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Johan Svendsen

1840 - 1911

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Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 1840 – 14 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, he lived most his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and the Romance for violin, as well as a number of Norwegian Rhapsodies for orchestra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Svendsen has received more than 107,817 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Johan Svendsen is the 387th most popular composer (down from 318th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Norway and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Composer.

Johan Svendsen is most famous for his compositions of the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" and "Solveig's Song."

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  • 29

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  • 9.18

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  • 2.06

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johan Svendsen ranks 387 out of 1,216Before him are Germaine Tailleferre, Klaus Schulze, Yo-Yo Ma, Zdeněk Fibich, Domenico Zipoli, and Fikret Amirov. After him are Giovanni Legrenzi, Josef Rheinberger, Ferdinand Ries, Georges Delerue, Johann Baptist Wanhal, and Alfredo Casella.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Johan Svendsen ranks 27Before him are Hans Makart, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, Giovanni Verga, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and Shibusawa Eiichi. After him are Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, Emin Pasha, Hiram Maxim, Namık Kemal, and William, Prince of Orange. Among people deceased in 1911, Johan Svendsen ranks 22Before him are Ahmed ‘Urabi, Theodor Escherich, Laura Marx, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Joseph Bell, and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. After him are Jack Daniel, Jules Brunet, Williamina Fleming, Sam Loyd, George Johnstone Stoney, and Jozef Israëls.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 74 out of 927Before him are Kjell Askildsen (1929), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Theodor Kittelsen (1857), Sverre Fehn (1924), Axel Paulsen (1855), and Sigurd the Crusader (1090). After him are Magnus IV of Norway (1115), Anders Behring Breivik (1979), Arne Næss (1912), Herbjørg Wassmo (1942), Jan Garbarek (1947), and Stein Rokkan (1921).

Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 3Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843) and Johan Halvorsen (1864). After him are Christian Sinding (1856), Rikard Nordraak (1842), Harald Sæverud (1897), Knut Nystedt (1915), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Geirr Tveitt (1908), Klaus Egge (1906), and Thomas Bergersen (1980).