Gustaf Nordqvist

Gustav Nordqvist
Swedish composer, church musician and professor
Background information
Born	(1886-02-12)12 February 1886 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	28 January 1949(1949-01-28) (aged 62) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation(s)	composer, church musician, professor
Instrument(s)	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]

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