Gustav Nordqvist | |
Birth Date: | 1886 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Death Place: | Stockholm, Sweden |
Occupation: | composer, church musician, professor |
Instrument: | Piano, Organ |
Gustaf Nordqvist (12 February 1886 in Stockholm, Sweden – 28 January 1949 in Stockholm, Sweden) was a Swedish composer, church musician and professor. He was organist in Adolf Fredrik church from 1914 and a teacher of harmony at the Royal Conservatory of Music from 1924. As a composer he is best known for his many solo songs, including ‘Till havs’ and Christmas song Jul, jul, strålande jul.[1] In later years, his works drifted increasingly towards the sacred. Gustaf Nordqvist was voted into the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1932.[2]