List of Swedes in music

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This is a list of Swedish composers, musical groups, musicians and singers:

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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)
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)
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)
Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
Lykke Li (born 1986)
Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
Bo Linde (1933–1970)
Loreen (born 1983), Eurovision winner
Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
Hildor Lundvik (1885–1951)
Yngwie J. Malmsteen (born 1963), key figure in neoclassical metal, virtuoso guitarist, composer and multi-instrumentalist
Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)

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 (born 1942)
Michael Saxell (born 1956)
Fredrik Sixten (born 1962)
Emil Sjögren (1853–1918), late romantic miniaturist
August Söderman (1832–1876)
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901), uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
Dag Wirén (1905–1986)

Conductors

Musical groups

0–9

59 Times The Pain

A–B

C–D

E–G

H–K

L–O

Leather Nun
- Freddie Wadling
The Legends
LeGrand
Lili & Susie
- Lili Päivärinta
- Susie Päivärinta
LOK
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
NEXX
- Tomas Haake
- Mårten Hagström
- Jens Kidman
- Dick Lövgren
- Fredrik Thordendal
Miike Snow
Millencolin
- Mathias Färm
- Erik Ohlsson
- Nikola Sarcevic
- Fredrik Larzon
Moneybrother
Monster
Moonlight Agony
Movits!
Mustasch
Månegarm
Naglfar
Nationalteatern
- Ulf Dageby
- Totta Näslund
Nightingale
Nightrage
No Fun at All
Nocturnal Rites
The Nomads
October Tide
Oh Laura
Opeth
- Mikael Åkerfeldt
- Martin Axenrot
- Peter Lindgren
- Martin Mendez
- Per Wiberg
Orsa Spelmän

P–S

T–Z

Musicians

Singers

Opera singers

Popular music singers

A–M

N–Z

Others

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