2011 in Swedish music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that are expected to happen in 2011 in music in Sweden.

Events

March

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

April

• 6 – Per Wiberg quits Opeth.

May

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

June

• June 28 – Where The Action Is 2011 festival in Gothenburg.^[3]

July

• July 9 – Sonisphere In Globe Arena Stockholm.^[4]
• July 28–30 – Storsjöyran in Östersund.^[5]

August

• August 11–13 – Way Out West City festival in Gothenburg ^[6]

Albums released

February

• February 11 – Charm School is released which is Roxette's first album with new material since 2001's Room Service ^[7]
• February 14 – Love CPR by September (singer) is released
• February 23 – Carl Norén from Sugar Plum Fairy releases his solo debut album Owls.^[8]
• February 23 – Thomas Di Leva releases his album Hjärtat vinner alltid ^[9]
• February 28 – Mohombi releases his Debut album MoveMeant (various dates in Europe) ^[10]
• 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

• Mars 2 – Lykke Li releases her second album Wounded Rhymes ^[11]
• Mars 9 – Swingfly releases Awesomeness – An Introduction to Swingfly ^[12]
• Mars 11 – Danny Saucedo Releases In The Club ^[13]
• Mars 15 – Bob Hund releases Det Överexponerade Gömstället ^[14]
• 16
  • Miss Li releases – Beats & Bruises ^[15]
  • Unseen by The Haunted
• Mars 23 – Erik Hassle releases Mariefred Sessions
• 29 – Surtur Rising by Amon Amarth

April

• April 13
  • Kikki Danielsson releases "Första dagen på resten av mitt liv.^[16]
  • Adam Tensta releases Scared Of The Dark ^[17]
• April 15 – Performocracy by The Poodles is released ^[18]
• 15
  • Newkid releases Alexander JR Ferrer ^[19]
  • The Unseen Empire by Scar Symmetry
• April 16 – Eva Eastwood – Lyckost ^[20]
• April 27 – Veronica Maggio Releases her third and highly anticipated album Satan i Gatan ^[21]

May

• 30 – Khaos Legions by Arch Enemy

June

• June 8 – Timbuktu releases his eight album Sagolandet ^[22]
• June 15 – In Flames release their tenth album Sounds of a Playground Fading ^[23]
• June 29 – Eric Saade releases his second solo album Saade with the Eurovision song contest entry as lead single.^[24]

July

• July 27 – Takida will release their album. Title yet to be announced, but The Burning heart has been circulating.^[25]

September

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

November

• 7 – For Funerals to Come (Reissue) by Katatonia

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A

Agnes Carlsson TBA ^[26]

E

Europe (band) – TBA ^[27]

E-Type – TBA ^[28]

G

Gathania – TBA, Swedish IDOL contestant 2007 was reported working on material for 2011 ^[29]

New Artists

• Eric Amarillo – Swedish singer from Gothenburg SwEric Amarillo, musician, producer and DJ part of the duo The Attic with Michael Feiner ^[30]
• Newkid – Swedish singer from Stockholm released debut album

References