List of Swedish composers

• 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.
  • Anders Düben (1590–1662), organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Master of the Royal Swedish Orchestra, composer
  • Gustaf Düben (the Elder) (1624–1690), composer, organist of the German Church in Stockholm, Director of the Royal Swedish Orchestra
  • Gustaf von Düben the Younger (1660–1726), Baron, Director of the Royal Swedish Orchestra, court intendant and later marshal of the royal court.
  • Anders von Düben the Elder (1673–1738), Baron, composer, Director of the Royal Swedish Orchestra, later marshal of the royal court. Donated the Düben Collection to Uppsala University.
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694–1758) called the "Swedish Handel"
• Johan Agrell (1701–1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
• Carl Michael Bellman (1740–1795)
• Johann Gottlieb Naumann (1741–1801) from Germany; composed in Sweden
• Johan David Zander (1752–1796) Swedish Johan David Zander (tonsättare)
• Johan Wikmanson (1753–1800)
• Joseph Martin Kraus (1756–1792)
• Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759–1833) born in Germany
• Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775–1838) born in Finland
• Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813)
• Berwald family
  • Georg Berwald, played in the Swedish Royal Orchestra, later in the Russian
  • Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787–1861) violinist, concertmaster of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
  • Franz Adolf Berwald (1796–1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
  • August Berwald (1798–1869) full name: Christian August Berwald, composer and violinist, concertmaster in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
• Hedda Wrangel (1792–1833)
• Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793–1878)
• 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
• 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)
• 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
• Evert Taube (1890–1976) full name: Evert Axel Taube
• Gösta Nystroem (1890–1966)
• Hilding Rosenberg (1892–1985)
• John Fernström (1897–1961) born in China of Swedish parents
• Yngve Sköld (1899–1992) full name: Karl Yngve Sköld
• Sten Broman (1902–1983) composer, musician, conductor, teacher and lecturer, known as a music critic and television presenter
• Dag Wirén (1905–1986)
• Ruben Liljefors (1871–1936) full name: Ruben Mattias Liljefors
• Gunnar de Frumerie (1908–1987)
• Lars-Erik Larsson (1908–1986)
• 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)
• Sven-Eric Johanson (1919–1997)
• Åke Dohlin (1921–1997)
• Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
• 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)
• Bengt-Göran Sköld (born 1936) nephew of Yngve Sköld
• Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
• Sven-David Sandström (born 1942)
• Daniel Börtz (born 1943)
• Nils-Göran Areskoug (original name: Sundin) (born 1951) physician, musicologist, composer, author and interdisciplinary scholar
• Hans Gefors (born 1952)
• Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
• Jan Sandström (born 1954)
• Michael Saxell (born 1956)
• Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
• Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957)
• David Swärd (born 1958)
• Tommie Haglund (born 1959)
• Fredrik Sixten (born 1962) composer of mainly church and chamber music
• Robert Wells, (born 1962)
• Mattias Sköld (born 1976) musician and composer of EAM and choral music, nephew of Bengt-Göran Sköld
• Mirjam Tally (born Estonia, 1976) working in Sweden since 2006
• Fredrik Gran (born 1977)
• Benjamin Staern (born 1978)
• Molly Kien (born 1979)
• Andrea Tarrodi (born 1981) Composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music.
• Ludwig Göransson (born 1984)
• Jonatan Sersam (born 1986)