Deathprod | Smalltown Supersound | [21] |
February
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ad Astra | Aphyxion | Circular Wave | [22] | |
| Foregone | In Flames | Nuclear Blast | First album featuring US guitarist Chris Broderick | [23] | |
| Out of the Dark | Wig Wam | Frontiers Music | [24] | ||
| 17 | Dance Devil Dance | Avatar | Thirty Tigers | [25] | |
| Heads Will Roll | Oceanhoarse | [26] | |||
| 24 | Alttarimme on Luista Tehty | Azaghal | Immortal Frost Productions | [27] | |
| Anno 1696 | Insomnium | Century Media | Based on a short story by vocalist Niilo Sevänen | [28] | |
| Double Decade | Märvel | The Sign Records | Compilation album | [29] | |
| Storm the Void/Starving Grave | Necrovation | Blood Harvest | EP | [30] | |
| Awake/Asleep | Sløtface | EP | [31] |
March
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Heimdal | Enslaved | Nuclear Blast | [32] | |
| 10 | Anesidora | Isole | Cyclone Empire | [33] | |
| Fandens Kall | Tulus | Soulseller Records | [34] | ||
| 17 | Ghost Town | Narnia | [35] | ||
| Janne Schaffer & Herr Allansson Band - Live! | Janne Schaffer | Live album | [36] | ||
| 24 | Fascination Street Sessions | Ihsahn | Candlelight Records | EP | [37] |
| Once Upon a Time | Excalion | Scarlet Records | [38] | ||
| Hatred Reborn | Hatesphere | Scarlet Records | Produced at Antfarm Studios | [39] | |
| Katharsis | Keep of Kalessin | Premiered on board The Freedom Of The Seas | [40] | ||
| No Place Like Alone | Xysma | Svart Records | First album for 25 years | [41] | |
| 31 | Screem Writers Guild | Lordi | Atomic Fire Records | First album on Atomic Fire | [42] |
| Apocalypse | Rotten Sound | Season Of Mist | [43] |
April
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Hamartia | Tribulation | Century Media | EP | [44] |
| 14 | Black Medium Current | Dødheimsgard | Peaceville Records | [45] | |
| Hunt the Flame | Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall | Frontiers Music | [46] | ||
| 21 | Death of Darkness | The 69 Eyes | Atomic Fire Records | [47] | |
| River of Diamonds | Liv Kristine | Metalville Records | Tracks composed by Tommy Olsson | [48] | |
| It's Time to Rock the World Again | Magnus Rosén Band | X-World / Sound Pollution | Includes 5 bonus tracks | [49] | |
| 28 | Always on my Mind | Rebekka Bakken | Sony Music | [50] | |
| Beyond the Cenotaph of Mankind | Runemagick | Hammerheart Records | [51] | ||
| Blómi | Susanne Sundfør | Bella Union | [52] |
May
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Everything Destroys You | Deathstars | Nuclear Blast | First album for eight years | [53] |
| Nostalgia | Enforcer | Recorded at Hvergelmer Studios and produced by the band | [54] | ||
| Fremmede Toner | Lumsk | Dark Essence Records | [55] | ||
| 19 | Phantomime | Ghost | Lorna Vista | EP | [56] |
| 26 | |||||
| War Against All | Immortal | Nuclear Blast | [57] | ||
| Kalmah | Kalmah | Ranka Kustannus | [58] | ||
| Outside the Rock Box | Magnus Rosén Band | Mini-album | [49] | ||
| 1977 | Sirenia | Napalm Records | [59] |
June
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Interference | Anubis Gate | No Dust Records | [60] | |
| Slasher | Omnium Gatherum | Century Media Records | EP | [61] | |
| 9 | Lullabies for Piano and Cello | Gabríel Ólafs | Decca Records US | [62] | |
| The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) | Scar Symmetry | First album for 9 years | [63] | ||
| 16 | The Storm Within | Saturnus | Nuclear Blast | Produced by Flemming Rasmussen | [64] |
| Atta | Sigur Rós | BMG | First album for ten years | [65] | |
| 23 | Carry the Beast | Nocturnal Breed | Darkish Essence Information | [66] | |
| Bloodlines | Pyramaze | AFM Records | [67] | ||
| Helvegr | Tsjuder | Season of Mist | [68] | ||
| 30 | Stormbringers | Before the Dawn | [69] |
July
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Du Måste Ta Ansvar | Ansvaret | NT Productions | [70] | |
| 7 | Slugs of Love | Little Dragon | Ninja Tune | Featuring Damon Albarn | [71] |
| Tales from the North | Bloodbound | AFM/Soulfood | Concept album about Viking era | [72] | |
| 14 | We Shall Remain | Eleine | Atomic Fire Records | [73] | |
| 21 | The Age of the Offended | Cadaver | Nuclear Blast Records | [74] | |
| 27 | Last of a Kind | Panzerchrist | Emanzipation Productions | First album for ten years | [75] |
August
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Disques Hives | First album featuring bassist The Johan and Only | [76] |
| Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church | Tarja | earMUSIC | Live album | [77] | |
| 18 | The Vertigo Trigger | Cyhra | Nuclear Blast | Self-produced and mixed by Euge Valovirta | [78] |
| Ýdalir | Skálmöld | Napalm | [79] | ||
| Here for None | Warmen | Reaper Entertainment | Featuring Janne Wirman | [80] |
September
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memento Mori | Marduk | Century Media | [81] | |
| Memorial | Soen | Silver Lining Music | [82] | ||
| Et Hav Av Avstand | Taake | Dark Essence Records | All instruments played by Hoest | [83] | |
| 8 | Ending | Kvelertak | Nuclear Blast | [84] | |
| 15 | Grand Explosivos | Electric Boys | Mighty Music | [85] | |
| Daemonic Rites | Mayhem | Century Media | Live album | [86] | |
| Sunholy | Shade Empire | Candlelight Records | [87] | ||
| Shining | Shining | Napalm Record | [88] | ||
| 22 | Soundtrack to the End of Times | Mercenary | Featuring Matt Heafy | [89] |
October
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | The Cancer Pledge | October Tide | Agonia Records | [90] | |
| 13 | Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021) | Amorphis | Atomic Fire | Live album | [91] |
| 20 | Spine | Myrkur | Relapse Records | [92] | |
| 27 | Reign of the Reaper | Sorcerer | Metal Blade Records | [93] |
November
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Songs of the Dusk | Insomnium | Century Media Records | EP | [94] |
| Die in Fire – Live in Hell (Agony and Ecstasy Over Stockholm) | Watain | Nuclear Blast | Live album recorded 7 October 2022 | [95] | |
| 10 | Dark Christmas | Tarja Turunen | earMUSIC | Covers album | [96] |
| 17 | Philosopher | Aeternus | Agonia Records | Recorded at Conclave & Earshot Studios | [97] |
| Plague | Corroded | Despotz Records | [98] |
December
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Inspiratio Profanus | Dimmu Borgir | Nuclear Blast Records | Covers album | [99] |
| 12 | Vandrar | Gåte | Independent label | EP | [100] |
| 15 | A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (The Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019) | Children of Bodom | Spinefarm | Live album | [101] |
| Leviathan III | Therion | Napalm Records | [102] | ||
| Trolldom | Troll | Polypus Records | [103] |
Eurovision Song Contest
- Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Classical works
- Anders Hillborg – Piano Concerto No. 2 (The MAX Concerto) [104]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra [3]
- Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
Film and television music
- Pessi Levanto – Superposition [107]
- Peter Peter, with Peter Kyed, Cliff Martinez and Julian Winding – Copenhagen Cowboy [108]
Deaths
- 9 January – Magnar Mangersnes, Norwegian organist and choral conductor, 84 [109]
- 15 January – Doris, Swedish pop singer, 75 [110]
- 28 January – Odd Børre, Norwegian Eurovision singer, 83 [111]
- 23 February – Slim Borgudd, Swedish racing driver and drummer ( Lea Riders Group), 76 [112]
- 8 March – Josua Madsen, Danish drummer, 45 (traffic accident) [113]
-
1 April
- Dario Campeotto, Danish-Italian singer Eurovision singer and actor, 84 [114]
- Jack Vreeswijk, Swedish singer, song lyricist and composer, 59 (colon cancer) [115] [116]
- 7 April – Lasse Wellander, Swedish guitarist ( ABBA), 70 [117]
- 1 May – Pugh Rogefeldt, Swedish musician and songwriter, 76 [118]
-
14 May
- Garðar Cortes, Icelandic operatic tenor and opera director, founder of The Icelandic Opera, 82 [119]
- Bernt Rosengren, Swedish jazz saxophonist, 85 [120]
- 20 May – Sven Nyhus, Norwegian folk musician, 90 [121]
- 2 June – Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer, 70 [122]
- 4 July – Miki Liukkonen, Finnish writer and musician, 33 [123]
- 5 July – Ralph Lundsten, Swedish composer, 86 [124]
- 22 July – Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian jazz musician, 77 [125]
- 12 August – Berit Lindholm, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 [126]
- 15 August – Arnold Östman, Swedish conductor, 83 [127]
- 26 August – Bosse Broberg, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer, 85 [128]
- 3 October – Harald Tusberg, Norwegian TV presenter, musician and songwriter, 88 [129]
- 19 October – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer-songwriter, 78 [130]
- 25 October – Hans Mosesson, Swedish actor, singer and songwriter, 79 [131]
- 19 November – Catherine Christer Hennix, Swedish polymath, 75 [132]
- 24 November – Jukka Haavisto, Finnish musician and music writer, 93 [133]
- 25 November – Yngvar Numme, Norwegian singer and actor, 79 [134]
- 6 December – Pedro Hietanen, Finnish musician and conductor, 74 [135]
- 20 December – Torben Ulrich, Danish polymath, 95 [136]
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- ^ Joshua Barone (21 April 2023). "Review: The Danish String Quartet Spins Through Schubert". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
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Events
- 13 January – Rolling Stone lists Björk as the 64th-greatest singer [1] and the 81st- greatest songwriter of all time. [2]
- 13 January – The world premiere of the Sinfonia concertante of Esa-Pekka Salonen takes place at the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, Poland, inaugurating the hall's new organ, with Iveta Apkalna as the soloist and the NOSPR conducted by the composer. [3]
- 11 February – Faroese singer Reiley wins the 53rd Dansk Melodi Grand Prix at Arena Næstved and becomes Denmark's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest [4]
- 25 February – Käärijä wins the 12th edition of Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu to become Finland's entry for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Cha Cha Cha. [5]
- 4 March – In the final of Iceland's Söngvakeppnin, Diljá is selected to represent the country at the Eurovision Song Contest. [6]
- 12 March – Tax evasion charges against members of Icelandic band Sigur Rós are finally dismissed. [7]
- 13 May – Sweden's Loreen becomes the first woman to win the Eurovision Song Contest twice, having previously won in 2012. [8] Finland's Käärijä finishes in second place. [9]
- 9 June – It is confirmed that Petr Popelka will end his contract as chief conductor of the Norwegian Radio Orchestra after the 2022–2023 season. [10]
- 22 September – Sweden's NorrlandsOperan confirms Eduardo Strausser as its next principal conductor and music director, effective from autumn 2024 for three seasons. [11]
- 16 October – The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra confirms Maxime Pascal as its next chief conductor, beginning in August 2024. [12]
Albums released
January
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Omen X | Turmion Kätilöt | Nuclear Blast Records | [13] | |
| Neon Noir | VV | Heartagram Records/UMG/Spinefarm | [14] | ||
| 20 | 4 (The Pink Album) | Lukas Graham | Warner Records | [15] | |
| Sky Void of Stars | Katatonia | Napalm Records | [16] | ||
| Heroes of the Great War | Sabaton | Second in the “Echoes Of The Great War” EP trilogy | [17] | ||
| At the Heart of Wintervale | Twilight Force | Nuclear Blast | [18] | ||
| 27 | The Loss of All Hope | Ablaze My Sorrow | Black Lion Records | EP | [19] |
| As in Gardens, So in Tombs | ...And Oceans | Season of Mist | [20] | ||
| Compositions | Deathprod | Smalltown Supersound | [21] |
February
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Ad Astra | Aphyxion | Circular Wave | [22] | |
| Foregone | In Flames | Nuclear Blast | First album featuring US guitarist Chris Broderick | [23] | |
| Out of the Dark | Wig Wam | Frontiers Music | [24] | ||
| 17 | Dance Devil Dance | Avatar | Thirty Tigers | [25] | |
| Heads Will Roll | Oceanhoarse | [26] | |||
| 24 | Alttarimme on Luista Tehty | Azaghal | Immortal Frost Productions | [27] | |
| Anno 1696 | Insomnium | Century Media | Based on a short story by vocalist Niilo Sevänen | [28] | |
| Double Decade | Märvel | The Sign Records | Compilation album | [29] | |
| Storm the Void/Starving Grave | Necrovation | Blood Harvest | EP | [30] | |
| Awake/Asleep | Sløtface | EP | [31] |
March
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Heimdal | Enslaved | Nuclear Blast | [32] | |
| 10 | Anesidora | Isole | Cyclone Empire | [33] | |
| Fandens Kall | Tulus | Soulseller Records | [34] | ||
| 17 | Ghost Town | Narnia | [35] | ||
| Janne Schaffer & Herr Allansson Band - Live! | Janne Schaffer | Live album | [36] | ||
| 24 | Fascination Street Sessions | Ihsahn | Candlelight Records | EP | [37] |
| Once Upon a Time | Excalion | Scarlet Records | [38] | ||
| Hatred Reborn | Hatesphere | Scarlet Records | Produced at Antfarm Studios | [39] | |
| Katharsis | Keep of Kalessin | Premiered on board The Freedom Of The Seas | [40] | ||
| No Place Like Alone | Xysma | Svart Records | First album for 25 years | [41] | |
| 31 | Screem Writers Guild | Lordi | Atomic Fire Records | First album on Atomic Fire | [42] |
| Apocalypse | Rotten Sound | Season Of Mist | [43] |
April
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Hamartia | Tribulation | Century Media | EP | [44] |
| 14 | Black Medium Current | Dødheimsgard | Peaceville Records | [45] | |
| Hunt the Flame | Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall | Frontiers Music | [46] | ||
| 21 | Death of Darkness | The 69 Eyes | Atomic Fire Records | [47] | |
| River of Diamonds | Liv Kristine | Metalville Records | Tracks composed by Tommy Olsson | [48] | |
| It's Time to Rock the World Again | Magnus Rosén Band | X-World / Sound Pollution | Includes 5 bonus tracks | [49] | |
| 28 | Always on my Mind | Rebekka Bakken | Sony Music | [50] | |
| Beyond the Cenotaph of Mankind | Runemagick | Hammerheart Records | [51] | ||
| Blómi | Susanne Sundfør | Bella Union | [52] |
May
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Everything Destroys You | Deathstars | Nuclear Blast | First album for eight years | [53] |
| Nostalgia | Enforcer | Recorded at Hvergelmer Studios and produced by the band | [54] | ||
| Fremmede Toner | Lumsk | Dark Essence Records | [55] | ||
| 19 | Phantomime | Ghost | Lorna Vista | EP | [56] |
| 26 | |||||
| War Against All | Immortal | Nuclear Blast | [57] | ||
| Kalmah | Kalmah | Ranka Kustannus | [58] | ||
| Outside the Rock Box | Magnus Rosén Band | Mini-album | [49] | ||
| 1977 | Sirenia | Napalm Records | [59] |
June
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Interference | Anubis Gate | No Dust Records | [60] | |
| Slasher | Omnium Gatherum | Century Media Records | EP | [61] | |
| 9 | Lullabies for Piano and Cello | Gabríel Ólafs | Decca Records US | [62] | |
| The Singularity (Phase II – Xenotaph) | Scar Symmetry | First album for 9 years | [63] | ||
| 16 | The Storm Within | Saturnus | Nuclear Blast | Produced by Flemming Rasmussen | [64] |
| Atta | Sigur Rós | BMG | First album for ten years | [65] | |
| 23 | Carry the Beast | Nocturnal Breed | Darkish Essence Information | [66] | |
| Bloodlines | Pyramaze | AFM Records | [67] | ||
| Helvegr | Tsjuder | Season of Mist | [68] | ||
| 30 | Stormbringers | Before the Dawn | [69] |
July
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Du Måste Ta Ansvar | Ansvaret | NT Productions | [70] | |
| 7 | Slugs of Love | Little Dragon | Ninja Tune | Featuring Damon Albarn | [71] |
| Tales from the North | Bloodbound | AFM/Soulfood | Concept album about Viking era | [72] | |
| 14 | We Shall Remain | Eleine | Atomic Fire Records | [73] | |
| 21 | The Age of the Offended | Cadaver | Nuclear Blast Records | [74] | |
| 27 | Last of a Kind | Panzerchrist | Emanzipation Productions | First album for ten years | [75] |
August
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons | The Hives | Disques Hives | First album featuring bassist The Johan and Only | [76] |
| Rocking Heels: Live at Metal Church | Tarja | earMUSIC | Live album | [77] | |
| 18 | The Vertigo Trigger | Cyhra | Nuclear Blast | Self-produced and mixed by Euge Valovirta | [78] |
| Ýdalir | Skálmöld | Napalm | [79] | ||
| Here for None | Warmen | Reaper Entertainment | Featuring Janne Wirman | [80] |
September
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Memento Mori | Marduk | Century Media | [81] | |
| Memorial | Soen | Silver Lining Music | [82] | ||
| Et Hav Av Avstand | Taake | Dark Essence Records | All instruments played by Hoest | [83] | |
| 8 | Ending | Kvelertak | Nuclear Blast | [84] | |
| 15 | Grand Explosivos | Electric Boys | Mighty Music | [85] | |
| Daemonic Rites | Mayhem | Century Media | Live album | [86] | |
| Sunholy | Shade Empire | Candlelight Records | [87] | ||
| Shining | Shining | Napalm Record | [88] | ||
| 22 | Soundtrack to the End of Times | Mercenary | Featuring Matt Heafy | [89] |
October
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | The Cancer Pledge | October Tide | Agonia Records | [90] | |
| 13 | Queen of Time (Live at Tavastia 2021) | Amorphis | Atomic Fire | Live album | [91] |
| 20 | Spine | Myrkur | Relapse Records | [92] | |
| 27 | Reign of the Reaper | Sorcerer | Metal Blade Records | [93] |
November
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Songs of the Dusk | Insomnium | Century Media Records | EP | [94] |
| Die in Fire – Live in Hell (Agony and Ecstasy Over Stockholm) | Watain | Nuclear Blast | Live album recorded 7 October 2022 | [95] | |
| 10 | Dark Christmas | Tarja Turunen | earMUSIC | Covers album | [96] |
| 17 | Philosopher | Aeternus | Agonia Records | Recorded at Conclave & Earshot Studios | [97] |
| Plague | Corroded | Despotz Records | [98] |
December
| Day | Album | Artist | Label | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Inspiratio Profanus | Dimmu Borgir | Nuclear Blast Records | Covers album | [99] |
| 12 | Vandrar | Gåte | Independent label | EP | [100] |
| 15 | A Chapter Called Children of Bodom (The Final Show in Helsinki Ice Hall 2019) | Children of Bodom | Spinefarm | Live album | [101] |
| Leviathan III | Therion | Napalm Records | [102] | ||
| Trolldom | Troll | Polypus Records | [103] |
Eurovision Song Contest
- Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
- Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023
Classical works
- Anders Hillborg – Piano Concerto No. 2 (The MAX Concerto) [104]
- Esa-Pekka Salonen – Sinfonia concertante for organ and orchestra [3]
- Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir
Film and television music
- Pessi Levanto – Superposition [107]
- Peter Peter, with Peter Kyed, Cliff Martinez and Julian Winding – Copenhagen Cowboy [108]
Deaths
- 9 January – Magnar Mangersnes, Norwegian organist and choral conductor, 84 [109]
- 15 January – Doris, Swedish pop singer, 75 [110]
- 28 January – Odd Børre, Norwegian Eurovision singer, 83 [111]
- 23 February – Slim Borgudd, Swedish racing driver and drummer ( Lea Riders Group), 76 [112]
- 8 March – Josua Madsen, Danish drummer, 45 (traffic accident) [113]
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1 April
- Dario Campeotto, Danish-Italian singer Eurovision singer and actor, 84 [114]
- Jack Vreeswijk, Swedish singer, song lyricist and composer, 59 (colon cancer) [115] [116]
- 7 April – Lasse Wellander, Swedish guitarist ( ABBA), 70 [117]
- 1 May – Pugh Rogefeldt, Swedish musician and songwriter, 76 [118]
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14 May
- Garðar Cortes, Icelandic operatic tenor and opera director, founder of The Icelandic Opera, 82 [119]
- Bernt Rosengren, Swedish jazz saxophonist, 85 [120]
- 20 May – Sven Nyhus, Norwegian folk musician, 90 [121]
- 2 June – Kaija Saariaho, Finnish composer, 70 [122]
- 4 July – Miki Liukkonen, Finnish writer and musician, 33 [123]
- 5 July – Ralph Lundsten, Swedish composer, 86 [124]
- 22 July – Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian jazz musician, 77 [125]
- 12 August – Berit Lindholm, Swedish operatic soprano, 88 [126]
- 15 August – Arnold Östman, Swedish conductor, 83 [127]
- 26 August – Bosse Broberg, Swedish jazz trumpeter and composer, 85 [128]
- 3 October – Harald Tusberg, Norwegian TV presenter, musician and songwriter, 88 [129]
- 19 October – Lasse Berghagen, Swedish singer-songwriter, 78 [130]
- 25 October – Hans Mosesson, Swedish actor, singer and songwriter, 79 [131]
- 19 November – Catherine Christer Hennix, Swedish polymath, 75 [132]
- 24 November – Jukka Haavisto, Finnish musician and music writer, 93 [133]
- 25 November – Yngvar Numme, Norwegian singer and actor, 79 [134]
- 6 December – Pedro Hietanen, Finnish musician and conductor, 74 [135]
- 20 December – Torben Ulrich, Danish polymath, 95 [136]
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