Edvin Kallstenius

Edvin Kallstenius
Born(1881-08-29)August 29, 1881
DiedNovember 22, 1967(1967-11-22) (aged 86)
Era20th Century

Edvin Kallstenius (29 August 1881 – 22 November 1967) was a Swedish composer and librarian.[1] He arranged the traditional folk tune used as the de facto national anthem of Sweden, Du gamla, Du fria.[2]

  1. ^ Svenskt Musik/Swedish Music Information Centre http://www.mic.se/avd/mic/prod/micv5eng.nsf/docsbycodename/start Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Grove, George and Stanley Sadie (1980). The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Macmillan Publishers, ISBN 978-0-333-23111-1