Jerker Johansson

War and Peace was commissioned 2021 by The Royal Swedish Navy Band and conductor Alexander Hanson to mark the celebration of The Svea Life Guards' 500th anniversary. I. "Fanfares and Battle" opens in...

Thank You for the Music, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, is featured on Abba's CD "The Album" from 1977. Before this, the group had performed the song during their Europe and Australia...

In 1990, Owe Green composed the "Folklore Suite No. 3", comprising three movements: 1. By the side of the road 2. Longing and Barefoot Dance 3. Polska.Owe Green commenced his musical career as a flaut...

Music for a Royal Wedding was written for the wedding between Crown Prince Adolf Fredrik and Lovisa Ulrika, and was performed during the festivities in August 1744. The work, originally consisting of...

August Söderman (1832-1876) is considered to be the first national romantic composer in Sweden. From his father Johan Wilhelm, who conducted theatre orchestras, he had a great musical talent and he wa...

Giacomo Meyerbeer, born Jakob Liebmann Meyer Beer (1791-1864) was a German opera composer who established in Paris a vogue for spectacular romantic opera. He grew up in a wealthy Jewish family whose h...

The March in E-flat major, WAB 116, was composed on August 12th, 1865, during his time in Linz. The piece was written for the military band of the local rifle regiment as a gesture of appreciation for...

Nordic Capriccio, Op. 28, was composed in 1943. About its creation, Erland von Koch wrote: This was my first composition that truly expressed my emerging interest in folk music. The foundation is an o...

David Foster (born 1949) is a Canadian record producer, composer, arranger and musician. His career began as a keyboardist for the pop group Skylark in the early 1970s before focusing largely on compo...

Festive Music, Op. 25 was composed for the inauguration of the Royal Dramatic Theatre in 1908. The commission however caused concern for Alfvén until he paid Verner von Heidenstam a visit. The poet wa...

The most well-known piece by Owe Green is "By the end of the day", composed as the finale for the Skövde Tattoo in 1973. In this paraphrase, Lina Sandell's hymn "Bred dina vingar" ("Spread your wide w...

On the slopes of Billingen, north of Skövde, lies the farm Lagmansboda, where Green and his family often celebrated Midsummer. In 1971, he composed the "Lagmansboda Suite", comprising three movements:...

The concert march The Colonel was dedicated to Colonel Henrik Wrede, commander of the I 16 Regiment from 1944 to 1947, and its original title was Överste Wrede. However, as early as 1945 it was alread...

The march Överste Ramström (Colonel Ramström) was composed in 1944 during Rosén's tenure at F7 and is dedicated to Folke Ramström, the first commander of the Skaraborg Air Force Regiment.

Hey Brother became famous through the Swedish DJ and music producer Avicii (Tim Bergling) and appears on his debut album True, released in 2013. The song is composed by Tim Bergling, Salem al Fakir, V...

Dancing Queen was written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus and Stig "Stikkan" Anderson, and released as a single in 1976. The group began recording the song on August 4th 1975, and the earliest demo...

Lamento was composed in memory of Bjarne Haug Thesen (1957-2023). Bjarne came from Nord-Odal and had his musical base in Mo Skolemusikk and Nord-Odal Hornmusikk. In 1987, he was elected vice-president...

Jerker Johansson has lived in Gothenburg, on the Swedish West Coast, since 1984, and is deeply interested in the history of the country. Gothia is the most southern part of Sweden, and Gothenburg, whi...

The incidental music for William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale was composed for a radio theatre production 1938. Larsson later chose 4 of the 22 musical contributions to be included in a suite title...

Edvard Hagerup Grieg (1843-1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire wor...

Few composers have had such an impact on Swedish music life as Tor Aulin (1866-1914). He studied violin and music theory in Stockholm 1877-83, and in Berlin 1884-86. In 1887 he founded the Aulin Quart...