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Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson

1847 - 1927

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson has received more than 38,555 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson is the 1,151st most popular composer (down from 1,055th in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Icelander Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 1,151 out of 1,216Before him are Bruno Coulais, Emilio Arrieta, Paul Whiteman, Manolis Kalomiris, Tadeusz Baird, and Alan Hovhaness. After him are Hans Gál, Paul Williams, Havergal Brian, Vladimir Shainsky, Emil Paur, and Boris Tishchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 76Before him are Milovan Glišić, Louis Henri Boussenard, Castro Alves, Eliška Krásnohorská, Emil Holub, and Eduardo López de Romaña. After him are Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Anton Reichenow, Ray Lankester, Cesare Arzelà, Vilma Hugonnai, and Carlo Alberto Castigliano. Among people deceased in 1927, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 106Before him are Wang Guowei, Émile Coste, Kenjirō Tokutomi, Vincenzo Cerulli, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, and Virgilio Mantegazza. After him are Fernand de Langle de Cary, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Marcus Loew, Ricardo Güiraldes, Leonard Nelson, and J. B. Bury.

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In Iceland

Among people born in Iceland, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 56 out of 180Before him are Geir Hallgrímsson (1925), Friðrik Þór Friðriksson (1954), Benedikt Sigurðsson Gröndal (1924), Vilhjálmur Einarsson (1934), Eggert Ólafsson (1726), and Einar Már Guðmundsson (1954). After him are Jón Magnússon (1859), Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (1958), Hermann Jónasson (1896), Ásgeir Sigurvinsson (1955), Hrafn Gunnlaugsson (1948), and Arnór Guðjohnsen (1961).

Among COMPOSERS In Iceland

Among composers born in Iceland, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson ranks 2Before him are Jón Leifs (1899).