The Most Famous

Composers from Sweden

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This page contains a list of the greatest Swedish Composers. The pantheon dataset contains 1,451 Composers, 14 of which were born in Sweden. This makes Sweden the birth place of the 18th most number of Composers behind Switzerland and Norway.

Top 10 Swedish Composers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Swedish Composers of all time. This list of famous Swedish 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 Swedish Composers.

  1. #1
    Photo of Dieterich Buxtehude

    Dieterich Buxtehude

    1637 - 1707

    HPI 78.1461 langs

    Dieterich Buxtehude was a German organist and composer who is most famous for his organ compositions.

  2. #2
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    Hugo Alfvén

    1872 - 1960

    HPI 66.3232 langs

    Hugo Alfvén is most famous for his work with electromagnetic fields and the Earth's magnetic field.

  3. #4
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    Wilhelm Stenhammar

    1871 - 1927

    HPI 62.2220 langs

    Swedish composer, pianist and conductor (1871–1927)

  4. #5
    Photo of Johan Helmich Roman

    Johan Helmich Roman

    1694 - 1758

    HPI 62.1119 langs

    Swedish Baroque composer (1694-1758)

  5. #6
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    Kurt Atterberg

    1887 - 1974

    HPI 61.2123 langs

    Swedish composer (1887–1974)

  6. #8
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    Ludwig Göransson

    b. 1984

    HPI 59.1537 langs
    Ludwig Göransson is most famous for composing the score to Black Panther and Sinners, both of which won him an Academy Award. He’s also...Read moreShow less

    Ludwig Göransson is most famous for composing the score to Black Panther and Sinners, both of which won him an Academy Award. He’s also widely known for his work on Oppenheimer and for producing music with Childish Gambino.

  7. #10
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    Lars-Erik Larsson

    1908 - 1986

    HPI 57.3918 langs

    Swedish composer and conductor (1908-1986)

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Swedish Composers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Composers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 11 most globally memorable Composers since 1700.

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