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The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 2016 in Swedish music.

Events

January

25
- The draw to determine which country will participate in which semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place in Stockholm City Hall. Sweden is pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first semi-final for scheduling reasons.^[1]^[2]

February

6 – Start of the 56th edition of the Melodifestivalen. The next three semi-finals will take place on February 13, 20, and 27.^[3]
15
- The announcement of jazz saxophonist and composer Jonas Kullhammar as the recipient of the 2016 Gullinpriset (awarded in memory of the saxophonist Lars Gullin (1928–1976)).^[4]
26 – A remix of Zara Larsson's hit single "Lush Life", featuring Tinie Tempah, is released, and soon becomes a top 10 hit internationally.^[5]

March

5 – The Melodifestivalen second chance took place on March 5.
12 – The final of the Melodifestivalen was executed on March 12, 2016.^[6]

April

23 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 23 – 30).^[7]

May

14
- The final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 took place at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm.^[8]
- Sweden finishes as no 9 as the only Scandinavian country to reach the final.

June

8 – The 24th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 8 – 11).^[9]
15 – Max Martin was awarded the Polar Music Prize.^[10]
30 – The 4th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 30 - July 2).^[11]

July

10 – Jonas Kullhammar was awarded Gullinpriset at a concert at Sanda Church in memory of late saxophonist Lars Gullin (1928–1976).^[12]

August

12 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 12 – 19).^[13]

September

October

7 – The 33rd Stockholm Jazz Festival started in Stockholm, Sweden ( October 7–16).^[14]

November

December

Album and singles releases

January

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
8	Anders Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler	Esa-Pekka Salonen and The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra	BIS Records		^[15]
29	Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein	Nils Landgren	ACT Music		^[16]

February

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Ref.
1	Songbook	Lars Danielsson	ACT	^[17]
12	Piano Mating	Mats Gustafsson	Blue Tapes and X-Ray Records	^[18]
17	Picture You	The Amazing, including with guitarist Reine Fiske	Partisan Records	^[19]
26	Mare Nostrum II	Jan Lundgren	ACT	^[20]

March

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
6	Trees Of Light	Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa	ECM		^[21]
18	Forevergreens	Dan Berglund's Tonbruket	ACT		^[22]

April

May

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
20	Då Som Nu För Alltid	Kent	RCA, Sony Music		^[23]

June

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
1	World On Fire	Yngwie Malmsteen	RCA, Sony Music		^[24]
3	Good Karma	Roxette	Parlophone/Roxette	Produced by Christoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman, Per Gessle	^[25]

July

August

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
26	Du Gamla Du Fria	Håkan Hellström	Warner		^[26]

September

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
16	Dödliga Klassiker	Bob Hund	Woah Dad!		^[27]
16	Orphée	Jóhann Jóhannsson	Deutsche Grammophon		^[28]

October

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
28	Homeward Bound	Sabina Ddumba	Warner Music Sweden		^[29]
28	Lady Wood by Tove Lo (Island Records	Sabina Ddumba	Island Records		^[30]

November

Day	Album	Artist	Label	Notes	Ref.
4	Christmas Card from a Painted Lady	Kikki Danielsson	Lionheart/Universal	Produced by Sören Karlsson	^[31]
25	Häxan	Dungen	Mexican Summer		^[32]

December

Unknown date

Efter Regnet by Freddie Wadling
Mitt hjärta klappar för dig by Benny Anderssons orkester^[33]

Deaths

January

17 – Carina Jaarnek, singer and Dansband artist (cerebral haemorrhage) (born 1962).^[34]

February

29 – Josefin Nilsson, singer and actress (born 1969).^[35]

May

1 – Sydney Onayemi, disc jockey (born 1937).
4 – Olle Ljungström, singer and guitarist (born 1961).^[36]
16 – Fredrik Norén, jazz drummer and band leader (born 1941).^[37]

June

2 – Freddie Wadling, singer and songwriter (born 1951).^[38]

September

27 - Märta Schéle [sv], singer (born 1936).^[39]

November

12 – Jacques Werup, musician, author, poet, stage artist, and screenwriter (born 1945).^[40]

References

^ Van Eersel, Dennis (23 December 2015). "Eurovision 2016: Semi-finals Allocation Draw on 25th of January". ESCDaily.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
^ "Allocation Draw: The results!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
^ Dahlander, Gustav (15 September 2015). "Hit kommer Melodifestivalen 2016 – se alla städerna". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
^ "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
^ "iTunes Store (SE) – Music – Zara Larsson – Lush Life (feat. Tinie Tempah) [Remixes] – Single". iTunes Store (SE). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
^ "Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2016 tour announced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
^ "GMLSTN JAZZ 2016". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ "Stockholm to host 2016 Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ "Sweden Rock Festival 2016 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
^ "Polar talks - June 15 2016". Polar Music Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
^ "Bråvalla 2016". Festicket.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
^ "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
^ "Välkommen till MALMÖFESTIVALEN – 12–19 augusti 2016!". MalmoFestivalen.se. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ "Stockholm Jazz Festival 7 – 16 oktober 2016". Stockholm Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on April 20, 2000. Retrieved 2016-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ Clements, Andrew (2016-01-27). "Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler CD review – there's no doubt orchestras enjoy playing his music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
^ "Nils Landgren: Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
^ "Lars Danielsson Songbook". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
^ "Mats Gustafsson – Piano Mating". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ "The Amazing – Picture You". consequence.net. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Jan Lundgren – Mare Nostrum II – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.
^ "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". ECM Records. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2016-11-08.
^ "Tonbruket – Forevergreens". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
^ "Kent: Då Som Nu För Alltid" (in Norwegian). Gaffa.com. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ "Yngwie Malmsteen's 'World On Fire' Album Gets Release Date". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
^ "Här är omslaget till Håkans nya album" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ "bob hund – Dödliga Klassiker". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
^ Schelm, Benjamin (2016-09-13). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
^ "Homeward Bound – Sabina Ddumba". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ Campbell, Chuck (2016-11-01). "Music review: Tove Lo's 'Lady Wood' doesn't cut it". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
^ Håkan Steen (9 December 2016). "Fröjd att höra Kikki sjunga" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
^ "Announcing: Dungen – Häxan". Mexican Summer. Retrieved 2017-01-21.
^ "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".
^ "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-21.
^ Amster, Harry (2016-02-29). "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ Olle Ljungström (54) er død Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
^ "Fredrik Norén". Dead-People.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ "Freddie Wadling är död – blev 64 år" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-12-05.
^ [1] (in Swedish)
^ Millroth, Thomas (2016-11-14). "Minnesord om Jacques Werup" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[1] Van Eersel, Dennis (23 December 2015). "Eurovision 2016: Semi-finals Allocation Draw on 25th of January". ESCDaily.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2016.

[:3-2] "Allocation Draw: The results!". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-01-25.

[3] Dahlander, Gustav (15 September 2015). "Hit kommer Melodifestivalen 2016 – se alla städerna". svt.se (in Swedish). Sveriges Television. Retrieved 4 February 2016.

[4] "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

[5] "iTunes Store (SE) – Music – Zara Larsson – Lush Life (feat. Tinie Tempah) [Remixes] – Single". iTunes Store (SE). 26 February 2016. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

[6] "Sweden: Melodifestivalen 2016 tour announced". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[7] "GMLSTN JAZZ 2016". GmlStnJazz.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

[8] "Stockholm to host 2016 Eurovision Song Contest". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

[9] "Sweden Rock Festival 2016 Setlist". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

[10] "Polar talks - June 15 2016". Polar Music Prize. Archived from the original on 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

[11] "Bråvalla 2016". Festicket.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

[12] "Jonas Kullhammar får Lars Gullin-priset". Sveriges Radio. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

[13] "Välkommen till MALMÖFESTIVALEN – 12–19 augusti 2016!". MalmoFestivalen.se. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

[14] "Stockholm Jazz Festival 7 – 16 oktober 2016". Stockholm Jazz Festival. Archived from the original on April 20, 2000. Retrieved 2016-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[15] Clements, Andrew (2016-01-27). "Hillborg: Sirens; Cold Heat; Beast Sampler CD review – there's no doubt orchestras enjoy playing his music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-02-19.

[16] "Nils Landgren: Some Other Time – A Tribute To Leonard Bernstein – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-01.

[17] "Lars Danielsson Songbook". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[18] "Mats Gustafsson – Piano Mating". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

[19] "The Amazing – Picture You". consequence.net. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[20] "Jan Lundgren – Mare Nostrum II – CD". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

[21] "Anders Jormin / Lena Willemark / Karin Nakagawa – Trees Of Light". ECM Records. Archived from the original on 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2016-11-08.

[22] "Tonbruket – Forevergreens". ACT Music. Retrieved 2016-02-14.

[23] "Kent: Då Som Nu För Alltid" (in Norwegian). Gaffa.com. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[24] "Yngwie Malmsteen's 'World On Fire' Album Gets Release Date". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[25] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

[26] "Här är omslaget till Håkans nya album" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-08-19. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[27] "bob hund – Dödliga Klassiker". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.

[28] Schelm, Benjamin (2016-09-13). "Jóhann Jóhannsson: Orphée". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

[29] "Homeward Bound – Sabina Ddumba". iTunes. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[30] Campbell, Chuck (2016-11-01). "Music review: Tove Lo's 'Lady Wood' doesn't cut it". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-03-04.

[31] Håkan Steen (9 December 2016). "Fröjd att höra Kikki sjunga" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. Retrieved 2 April 2018.

[32] "Announcing: Dungen – Häxan". Mexican Summer. Retrieved 2017-01-21.

[33] "Sverigetopplistan - Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan. Archived from the original on October 14, 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2016. Click on "Veckans albumlista".

[34] "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2016-01-17. Retrieved 2016-02-21.

[35] Amster, Harry (2016-02-29). "Dansbandsdrottningen Carina Jaarnek död" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[36] Olle Ljungström (54) er død Archived 2016-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)

[37] "Fredrik Norén". Dead-People.com. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[38] "Freddie Wadling är död – blev 64 år" (in Swedish). Expressen. 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

[39] [1] (in Swedish)

[40] Millroth, Thomas (2016-11-14). "Minnesord om Jacques Werup" (in Swedish). Helsingborgs Dagblad. Retrieved 2016-12-05.

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December

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November

December

Unknown date

Deaths

See also

References