The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2018 in Swedish music.
Events
January 28 – The Gustav Lundgren Trio performed a tribute to Django Reinhardt at Stockholm Concert Hall.
February 3 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 1 in Löfbergs Arena, Karlstad 10 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 2 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg 17 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 3 in Malmö Arena, Malmö 24 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Semi-final 4 in Fjällräven Center, Örnsköldsvik
March 3 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Second chance in Kristianstad Arena, Kristianstad 10 – Melodifestivalen 2018 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm 16 – The Blue House Youth Jazz Festival started in Stockholm (March 16 – 18).
April 27 – ABBA announce that they have recorded some new songs, the first since 1983.
May
June 6 – The 26th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 6 – 9).
July 25 – The Norberg Festival opened (July 25 – 29).
27 – The Uppsala Reggae Festival started (July 27 – 28).
August 10 The Way Out West Festival started in Gothenburg (August 10 – 12). The Malmöfestivalen opened in Malmö (August 10 – 17).
September
October 21 – The 50th Umeå Jazz Festival start (October 21 – 26).
November
December
Albums released January DayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.5 Trident Wolf Eclipse Watain Century Media 19 Contra La Indecisión Bobo Stenson Trio (Anders Jormin, Jon Fält) ECM Produced by Manfred Eicher
February DayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.23 A Novel Of Anomaly Andreas Schaerer ACT Produced by Siggi Loch
March
April DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.27 Större Molly Sandén unknown Click on "Veckans albumlista".
May
June DayAlbumArtistLabelNotes Ref.8 So Sad So Sexy Lykke Li RCA Executive producer Malay
July DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.18 e.s.t. songbook - Volume 2 - Buch Esbjörn Svensson Trio ACT
August
September DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.28 Summerwind Lars Danielsson ACT Produced by Siggi Loch
October DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.26 Christmas With My Friends VI Nils Landgren ACT Produced by Nils Landgren with Johan Norberg My Soul Kitchen Ida Sand ACT Produced by Nils Landgren and Siggi Loch
Deaths
January 16 – Javiera Muñoz, singer (born 1977).La Federación Nacional Chilena de Suecia te informa
February
March 3 — Kenneth Gärdestad, pop songwriter (born 1948). 5 — Kjerstin Dellert, opera singer (born 1925) 26 – Jerry Williams, actor and rock singer (born 1942).
April 3 – Lill-Babs or Barbro Svensson, singer and actress (born 1938). 20 – Avicii or Tim Bergling, Swedish DJ and record producer (born 1989)
May
June 26 – Bo Nilsson, composer (born 1937).
July 9 – Stefan Demert, singer and songwriter (born 1939).
August
September 9 – Frank Andersson, entertainer and wrestler, complications during heart surgery (born 1956).
See also 2018 in Sweden Music of Sweden Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 List of number-one singles and albums in Sweden (see 2018 section on page)
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