List of Swedish composers

The following is a list of Swedish composers:

• Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690), composer, organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Director of the Royal Swedish Orchestra
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), known as the "Swedish Handel"
• Johan Agrell (1701–1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), born in Germany; composed in Sweden
• Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792), born in Germany
• Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833), born in Germany
• Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
• Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861), violinist, concertmaster of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
• Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833)
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878)
• Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
• Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
• Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857), kapellmeister and composer
• Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
• Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901), uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854), member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
• Fritz Arlberg (1830-1896), composer and singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
• Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
• August Söderman (1832–1876), full name: Johan August Söderman
• Gustav Stolpe (1833–1901)
• Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915)
• Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Andreas Hallén (1846–1925), full name: Johan Andreas Hallén
• Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850–1928)
• Amanda Maier (1853–1894), full name: Amanda Röntgen-Maier
• Emil Sjögren (1853–1918), late romantic miniaturist
• Wilhelm Harteveld (1859–1927)
• Valborg Aulin (1860–1928), full name: Laura Valborg Aulin. Sister of Tor Auoin.
• Tor Aulin (1866–1914), brother of Valborg Aulin
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
• Henning Mankell (1868–1930)
• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
• Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936), full name: Ruben Mattias Liljefors
• Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
• Adolf Wiklund (1879–1950)
• Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
• Viktor Widqvist (1881–1952)
• Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967)
• Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
• Sam Rydberg (1885–1956)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
• Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
• Evert Taube (1890–1976), full name: Evert Axel Taube
• Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
• John Fernström (1897–1961), born in China of Swedish parents
• Yngve Sköld (1899–1992), full name: Karl Yngve Sköld
• Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
• Erland von Koch (1910–2009)
• Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), full name: Gustaf Allan Pettersson
• Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
• Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
• Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
• Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000)
• Bo Linde (1933–1970)
• Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), full name: Mats Ulf Stefan Björlin. Composer and conductor
• Lars Gunnar Bodin (born 1935)
• Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
• Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
• Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Benny Andersson (born 1946)
• Nils-Göran Areskoug (born 1951), original name: Sundin. Physician, musicologist, composer, author and interdisciplinary scholar
• Hans Gefors (born 1952)
• Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
• Jan Sandström (born 1954)
• Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
• Michael Saxell (born 1956)
• Sten Melin (born 1957)
• Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
• Fredrik Sixten (born 1962), composer of mainly church and chamber music
• Robert Wells, (born 1962)
• Fredrik Högberg (born 1971)
• Benjamin Staern (born 1978)
• Henrik Ajax (born 1980)
• Ludwig Göransson (born 1984)
• Jonatan Sersam (born 1986)