Edvard Grieg
1843 - 1907
HPI 83.4898 languages
Edvard Grieg is most famous for his compositions for the piano, including "Piano Concerto in A Minor," "Piano Concerto in E Minor," and "Peer Gynt Suite."
The Most Famous
Composers from Norway
15 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Norwegians Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,493 Composers, 15 of which were born in Norway. This makes Norway the birth place of the 17th most number of Composers behind Hungary and Switzerland.
Top 10 Norwegian Composers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Norwegian Composers of all time. This list of famous Norwegian Composers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Norwegian Composers.
#1 #2 
Johan Halvorsen
1864 - 1935
HPI 66.9927 languagesJohan Halvorsen is most famous for being the founder of the Norwegian Lutheran Church in America.
#3 
Johan Svendsen
1840 - 1911
HPI 66.0130 languagesJohan Svendsen is most famous for his compositions of the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" and "Solveig's Song."
#4 
Rikard Nordraak
1842 - 1866
HPI 64.0229 languagesNorwegian composer
#5 
Christian Sinding
1856 - 1941
HPI 63.8625 languagesNorwegian composer (1856–1941)
#6 
Knut Nystedt
1915 - 2014
HPI 58.0720 languagesNorwegian composer
#7 
Harald Sæverud
1897 - 1992
HPI 57.0519 languagesNorwegian composer (1897-1992)
#8 
Halfdan Kjerulf
1815 - 1868
HPI 55.7516 languagesNorwegian composer (1815–1868)
#9 
Fartein Valen
1887 - 1952
HPI 55.6619 languagesNorwegian composer (1887–1952)
#10 
Klaus Egge
1906 - 1979
HPI 54.0316 languagesNorwegian composer and music critic (1906–1979)
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Norwegians Composers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
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Overlapping Lives
Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 15 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.
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