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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2006.
Events
- 13–15 January – The inaugural Ice Music Festival is held in Geilo, Norway.[1]
- 25 March – Christofer Johnsson leaves Swedish extreme metal band Demonoid; the band replaces him with Emperor Magus Caligula of Dark Funeral.[2]
- 7 April – On the first day of Norway's Vossajazz festival, Yngve Moe receives the Vossajazzprisen.[3]
- 8 April – On the second day of Vossajazz 2006, Trygve Seim performs the commissioned work Reiser.[4]
- 12 May – Drummer Martin Lopez leaves Swedish progressive metal band Opeth, and Martin Axenrot is hired as his replacement.[5]
- 20 May – The Eurovision Song Contest, held in Athens, is won by Finland, with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah" performed by Lordi. It is the country's first ever win at Eurovision.[6]
- 1 December – The second MGP Nordic is held in Sweden. Denmark emerge winners with the song "Tro på os to", performed by SEB.[7]
- 25 November – Markus Fagervall wins Sweden's third series of Idol.
- 11 December – The Nobel Peace Prize Concert is held in Oslo. Featured artists include Morten Abel, Renée Fleming and Lionel Richie.[8]
Classical works
- Birgitte Alsted – Dance with Bells[9]
- Victoria Borisova-Ollas – Open Ground[10]
- Ulf Grahn – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra[11]
- Ilkka Kuusisto – Vapauden vanki (opera)[12]
- Magnus Lindberg – Violin Concerto No. 1[13]
- Per Nørgård – 7th Symphony[14]
- Kaija Saariaho
- Adriana Mater (opera)[15]
- La Passion de Simone (oratorio)[16]
- Notes on Light[17]
Major hit singles
- Basshunter – "Boten Anna" (#1 Denmark and Sweden, #3 Norway, #4 Finland)[18]
- Aleksander Denstad With – "A Little Too Perfect" (#1 Norway)[19]
- Markus Fagervall – "Everything Changes" (#1 Sweden)[20]
- Marit Larsen – "Don't Save Me" (#1 Norway)[21]
- Lordi – "Hard Rock Hallelujah" (#1 Finland, #8 Norway, #9 Sweden)[22]
- Veronica Maggio – "Nöjd?" (#6 Sweden)[23]
- Nylon – ""Losing A Friend" (#1 Iceland)[24]
- Sonata Arctica – "Replica 2006" (#1 Finland)[25]
- Ola Svensson – "Brothers" (#4 Sweden)[26]
Eurovision Song Contest
Deaths
- 20 January – Dave Lepard, singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1980; suicide)[27]
- 14 February – Putte Wickman, Swedish jazz musician (born 1924)[28]
- 13 March – Arne Dørumsgaard, Norwegian composer, poet and record collector (born 1921)[29]
- 24 April – Erik Bergman, Finnish composer (born 1911)[30]
- 16 August – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish rock vocalist (born 1975; suicide)[31]
- 3 September – Eva Knardahl, Norwegian pianist (born 1927)[32]
- 4 September – Astrid Varnay, Swedish operatic soprano (born 1918)[33]
- 28 September – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (born 1976; heart failure)[34]
- 24 December – Kenneth Sivertsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer, (born 1961; complications from epilepsy)[35]
References
- ↑ "Festival History". Ice Music Festival. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Therion Biography". Therion.se. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Espeland, Harald (5 April 2013). "Bergensmusiker i koma etter ulykke". Bergens Tidende. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Trygve Seim skriv tingingsverk til Vossa Jazz 2006" (in Norwegian). Ballade.no. 16 January 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
- ↑ "Martin Lopez leaves Opeth". Ultimate Metal. 13 May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Results of the Grand Final of Athens 2006". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ↑ "MGP Nordic". Eurovoix World. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Nobel Peace Prize Concert 2006". setlist.fm. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Alsted, Birgitte". Female Composers.se. 23 September 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Open Ground". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra". Swedish Musical Heritage. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Vapauden vanki". core music Finland. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ Clements, Andrew (20 July 2007). "New romantic: Coldly logical yet warmly expressive, Magnus Lindberg's music is a contradiction in terms. Andrew Clements meets him". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ↑ "Per Nørgård Biography". Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ↑ Alex Ross (16 April 2006). "Birth". The New Yorker. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "A quest for new challenges – an interview with Kaija Saariaho". AIM - Adventures in Music. 10 March 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
- ↑ Saariaho, Kaija (2006). "Notes on Light". G. Schirmer Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ↑ "Basshunter". Findance.com (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Norway Singles Top 20". acharts.norway. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Veckolista Singlar, vecka 49, 2006". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
- ↑ "Norway Singles Top 20". acharts.norway. 2 February 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Hard Rock Hallelujah". Musiiki tuottajat. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Veronica Maggio". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "NYLON á toppi íslenska listans". visir. 22 May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "SONATA ARCTICA Confirms New Album Title". Blabbermouth. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "Ola - Brothers". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ "CRASHDÏET BIOGRAPHY 2007". Crashdïet official website. Archived from the original on 5 August 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 492. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
- ↑ Dahl, Per. "Arne Dørumsgaard". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ↑ "Hietaniemen hautausmaa – merkittäviä vainajia" (PDF). Helsingin seurakuntayhtymä. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Dissection Frontman Jon Nödtveidt Commits Suicide". Metal Storm. 18 August 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2025.
- ↑ Forum Musikbibliothek (in German). Vol. 28. Das Bibliotheksinstitut. 2007. p. 282. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ↑ Blyth, Alan (5 September 2006). "Obituary: Astrid Varnay". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ↑ Bjørn, Camilla; Sæther, Anne Stine (29 September 2006). "Jan Werner funnet død" (in Norwegian). VG Nett. Retrieved 30 September 2006.
- ↑ Hansen, Espen Arnold (14 December 2006). "Kenneth Sivertsen alvorlig syk" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
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