2011 in Nordic music

The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2011. == Events == 26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø, running until 29 January. 28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway. 28 February – Swedish duo Roxette launches its 55-date "Charm School World Tour", part of "The Neverending World Tour" in Kazan, Russia, in front of 8,000 people. 6 April – It is reported that keyboardist Per Wiberg has left the band Opeth. 16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival: Mari Kvien Brunvoll receives the Vossajazzprisen for 2011. Mathias Eick performs the commissioned work Voss. 9 June – Rockland the Opera, an opera by Finland's Jukka Linkola, is premièred at the Nivala Ice Arena. 17 June The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, lasting until 19 June Finnish singer Tarja Turunen performs with tenor José Cura at the Savonlinna Opera Festival. 22 July – The far-right terrorist attacks on civilians and government offices in Norway lead to the renewed popularity of Ole Paus's 1994 song, "Mitt lille land". 15 October – Olli Kortekangas's one-act opera Yhden yön juttu (One Night Stand), commissioned by the Sibelius Academy, is premièred at the Helsinki Music Centre 1 November – Norwegian TV station NRK broadcasts a 30-minute film in which musician Jørn Stubberud (aka Necrobutcher) undergoes an exorcism by US televangelist Bob Larson. December – Blood Red Throne take on Yngve "Bolt" Christiansen as their new vocalist, replacing Osvald "Vald" Egeland. == New works == Kalevi Aho – Trumpet Concerto Per Nørgård – Symphony No. 8 Đuro Živković – On the Guarding of the Heart == Albums released == === January === === February === === March === === April === === May === === June === === July === === August === === September === === October === === November === === December === == Deaths == 1 January – Flemming Jørgensen, Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest) 17 January – Sjonni Brink, Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke) 3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs, Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913). 6 February – Per Grundén, Swedish tenor, 88 24 February – Jens Winther, Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke) 2 March – Erling Kroner, Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader 10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen, television host and folk singer, 78 22 April – Eyvind Solås, classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73 24 April – Dag Stokke, Norwegian keyboardist TNT, church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer) 31 May – Sølvi Wang, Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81 4 June – Andreas P. Nielsen, Danish singer and composer, 58 (cancer) 18 June – Gustaf Kjellvander, Swedish singer-songwriter, 31 24 July – Harald Johnsen, Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack) 13 August Topi Sorsakoski, Finnish singer, 58 (lung cancer) Ellen Winther, Danish opera singer and actress, 78 4 September – Hilde Heltberg, Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer). 8 October – Ingvar Wixell, Swedish operatic baritone, 80 11 October – Kim Brown, British-born Finnish rock musician, 66 19 October – Lars Sjösten, Swedish jazz pianist and composer 2 November Arne "Papa" Bue Jensen, Danish trombonist and bandleader, 81 Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer, 96 == References ==