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The Most Famous

COMPOSERS from Iceland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Icelander Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,216 Composers, 2 of which were born in Iceland. This makes Iceland the birth place of the 48th most number of Composers behind Lebanon and Kazakhstan.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Icelander Composers of all time. This list of famous Icelander Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Jón Leifs (1899 - 1968)

With an HPI of 50.45, Jón Leifs is the most famous Icelander Composer.  His biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.

Jón Leifs (born Jón Þorleifsson on 1 May 1899 – 30 July 1968) was an Icelandic composer, pianist, and conductor.

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2. Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (1847 - 1927)

With an HPI of 46.16, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson is the 2nd most famous Icelander Composer.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson (28 June 1847 – 23 February 1927) was an Icelandic composer best known for composing "Lofsöngur", the national anthem of Iceland.

Pantheon has 2 people classified as composers born between 1847 and 1899. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased composers include Jón Leifs and Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson.

Deceased Composers

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