2017 in Swedish music

The following events in Swedish music occurred in the year 2017.

January
Hallåjsan

February

 * 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 1 in Scandinavium, Gothenburg.
 * 11 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 2 in Malmö Arena, Malmö.
 * 18 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 3 in Vida Arena, Växjö.
 * 25 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Semi-final 4 in Skellefteå Kraft Arena, Skellefteå.
 * 28 - At Sweden's Grammis Awards ceremony, Zara Larsson receives the Artist of the Year award and Kent win both the Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.

March

 * 4 – Melodifestivalen 2017 Second chance in Saab Arena, Linköping.
 * 11
 * Melodifestivalen 2017 Final in Friends Arena, Stockholm.
 * Robin Bengtsson is selected as Sweden's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

April

 * 21 – The Gamlestaden Jazzfestival opened in Gothenburg, Sweden (April 21 – 29).

May

 * 9 – The conductor Sofi Jeannin is appointed chief conductor of the BBC Singers, the first woman to hold the post, effective in July 2018.
 * 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Sweden finish in 5th place.
 * 15 - The Swedish Chamber Orchestra appoints Martin Fröst its principal conductor effective from 2019, with an initial contract of 3 seasons.

June

 * 7 – The 25th Sweden Rock Festival started in Norje (June 7 – 10).
 * 28 – The 5th Bråvalla Festival opened near Norrköping (June 28 - July 1).

August

 * 11 – Malmöfestivalen opened (August 11 – 18).
 * 20
 * Choral conductor and mezzo-soprano Sofi Jeannin makes her Proms debut, conducting the BBC Singers and City of London Sinfonia in a Reformation Day concert.

October

 * 6 – The 34th Stockholm Jazz Festival started (October 6 – 15).
 * 25 – The 49th Umeå Jazz Festival started (October 25 – 29).

Deaths

 * January
 * 17 – Carina Jaarnek singer (born 1962).
 * 24 – Björn Thelin, bassist for The Spotnicks, (born 1942).


 * February
 * 1 – Robert Dahlqvist rock musician for The Hellacopters and Dundertåget, (born 1976).
 * 8 – Tony Särkkä, black metal musician and multiinstrumentalist of Romani descent (Abruptum, Ophthalamia) (born 1972).
 * 29 – Josefin Nilsson Swedish singer and actress (born 1969).


 * March
 * 6 – Lars Diedricson, singer (Snowstorm) and songwriter ("Take Me to Your Heaven"), winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 (born 1961).
 * 22 – Sven-Erik Magnusson, musician (Sven-Ingvars) (born 1942).


 * September
 * 12 – Siegfried Köhler, conductor of the Royal Swedish Opera, (born 1923).
 * 25 – Folke Rabe, composer, (born 1935).


 * October
 * 17 – Ingvar Lidholm, composer, (born 1921).
 * 20 – Boris Lindqvist, rock singer, (born 1940).


 * November
 * 17 – Rikard Wolff, pop singer and actor (born 1958).