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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2018.
(Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)

Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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  • 27ABBA announce that they have recorded some new songs, the first since 1983.[18]

May

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  • 8 – In semi-final 1 of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, Iceland's entry is eliminated, but Finland's Saara Aalto finishes 10th and makes it to the final.
  • 10 – In semi-final 2 of the Eurovision Song Contest, Norway's entry finishes in first place, Sweden 2nd and Denmark 5th; all three countries make it to the final.
  • 12 – In the Eurovision final, held in Lisbon, Sweden does best of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in 7th place.
  • 23 - The Bergen International Festival opens in Bergen, Norway, running until 6 June. Guest performers include Meow Meow, Selene Muñoz and Helsinki Songs.[19]

June

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  • 6 – The 26th Sweden Rock Festival opens in Norje, running until 9 June.[20] The Quill are forced to withdraw the day before the festival begins, because lead singer Magnus Ekwall is recovering from emergency surgery.[21]

July

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September

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  • 5 – The Copenhagen World Music Festival opens, running until 9 September.[26]
  • 6 – The Lahti Sibelius Festival opens, running until 9 September.[27]

November

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December

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  • 6 – Icelandic Music Day is celebrated.[29]

Albums released

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January

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Trident Wolf Eclipse Watain Century Media [30]
19 Contra La Indecisión Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [31]
Elvesang Sigurd Hole Elvesang [32]
Lucus Thomas Strønen & Time Is A Blind Guide ECM [33]

February

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
2 Delights Of Decay Batagraf Jazzland Produced by Jon Balke, Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim [34]
Live at Victoria Solveig Slettahjell Jazzland Produced by Solveig Slettahjell [35]
9 History Emmelie de Forest Cosmos First album after two-year break from recording [36]
13 Heat Knut Reiersrud Band Jazzland [37]
23 Reformation Part 1 Super8 & Tab Armada Music [38]
Pilgrim Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen ACT Produced by Esben Eyermann and Janne Mark [39]

March

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Takker Thomas Helmig Genlyd Grammofon [40]
2 Ravensburg Mathias Eick ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [41]
9 Decades Nightwish Nuclear Blast [42]
23 Returnings Jakob Bro with Palle Mikkelborg, Thomas Morgan, and Jon Christensen ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher [43]
30 Geimvísindi Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir The singer's first album to contain original material [44]

April

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
6 Polarity Hoff Ensemble - Jan Gunnar Hoff, Anders Jormin, Audun Kleive 2L Produced by Morten Lindberg [45]
20 Barxeta II Per Mathisen & Jan Gunnar Hoff feat. Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez Losen Produced by Jan Gunnar Hoff and Per Mathisen [46]
Freedoms Trio II Steinar Aadnekvam Losen Produced by Steinar Aadnekvam [47]
Ultra Sivas Disco:Wax #1 in Danish album chart [48]
27 Större Molly Sandén unknown [49]
Ootsä nähny Nikkee Nikke Ankara unknown [50]
Wild Wild Wonderland Saara Aalto Warner Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[51] 2

May

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
4 Sway Tove Styrke RCA Records [52]
18 A Suite of Poems Ketil Bjørnstad, Anneli Drecker, poems by Lars Saabye Christensen ECM [53]
25 Late Night Tales: Agnes Obel Agnes Obel Night Time Stories Ltd [54]

June

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
1 Ääripäät Mikael Gabriel Universal Music Group [55]
Bertolt Brechts Svendborgdigte Søren Huss BaggårdTeatret [56]
8 So Sad So Sexy Lykke Li RCA Executive producer Malay [57]
29 Sometimes the World Ain't Enough The Night Flight Orchestra Nuclear Blast [58]

July

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
27 Act II Tarja Turunen earMUSIC Live album [59]

August

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
24 ‘re:member Ólafur Arnalds Mercury KX [60]
31 Helsinki Songs Trygve Seim ECM [61]
The Other Side Tord Gustavsen Trio ECM [62]

September

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
21 Immortelle Say Lou Lou à Deux Produced by Trent Mazur and Dash Le Francis [citation needed]

October

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
5 Bay Of Rainbows Jakob Bro, Thomas Morgan, and Joey Baron ECM Records [63]
12 Sorgir Skálmöld Napalm Records [64]
19 Forever Neverland Columbia Records [65]
26 Christmas With My Friends VI Nils Landgren ACT Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg [66]
My Soul Kitchen Ida Sand ACT Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch [67]
Honey Robyn Konichiwa Records [68]

November

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Deep Snow Simon Lynge Atlantic Music [69]
16 The Pursuit of Vikings: 25 Years in the Eye of the Storm Amon Amarth Live album [70]
23 The Ghost Ward Diaries Electric Boys Mighty Music Produced by David Castillo [71]

December

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Day Album Artist Label Notes Ref.
13 Plays Metallica by Four Cellos – A Live Performance Apocalyptica Live album - 2CD+1DVD digipak [72]
14 Let's Boogie! Live from Telia Parken Volbeat Republic Records Live album [73]

Film and television scores

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Films

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Television

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Eurovision Song Contest

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Deaths

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References

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