The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in Nordic music in 2010.
Events 1 January – Swedish band Cult of Luna release Eviga Riket, a publication giving the full story behind their Eternal Kingdom album. 29 January – Norwegian jazz bassist Bodvar Moe is awarded the Nordlysprisen. 29 May – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, Denmark is the most successful of the Scandinavian countries, finishing in fourth place. 10 June – The 27th Stockholm Jazz Festival opens in Stockholm, Sweden, running until 12 June. 26 July – Emperor Magus Caligula leaves the Swedish band Dark Funeral, followed shortly afterwards by bandmates "B-Force" and "Dominator", leaving Lord Ahriman and "Chaq Mol" as the band's only members. 2 November – The Oslo World Music Festival opens, running until 7 November.
New works Magnus Lindberg – Souvenir Kaija Saariaho – Mirages
Film scores and incidental music Jon Ekstrand - Easy Money
Albums released January DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.11 Tore Johansen feat. Steve Swallow I.S. Inner Ear 18 Motorpsycho Heavy Metal Fruit Stickman Records, Rune Grammofon Valkyrja Contamination Metal Blade Records 25 Deathbound Non Compos Mentis Dynamic Arts Records Dream Evil In the Night Century Media Records Ihsahn After Candlelight Records In Mourning Monolith Agonia Records/Pulverised Records
February DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.2 Nostradameus Illusion's Parade AFM Records Featuring members of Fejd and Pathos 17 Finntroll Nifelvind Century Media 19 Throes of Dawn The Great Fleet of Echoes Released at the Finnish Metal Expo
March DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.1 Mads Eriksen Just What the World Needs MTG Music Mortemia Misere Mortem Napalm Records 8 Burzum Belus Byelobog Productions First album for 11 years 10 Salem Al Fakir Ignore This EMI
April DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.14 Anna Bergendahl Yours Sincerely Lionheart 16 Terje Rypdal Crime Scene ECM Records Commissioned for the 2009 Bergen Festival 19 Live Extracts Eivind Aarset's Sonic Codex Orchestra ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher 23 Ketil Bjørnstad Remembrance ECM Records featuring Tore Brunborg and Jon Christensen
May DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.10 Keep of Kalessin Reptilian Nuclear Blast Last album to feature Torbjørn "Thebon" Schei on vocals 19 Eric Saade Masquerade Roxy Recordings First solo album April Divine Redemption Supernova/Cosmos
June DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.9 Oskar Linnros Vilja Bli Universal Records 14 Grave Burial Ground Regain Records Last album to feature Fredrik Isaksson Setherial Ekpyrosis Regain Records
July DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.2 Soilwork The Panic Broadcast Nuclear Blast Produced by Peter Wichers 19 Darkane Layers of Live Listenable Records Live album 21 Kvelertak Kvelertak Indie Recordings Debut album
August DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.6 Immortal The Seventh Date of Blashyrkh Nuclear Blast Live DVD album recorded 2007 18 Satanic Warmaster Nachzehrer Werewolf Records 23 Apocalyptica 7th Symphony Sony Music Germany "Apocalyptica Prepare for New Album "7th Symphony" " Apocalyptica.com. May 18, 2010.
September DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.1 Tarja Turunen What Lies Beneath Vertigo Records 20 Jan Garbarek and The Hilliard Ensemble Officium Novum ECM Records Produced by Manfred Eicher
October DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.6 Corroded Exit To Transfer Ninetone Records 19 Dag Arnesen Trio Norwegian Song 3 Losen Records 20 Amberian Dawn End of Eden Spinefarm Records First album with Spinefarm Arckanum Sviga Læ Regain Records
November DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.1Frida ÅnnevikSynlige HjerteslagGrappa Music 24 Dark the Suns Sleepwalking in a Nightmare Firebox Records Teräsbetoni Maailma Tarvitsee Sankareita Sakara Records Produced by Hiili Hiilesmaa 26 Hardcore Superstar Split Your Lip Nuclear Blast
December DayAlbumArtistLabelNotesRef.11Seventh WonderThe Great EscapeLion Music Including 30-minute title track16 Haakon Graf with Per Mathisen and Erik SmithLicense To ChillNordic Records
Deaths 26 January – Dag Frøland, 64, Norwegian entertainer 12 February – Grethe Sønck, 80, Danish actress and singer 4 March – Amalie Christie, 96, Norwegian classical pianist 21 April – Gustav Lorentzen, 62, Norwegian folk singer and entertainer (Knutsen & Ludvigsen) 24 April – Bo Hansson, 67, Swedish rock keyboardist 30 May – Kristian Bergheim, 83, Norwegian jazz saxophonist 5 June – Arne Nordheim, 78, Norwegian contemporary classical experimental composer 15 July – Knut Stensholm, 56, Norwegian drummer 23 July – Willy Bakken ("willy b"), 59, Norwegian guitarist and popular culture writer 16 September – Erkki Ertama, 82, Finnish composer and conductor 13 October – Ulrik Cold, 71, Danish operatic bass 7 December – Kari Tapio, 65, Finnish schlager singer 30 December – Thomas Funck, 91, Swedish baron and polymath
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