List of Swedish composers

The following is a list of Swedish composers:

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Born before 1800

• Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690)
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758)
• Johan Agrell (1701–1765)
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801)
• Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
• Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833)
• Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
• Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861)
• Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833)
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878)
• Franz Berwald (1796–1868)

Born 1800s

• Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
• Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857)
• Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
• Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901)
• Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854)
• Fritz Arlberg (1830–1896)
• Ludvig Norman (1831–1885)
• August Söderman (1832–1876)
• Oscar de Wahl (1832–1873)
• Gustav Stolpe (1833–1901)
• Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915)
• Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
• Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
• Andreas Hallén (1846–1925)
• Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850–1928)
• Helena Munktell (1852–1919)
• Amanda Maier (1853–1894)
• Emil Sjögren (1853–1918)
• Wilhelm Harteveld (1859–1927)
• Valborg Aulin (1860–1928)
• Tor Aulin (1866–1914)
• Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942)
• Henning Mankell (1868–1930)
• Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
• Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936)
• Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960)
• Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
• Adolf Wiklund (1879–1950)
• Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
• Natanael Berg (1879–1957)
• Viktor Widqvist (1881–1952)
• Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967)
• Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
• Sam Rydberg (1885–1956)
• Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974)
• Oskar Lindberg (1887–1955)
• Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
• Evert Taube (1890–1976)
• Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
• John Fernström (1897–1961)
• Yngve Sköld (1899–1992)

Born 1900s

• Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
• Erland von Koch (1910–2009)
• Allan Pettersson (1911–1980)
• Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
• Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
• Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
• Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
• Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
• Hans Eklund (1927–1999)^[1]
• Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000)
• Bo Linde (1933–1970)
• Ulf Björlin (1933–1993)
• Lars Gunnar Bodin (born 1935)
• Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
• Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
• Sven-David Sandström (1942–2019)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Benny Andersson (born 1946)
• Nils-Göran Areskoug (born 1951)
• 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)
• Robert Wells (born 1962)
• Yngwie Malmsteen (born 1963)
• Fredrik Högberg (born 1971)
• Benjamin Staern (born 1978)
• Ludwig Göransson (born 1984)
• Jonatan Sersam (born 1986)
• Jacob Mühlrad (born 1991)

References

1. Nicolas Slonimsky; Laura Kuhn; Dennis McIntire (2001). "Eklund, Hans". Baker’s Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.