List of Swedes in music

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

Composers

A–M

Johan Agrell (1701–1765), full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
Tor Aulin (1866–1914)
Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
Berwald family
- Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
- Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861), violinist, concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
- Mathilda Berwald, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court
Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), conductor and composer
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
Britta Byström (born 1977), classical composer for orchestra
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.
- Gustaf Düben (1624–1690), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, composer
Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
John Fernström (1897–1961), born in China of Swedish parents
Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
Harald Fryklöf (1882-1918)
Thomas G:son (born 1968)
Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850–1928)
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833), born in Germany
Jan Johansson (1931–1968)
Ulla Jones (born 1946)
Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
Lykke Li (born 1986)
Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
Bo Linde (1933–1970)
Loreen (born 1983), Eurovision winner
Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
Hildor Lundvik (1885–1951)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born 1963), key figure in neoclassical metal, virtuoso guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
Gertrud Maria Mell (1947–2016), organist, choir master and composer

N–Z

Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), full name: Gustaf Allan Pettersson
Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), called the "Swedish Handel"
Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019)
Michael Saxell (born 1956)
Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
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)
Ferdinand Zellbell the Younger (1719—1780)

Conductors

Musical groups

0–9

59 Times The Pain

Musicians

Singers

Opera singers

Adèle Almati (1861–1919), mezzo-soprano
Lovisa Augusti
Jussi Björling
Sophie Cysch (1847–1917), mezzo-soprano
Mathilda Ebeling (1826–1851), soprano
Mathilda Enequist
Malena Ernman
Wilhelmina Fundin (1819–1911), soprano
Nicolai Gedda
Wilhelmina Gelhaar (1837–1923), soprano
Håkan Hagegård
Jan Kyhle
Anna Larsson
Jenny Lind
Kerstin Meyer (1928–2020), mezzo-soprano
Louise Broccoli
Louise Michaëli
Birgit Nilsson
Christina Nilsson
Henriette Nissen-Saloman
Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), mezzo-soprano
Elisabeth Olin
Anne Sofie von Otter
Anna Sofia Sevelin
Elisabeth Söderström
Nina Stemme
Fredrika Stenhammar
Wilhelmina Strandberg (1845–1914), mezzo-soprano
Iréne Theorin
Astrid Varnay,
Elisabeth Wärnfeldt
Zulamith Wellander (1857–1919), mezzo-soprano
Henriette Widerberg
Carolina Östberg

Popular music singers

A–M

N–Z

Others

References

Jurek, Thom. "Gothic Kabbalah review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
Cedergren, Carl. "Thermostatic 'So close so near'". Moving Hands Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
Horn, Daniel (6 May 2013). "Fyndet: Tråd – Rachid". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 December 2016.

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[1] Jurek, Thom. "Gothic Kabbalah review". Allmusic. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[2] Cedergren, Carl. "Thermostatic 'So close so near'". Moving Hands Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[3] Horn, Daniel (6 May 2013). "Fyndet: Tråd – Rachid". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 December 2016.