Scandinavian Composers

Updated:  3 September 2018

SWEDEN

Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758)  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/johan-helmich-roman-mn0001499294/biography 

Drottningholmsmusique (1744) – music for a royal wedding (YouTube link)

 

Otto Olsson (1879-1964) http://ottoolsson.bluemusicgroup.com/bio

The opening two sections (Requiem and Kyrie) from his beautiful Requiem (YouTube link)   A work which deserves to be better known in the webmaster’s opinion !  Lets hope that it will be performed in England sometime.

Oskar Lindberg (1887-1955)  http://www.gehrmans.se/en/composers/lindberg_oskar

Wilhem Peterson-Berger (1867-1942)  http://www.peterson-berger.se/ (in Swedish)  http://www.sommarhagen.com/wp/ (in Swedish)

FINLAND

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)  http://www.sibelius.fi/english/   http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/musik/Sibelius/EN/

NORWAY

Ole Bull (1810-1880)  http://www.olebull2010.no/english  http://lysoen.no/en

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)  http://www.mnc.net/norway/EHG.htm  http://griegmuseum.no/en

 

DENMARK

Niels Gade (1817-1890) http://www.allmusic.com/artist/niels-gade-mn0001526942/biography

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)  http://carlnielsen.dk/pages/biography.php

ICELAND

Jón Leifs (1899-1968) http://www.nordicway.com/iceland_composers.htm