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
- 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.
- Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
- John Fernström (1897–1961), born in China of Swedish parents
- Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
- Harald Fryklöf (1882–1918)
- Ludwig Göransson, Acamedy-Award winning film score composer (born 1984)
- 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)
- Jacob Karlzon (born 1970)
- 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 (1936–2023)
- 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
Conductors
Musical groups
0–9
A–B
C–D
E–G
H–K
L–O
P–S
T–Z
Musicians
Singers
Opera singers
List of Swedish operatic sopranos
- Anna Bartels (1869–1950), soprano
- Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955), mezzo-soprano
- Adèle Almati (1861–1919), mezzo-soprano
- Ruth Althén (1980–1995), soprano
- Vendela Andersson-Sörensen (1860–1926), soprano
- Lovisa Augusti
- Irma Björck (1898–1993), mezzo-soprano
- Jussi Björling
- Sophie Cysch (1847–1917), mezzo-soprano
- Mathilda Ebeling (1826–1851), soprano
- Mathilda Enequist
- Malena Ernman
- Wilhelmina Fundin (1819–1911), soprano
- Nicolai Gedda
- Maria Gelhaar (1858–1920), soprano
- Wilhelmina Gelhaar (1837–1923), soprano
- Håkan Hagegård
- Josef Herou
- Davida Hesse-Lilienberg (1877–1964), soprano
- Thekla Hofer (1852–1938), soprano
- Agnes Janson (1861–1947), mezzo-soprano
- Liva Järnefelt (1876–1971), mezzo-soprano
- Helena Jungwirth (1945–2023), mezzo-soprano
- Anna Maria Klemming (1864–1889), soprano
- Jan Kyhle
- Karin Langebo (1927–2019), soprano
- Anna Larsson
- Jenny Lind
- Paula Lizell (1873–1962), soprano
- Ida Lövgren (c. 1850), dramatic soprano
- Magna Lykseth-Skogman (1874–1949), soprano
- Kerstin Meyer (1928–2020), mezzo-soprano
- Louise Michaëli
- Birgit Nilsson
- Christina Nilsson
- Henriette Nissen-Saloman
- Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), mezzo-soprano
- Elisabeth Olin
- Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974), soprano
- Margit Rosengren (1901–1952), soprano
- Margareta Sjöstedt (1923–2012), contralto
- 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
- Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), mezzo-soprano
- Zulamith Wellander (1857–1919), mezzo-soprano
- Henriette Widerberg
- Carolina Östberg
Popular music singers
A–M
N–Z
Others
See also
References
- ^ "Winner 2022 Oscar Stembridge Denniz Pop Awards". dennizpopawards.com (in Swedish). Denniz Pop Awards.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stenhede, Nanna (15 July 2023). "Fredy Clue Visar upp Sveriges Första Ickebinära Folkdräkt i Lerum". Lerums Tidning (in Swedish). Lerum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
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