The following events in Swedish music occurred in the year 2017.
Events
January Hallåjsan
February 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 1 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg. 11 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 2 in Malmö Arena, Malmö. 18 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 3 in Vida Arena, Växjö. 25 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 4 in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå. 28 - At Sweden's Grammis Awards ceremony, Zara Larsson receives the Artist of the Year award and Kent win both the Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.
March 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Second chance in Saab Arena, Linköping. 11 Melodifestivalen 2017 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm. Robin Bengtsson is selected as Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
April 21 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 21 – 29).
May 9 – The conductor Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018. 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place. 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.
June 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10). 28 – The 5th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1).
July
August 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18). 20 Choral conductor and mezzo-soprano Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert.
September
October 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15). 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29).
November
December
Albums releases
January
DayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.13 In the Passing Light of Day Pain of Salvation Inside Out Music 27 Meet Me At The Movies Viktoria Tolstoy ACT Music Produced by Nils Landgren executive producer Siggi Loch Potsdamer Platz Jan Lundgren ACT Music Produced by Siggi Loch
February DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.24 Mitt liv Charlotte Perrelli Stockhouse
March DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.3 For You Léon Columbia 17 So Good Zara Larsson Epic
May DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.12 Good Times Mando Diao BMG 26 Liberetto III Lars DanielssonACT MusicWith Gregory Privat, John Parricelli and Magnus Öström
June DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.30 Velocity Waveshaper unknown 6-track EP
July DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.14 Long Live Life Francobollo Square Leg Records
September DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.15 Provenance Björn Meyer ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher22 Portrait of a Painted Lady Kikki Danielsson Capitol Produced by Sören Karlsson, Idde Schultz
October DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.27 Good Stuff Iiro Rantala & Ulf Wakenius ACT Produced by Siggi Loch27Heroes in TimeMetaliteInner Wound RecordingsProduced by Jacob Hansen
November DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.24 Vista August Rosenbaum Hiatus
Deaths
January 17 – Carina Jaarnek singer (born 1962). 24 – Björn Thelin, bassist for The Spotnicks, (born 1942).
February 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget, (born 1976). 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972). 29 – Josefin Nilsson Swedish singer and actress (born 1969).
March 6 – Lars Diedricson, singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 (born 1961). 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942).
September 12 – Siegfried Köhler, conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, (born 1923). 25 – Folke Rabe, composer, (born 1935).
October 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921). 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940).
November 17 – Rikard Wolff, pop singer and actor (born 1958).
See also 2017 in Sweden Music of Sweden Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2017 section on page)
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