Edvin Kallstenius
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- Swedish orchestral works
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Edvin Kallstenius (born in Filipstad 29 August 1881, died Stocksund, Stockholm 22 November 1967) was a Swedish composer and librarian. He arranged the traditional folk tune used as the de facto national anthem of Sweden, Du gamla, Du fria. allstenius studied natural sciences at the Lunds universitet, then music at the Leipzig Conservatory under Stephan Krehl from 1904-1907. As music librarian at Swedish Radio from 1928-46 he made a significant contribution in the field of music administration i
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Edvin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of death
- Stocksund
- Occupation
- music critic
- Educated at
- Lund University
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- Edvin Kallstenius.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1881-08-29
- date of death
- 1967-11-22
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Edvin Kallstenius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
![A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1952, A Midsummer Night’s Dream [orig. tit.], A Midsummer Night’s Dream](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsamlingar.goteborgsstadsmuseum.se%2Fcarlotta%2Fweb%2Fimage%2Fzoom%2F1407215%2FEn%2Bmidsommarnattsdr%25C3%25B6m%252C%2B1952.jpg&type=IMAGE)