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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Scandinavian music in 2012. (Go to last year in Scandinavian music or next year in Scandinavian music.)
26 January – Norway's inaugural Bodø Jazz Open opens in Bodø , running until 29 January.[ 1]
28 January – Marit Sandvik receives the Nordlysprisen award, given to a contributor to the music of Northern Norway .[ 2]
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.[ 3]
6 April – It is reported that keyboardist Per Wiberg has left the band Opeth .[ 4]
16 April – During Norway's Vossajazz festival:
9 June – Rockland the Opera , an opera by Finland's Jukka Linkola , is premièred at the Nivala Ice Arena.[ 7]
17 June – The 28th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden , lasting until 19 June[ 8]
17 June – Finnish singer Tarja Turunen performs with tenor José Cura at the Savonlinna Opera Festival .[ 9]
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[ 10]
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 .[ 11]
December – Blood Red Throne take on Yngve "Bolt" Christiansen as their new vocalist, replacing Osvald "Vald" Egeland.[ 12]
1 January – Flemming Jørgensen , Danish singer and actor, 63 (cardiac arrest)[ 99]
17 January – Sjonni Brink , Icelandic singer-songwriter, 36 (stroke)[ 100]
3 February – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs , Norwegian classical pianist and musicologist (born 1913 ).[ 101]
6 February – Per Grundén , Swedish tenor, 88[ 102]
24 February – Jens Winther , Danish jazz trumpeter, 50 (stroke)[ 103]
2 March – Erling Kroner , Danish jazz trombonist, composer and bandleader[ 104]
10 April – Børt-Erik Thoresen , television host and folk singer, 78[ 105]
22 April – Eyvind Solås , classical pianist, composer, actor, and TV host, 73[ 106]
24 April – Dag Stokke , Norwegian keyboardist TNT , church organist and mastering engineer, 44 (cancer)[ 107]
31 May – Sølvi Wang , Norwegian pop and folk singer and actress, 81[ 108]
4 June – Andreas P. Nielsen , Danish singer and composer, 58 (cancer)[ 109]
18 June – Gustaf Kjellvander , Swedish singer-songwriter, 31[ 110]
24 July – Harald Johnsen , Norwegian bassist, 71 (heart attack)[ 111]
13 August
4 September – Hilde Heltberg , Norwegian pop and folk singer songwriter, 51 (cancer).[ 114]
8 October – Ingvar Wixell , Swedish operatic baritone, 80[ 115]
11 October – Kim Brown , British-born Finnish rock musician, 66[ 116]
19 October – Lars Sjösten , Swedish jazz pianist and composer[ 117]
2 November
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