List of Swedes in music

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This is a list of Swedish composers, musicians and singers:

This article is part of the List of Swedes series

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1 Composers
2 Conductors
3 Groups
4 Singers
- 4.1 Opera singers
- 4.2 Popular music singers
5 Other
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Composers

Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
Claude Loyola Allgén (1920-1990) né Klas-Thure Allgén
Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
Tor Aulin (1866-1914)
Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994)
Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
Peter Bengtson (1961- )
Berwald family
- Friedrich Berwald, violinist, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Georg Berwald, played in the Swedish Royal Orchestra, later in the Russian
- Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787-1861) violinist, Concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Franz Adolf Berwald (1796-1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
- August Berwald, composer and musician, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Mathilda Berwald, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court
- Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
Ulf Björlin (1933-1993) a conductor and composer
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968)
Sten Broman (1902-1983)
Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) born in Finland
Düben family, originally musicians, who were raised to the nobility through the favour especially of king Charles XII of Sweden. Family members other than those mentioned below were important in civil service or made important contributions to other fields.
- Anders Düben (1590-1662), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, composer
- Gustaf Düben (1624-1690), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, composer
- Baron Gustaf von Düben (1660-1726), Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, court intendant and later marshal of the royal court.
- Baron Anders von Düben (1673-1738), Director of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, later marshal of the royal court, composer. Donated the Düben Collection to Uppsala University.
John Fernström (1897-1961) born in China of Swedish parents
Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)

Ebbe Grims-land (1915- )
Thomas G:son (196?- )
Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928)
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759-1833) born in Germany
Anders Hillborg (1954- )
Sven-Eric Johanson (1919-1997)
Jacob Axel Josephson (1818-1880)
Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
Ingvar Lidholm (1921- )
Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887-1955)
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878)
Otto Lindblad (1809-1864)
Bo Linde (1933-1970)
Ralph Lundsten (1936- )
Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951)
Rolf Martinsson (1956- )
Arne Mellnäs (1933-2002)
Olallo Morales (1874-1957) born in Spain
Johann-Gottlieb Naumann (1741-1801) from Germany; composed in Sweden
Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966)
Moses Pergament (1893-1977) born in Finland; one of the first and greatest modernist composers of Sweden
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) full name: Gustav Allan Pettersson
Ture Rangström (1884-1947)
Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) called the "Swedish Handel"
Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985)
Sven-David Sandström (1942- )
Niklas Sivelöv (1968- )
Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) late romantic miniaturist
August Söderman (1832-1876)
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
Gunnar Wennerberg (1817-1901) uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875-1959)
Johan Wikmanson (1753-1800)
Dag Wirén (1905-1986)