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Bråvalla Festival is a Swedish three-day music festival that is held annually. It's Sweden's biggest and most popular music festival. It is held at Bråvalla flygfottilj outside of Norrköping. The inaugural season of the festival was from 27 to 29 June 2013. It headlined Rammstein, Green Day and Avicii in additions to tens of artists and acts. The second season was held between the 26 June and 28 June 2014 and was headlined by Iron Maiden, Kanye West and Kings of Leon. The third season of the festival was held between 25–27 June in 2015. It was headlined by Robbie Williams, Muse and Calvin Harris. The fourth season will be held between 30 June – 2 July in 2016.
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German company FKP Scorpio is hosting the event. FKP Scorpio have great experience in organizing events including the Hultsfredsfestivalen since 2011 and the Getaway Rock Festival since 2012. The hosts estimated about 40,000 people would attend the festival in 2013 but eventually 51,590 tickets were sold. This record was again broken in 2014 when 51,683 tickets were sold.
On 27 June 2014, several people were injured during the festival when lightning struck and one person was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.