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Johan Svendsen

1840 - 1911

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Johan Severin Svendsen (30 September 1840 – 14 June 1911) was a Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway, he lived most of his life in Copenhagen, Denmark. Svendsen's output includes two symphonies, a violin concerto, a cello concerto, and the Romance for violin, as well as a number of Norwegian Rhapsodies for orchestra. At one time Svendsen was an intimate friend of the German composer Richard Wagner and Icelandic composer Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Svendsen is the 366th most popular composer (up from 418th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Norway and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Composer.

Johan Svendsen is most famous for his compositions of the Norwegian national anthem, "Ja, vi elsker dette landet" and "Solveig's Song."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Johan Svendsen ranks 366 out of 1,451. Before him are Bernardo Pasquini, Leonardo Leo, Frank Martin, Louis Marchand, Franco Alfano, and Wojciech Kilar. After him are Hans Leo Hassler, Antoine Busnois, Mykola Lysenko, Alfredo Casella, Jean-François Le Sueur, and Louis-Nicolas Clérambault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, Johan Svendsen ranks 25. Before him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Smith, Hans Makart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Giovanni Verga. After him are Per Teodor Cleve, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Edward Whymper, Manuel de Arriaga, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Kuroda Kiyotaka. Among people deceased in 1911, Johan Svendsen ranks 21. Before him are Maria Pia of Savoy, Laura Marx, Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, Valentin Serov, and Williamina Fleming. After him are Edward Whymper, Joseph Bell, Theodor Escherich, Ahmed ‘Urabi, Alexandre Guilmant, and Jules Brunet.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 87 out of 1,039. Before him are Eric II of Norway (1268), Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812), Johan Christian Dahl (1788), Morten Harket (1959), Dag Solstad (1941), and Alf-Inge Håland (1972). After him are Jan Garbarek (1947), Agathe Backer Grøndahl (1847), Sverre Fehn (1924), Ingeborg of Norway (1301), Haakon Ericsson (995), and Tarjei Vesaas (1897).

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Among COMPOSERS In Norway

Among composers born in Norway, Johan Svendsen ranks 3. Before him are Edvard Grieg (1843), and Johan Halvorsen (1864). After him are Rikard Nordraak (1842), Christian Sinding (1856), Knut Nystedt (1915), Harald Sæverud (1897), Halfdan Kjerulf (1815), Fartein Valen (1887), Klaus Egge (1906), Geirr Tveitt (1908), and Thomas Bergersen (1980).

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