2017 in Danish music

Events

January

• 5 – Royal Danish Opera announces that its artistic director, Sven Müller, will leave his position in 2017, three years ahead of schedule. Müller is believed to have resigned because of financial cuts.

  February

• 25 – At the 47th edition of the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix, "Where I Am", performed by Anja Nissen, is selected as Denmark's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

  March

• 28 – Under its new conductor Fabio Luisi, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra begins a tour of the United States.
• 31 – The live final of X Factor is won by Morten Nørgaard.

  April

May

• 13 – In the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Denmark finish in 20th place.
• 31 – The 19th Distortion festival started in Copenhagen.

  June

• 17 – The 8th NorthSide Festival opened in Aarhus.
• 22 – The 8th Copenhell festival started in Copenhagen.
• 24
• * The 3rd Tinderbox Festival started in Odense.
• * The 47th Roskilde Festival opened.
• 28 – The 33rd Nibe Festival started in Nordjylland.

  July

• 7 – The 38th Copenhagen Jazz Festival start in Copenhagen.
• 13 – G! Festival opened in Göta, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.
• 14 – The 29th Aarhus Jazz Festival started.

  August

• 2 – The Strøm Fesatival started in Copenhagen.

  September

• 6 – The Copenhagen World Music Festival started.

  October

November

December

Album releases

January

May

November

Deaths

• 7 – Svend Asmussen, jazz violinist, known as "The Fiddling Viking".
• 20 – Nicolai Munch-Hansen, Danish bassist and composer.

• 27 – Peter Bastian, bassoonist.

• 4 - Katy Bødtger, singer.

• 8 - Ivan Horn, rock guitarist.