List of Swedes in music

Last updated July 15, 2025

This is a list of Swedish musicians and musical groups:

Composers

A–M

Johan Agrell (1701–1765), full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
Tor Aulin (1866–1914)
Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
Berwald family
- Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
- Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861), violinist, concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
- Mathilda Berwald, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court
Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), conductor and composer
Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
Britta Byström (born 1977), classical composer for orchestra
Düben family, originally musicians, who were raised to the nobility through the favour especially of king Charles XII of Sweden. Family members other than those mentioned below were important in civil service or made important contributions to other fields.
- Gustaf Düben (1624–1690), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Court Orchestra, composer
Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
John Fernström (1897–1961), born in China of Swedish parents
Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
Harald Fryklöf (1882–1918)
Ludwig Göransson, Academy-Award winning film score composer (born 1984)
Thomas G:son (born 1968)
Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850–1928)
Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833), born in Germany
Jan Johansson (1931–1968)
Ulla Jones (born 1946)
Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967)
Jacob Karlzon (born 1970)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
Lykke Li (born 1986)
Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
Bo Linde (1933–1970)
Loreen (born 1983), Eurovision winner
Ralph Lundsten (1936–2023)
Hildor Lundvik (1885–1951)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born 1963), key figure in neoclassical metal, virtuoso guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
Gertrud Maria Mell (1947–2016), organist, choir master and composer

N–Z

Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), full name: Gustaf Allan Pettersson
Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), called the "Swedish Handel"
Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
Sven-David Sandström (1942–2019)
Michael Saxell (born 1956)
Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
Emil Sjögren (1853–1918), late romantic miniaturist
August Söderman (1832–1876)
Oscar Stembridge (born 2007)^[1]
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
Hilda Thegerström (1838–1907), pianist and composer
Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901), uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
Ferdinand Zellbell the Younger (1719—1780)

Conductors

Musical groups

0–9

59 Times The Pain

A–B

H–K

L–O

Leather Nun
- Freddie Wadling
The Legends
LeGrand
Lili & Susie
- Lili Päivärinta
- Susie Päivärinta
Little Dragon
LOK
Lord Belial
Love Is All
Lowe
Machinae Supremacy
Makthaverskan
Mando Diao
Marduk
The Mary Onettes
Mayhem's 1988–1991 singer Per Yngve Ohlin, also known as "Dead", also member of Swedish band Morbid
Melody Club
Meshuggah
- Tomas Haake
- Mårten Hagström
- Jens Kidman
- Dick Lövgren
- Fredrik Thordendal
Miike Snow
Millencolin
- Mathias Färm
- Erik Ohlsson
- Nikola Šarčević
- Fredrik Larzon
Moneybrother
Monster
Moonlight Agony
Movits!
Mustasch
My heart is a metronome
Månegarm
Naglfar
Nasum
Nationalteatern
- Ulf Dageby
- Totta Näslund
NEXX
Nightingale
Nightrage
Ninedee
No Fun at All
Nocturnal Rites
The Nomads
October Tide
Oh Laura
Onkel Kånkel
Opeth
- Mikael Åkerfeldt
- Martin Axenrot
- Peter Lindgren
- Martin Mendez
- Per Wiberg
Orsa Spelmän

P–S

Singers

Opera singers

List of Swedish operatic sopranos

Anna Bartels (1869–1950), soprano
Davida Afzelius-Bohlin (1866–1955), mezzo-soprano
Adèle Almati (1861–1919), mezzo-soprano
Ruth Althén (1980–1985), soprano
Vendela Andersson-Sörensen (1860–1926), soprano
Lovisa Augusti
Irma Björck (1898–1993), mezzo-soprano
Jussi Björling
Sophie Cysch (1847–1917), mezzo-soprano
Mathilda Ebeling (1826–1851), soprano
Mathilda Enequist
Malena Ernman
Wilhelmina Fundin (1819–1911), soprano
Nicolai Gedda
Maria Gelhaar (1858–1920), soprano
Wilhelmina Gelhaar (1837–1923), soprano
Håkan Hagegård
Josef Herou
Davida Hesse-Lilienberg (1877–1964), soprano
Thekla Hofer (1852–1938), soprano
Agnes Janson (1861–1947), mezzo-soprano
Liva Järnefelt (1876–1971), mezzo-soprano
Helena Jungwirth (1945–2023), mezzo-soprano
Anna Maria Klemming (1864–1889), soprano
Jan Kyhle
Karin Langebo (1927–2019), soprano
Anna Larsson
Jenny Lind
Paula Lizell (1873–1962), soprano
Ida Lövgren (c. 1850), dramatic soprano
Magna Lykseth-Skogman (1874–1949), soprano
Kerstin Meyer (1928–2020), mezzo-soprano
Louise Michaëli
Birgit Nilsson
Christina Nilsson
Henriette Nissen-Saloman
Augusta Öhrström-Renard (1856–1921), mezzo-soprano
Elisabeth Olin
Signe Rappe-Welden (1879–1974), soprano
Margit Rosengren (1901–1952), soprano
Margareta Sjöstedt (1923–2012), contralto
Anne Sofie von Otter
Anna Sofia Sevelin
Elisabeth Söderström
Nina Stemme
Fredrika Stenhammar
Wilhelmina Strandberg (1845–1914), mezzo-soprano
Iréne Theorin
Astrid Varnay,
Elisabeth Wärnfeldt
Lilly Walleni (1875–1920), mezzo-soprano
Zulamith Wellander (1857–1919), mezzo-soprano
Henriette Widerberg
Carolina Östberg

Popular music singers

A–M

References

↑ "Winner 2022 Oscar Stembridge Denniz Pop Awards". dennizpopawards.com (in Swedish). Denniz Pop Awards.
↑ Jurek, Thom. "Gothic Kabbalah review". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ Cedergren, Carl. "Thermostatic 'So close so near'". Moving Hands Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ Horn, Daniel (6 May 2013). "Fyndet: Tråd – Rachid". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 December 2016.
↑ Stenhede, Nanna (15 July 2023). "Fredy Clue Visar upp Sveriges Första Ickebinära Folkdräkt i Lerum". Lerums Tidning (in Swedish). Lerum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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[Denniz-1] "Winner 2022 Oscar Stembridge Denniz Pop Awards". dennizpopawards.com (in Swedish). Denniz Pop Awards.

[2] Jurek, Thom. "Gothic Kabbalah review". AllMusic . Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[3] Cedergren, Carl. "Thermostatic 'So close so near'". Moving Hands Music Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[4] Horn, Daniel (6 May 2013). "Fyndet: Tråd – Rachid". Gaffa (in Swedish). Retrieved 18 December 2016.

[5] Stenhede, Nanna (15 July 2023). "Fredy Clue Visar upp Sveriges Första Ickebinära Folkdräkt i Lerum". Lerums Tidning (in Swedish). Lerum. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

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