List of Swedish composers
The following is a list of Swedish composers:
- Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690), composer, organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Director of the Royal Swedish Orchestra
- Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758), known as the "Swedish Handel"
- Johan Agrell (1701–1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
- Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
- Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801), born in Germany; composed in Sweden
- Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
- Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792), born in Germany
- Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833), born in Germany
- Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
- Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861), violinist, concertmaster of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
- Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833)
- Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878)
- Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
- Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801–1878)
- Jacob Niclas Ahlström (1805–1857), kapellmeister and composer
- Otto Lindblad (1809–1864)
- Gunnar Wennerberg (1817–1901), uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
- Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821–1854), member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
- Fritz Arlberg (1830-1896), composer and singer and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music
- Ludvig Norman (1831–1885), considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
- August Söderman (1832–1876), full name: Johan August Söderman
- Gustav Stolpe (1833–1901)
- Bertha Tammelin (1836–1915)
- Lotten Edholm (1839–1930)
- Elfrida Andrée (1841–1929)
- Andreas Hallén (1846–1925), full name: Johan Andreas Hallén
- Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850–1928)
- Amanda Maier (1853–1894), full name: Amanda Röntgen-Maier
- Emil Sjögren (1853–1918), late romantic miniaturist
- Wilhelm Harteveld (1859–1927)
- Valborg Aulin (1860–1928), full name: Laura Valborg Aulin. Sister of Tor Auoin.
- Tor Aulin (1866–1914), brother of Valborg Aulin
- Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867–1942), full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
- Henning Mankell (1868–1930)
- Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871–1927)
- Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936), full name: Ruben Mattias Liljefors
- Hugo Alfvén (1872–1960), full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
- Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875–1959)
- Adolf Wiklund (1879–1950)
- Otto Olsson (1879–1964)
- Viktor Widqvist (1881–1952)
- Edvin Kallstenius (1881–1967)
- Ture Rangström (1884–1947)
- Sam Rydberg (1885–1956)
- Kurt Atterberg (1887–1974), full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
- Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
- Evert Taube (1890–1976), full name: Evert Axel Taube
- Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
- John Fernström (1897–1961), born in China of Swedish parents
- Yngve Sköld (1899–1992), full name: Karl Yngve Sköld
- Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
- Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
- Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
- Erland von Koch (1910–2009)
- Allan Pettersson (1911–1980), full name: Gustaf Allan Pettersson
- Ebbe Grims-land (1915–2015)
- Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916–1968)
- Sven-Erik Bäck (1919–1994)
- Ingvar Lidholm (1921–2017)
- Lars Edlund (1922–2013)
- Bengt Hambraeus (1928–2000)
- Bo Linde (1933–1970)
- Ulf Björlin (1933–1993), full name: Mats Ulf Stefan Björlin. Composer and conductor
- Lars Gunnar Bodin (born 1935)
- Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
- Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
- Sven-David Sandström (1942-2019)
- Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
- Benny Andersson (born 1946)
- Nils-Göran Areskoug (born 1951), original name: Sundin. Physician, musicologist, composer, author and interdisciplinary scholar
- Hans Gefors (born 1952)
- Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
- Jan Sandström (born 1954)
- Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
- Michael Saxell (born 1956)
- Sten Melin (born 1957)
- Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
- Fredrik Sixten (born 1962), composer of mainly church and chamber music
- Robert Wells, (born 1962)
- Fredrik Högberg (born 1971)
- Benjamin Staern (born 1978)
- Henrik Ajax (born 1980)
- Ludwig Göransson (born 1984)
- Jonatan Sersam (born 1986)