1840 - 1911
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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Among composers, Johan Svendsen ranks 387 out of 1,216. Before 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.
1892 - 1983
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 381
1947 - 2022
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 382
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 383
1850 - 1900
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 384
1688 - 1726
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 385
1922 - 1984
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 386
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 387
1626 - 1690
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 388
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 389
1784 - 1838
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 390
1925 - 1992
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 391
1739 - 1813
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 392
1883 - 1947
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 393
Among people born in 1840, Johan Svendsen ranks 27. Before 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 22. Before 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.
1840 - 1884
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 21
1840 - 1929
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 22
1840 - 1910
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 23
1840 - 1922
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 24
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 25
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 26
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 27
1840 - 1900
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 28
1840 - 1927
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 29
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 30
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 31
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 32
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 33
1841 - 1911
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 16
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 17
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 18
1843 - 1911
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 19
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 20
1836 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 21
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 22
1850 - 1911
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 23
1838 - 1911
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 24
1857 - 1911
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 25
1841 - 1911
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 26
1826 - 1911
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 27
1824 - 1911
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 28
Among people born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 74 out of 927. Before 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).
1929 - 2021
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 68
1812 - 1885
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 69
1857 - 1914
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 70
1924 - 2009
HPI: 58.27
Rank: 71
1855 - 1938
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 72
1090 - 1130
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 73
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 74
1115 - 1139
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 75
1979 - Present
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 76
1912 - 2009
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 77
1942 - Present
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 78
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 79
1921 - 1979
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 80
Among composers born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 3. Before 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).
1843 - 1907
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 1
1864 - 1935
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 2
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 3
1856 - 1941
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4
1842 - 1866
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 5
1897 - 1992
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 6
1915 - 2014
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 7
1815 - 1868
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 8
1887 - 1952
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 9
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 10
1906 - 1979
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 11
1980 - Present
HPI: 39.30
Rank: 12