74 Notable alumni of Royal College of Music, Stockholm
Updated: June 02, 2026 EliteDegrees
Royal College of Music, Stockholm is ranked #4,755 in the world and #31 in Sweden by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 74 notable alumni from Royal College of Music, Stockholm sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Royal College of Music, Stockholm won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Anders Lundegård
saxophonist
Anders Olof Lundegård is a Swedish classical saxophonist. Lundegård is best known for his cello-like tone and intense performance style.
2. Ákos Rózmann
1939-2005 (aged 66)
composer
organist
Ákos Rózmann was a Hungarian-Swedish composer and organist.
3. Gustaf Hägg
1867-1925 (aged 58)
organist
composer
musician
Gustaf Wilhelm Petersson Hägg was a Swedish organist and composer.
4. Viking Dahl
1895-1945 (aged 50)
composer
painter
organist
writer
Viking Dahl was a Swedish composer, active also as a painter and an author.
5. Dina Edling
1854-1935 (aged 81)
actor
voice teacher
opera singer
Dina Edling, née Niehoff (14 November 1854 – 9 January 1935) was a Swedish opera singer (mezzo-soprano), singing teacher, and member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
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6. Heidi Skjerve
1979-. (aged 47)
singer
composer
jazz musician
Heidi Skjerve is a Norwegian jazz musician (singer) and composer.
7. Selma Ek
1856-1941 (aged 85)
opera singer
Selma Ek was a Swedish operatic soprano who had an active international career from the 1870s through the 1890s. Like Lilli Lehmann and Lillian Nordica, she was one of those universally talented singers of the late 19th century who was able to master roles from the coloratura, lyric, and dramatic soprano repertoires. The leading Swedish soprano of her day, she...
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8. Leonard Labatt
1838-1897 (aged 59)
opera singer
music educator
Leonard Labatt was a Swedish dramatic tenor.
9. Nils Grevillius
1893-1970 (aged 77)
violinist
architect
conductor
Nils Grevillius was a Swedish conductor and violinist.
10. Veronika Portsmuth
1980-. (aged 46)
singer
choir director
conductor
Veronika Portsmuth is an Estonian conductor and singer.
11. Fredrik Ullén
1968-. (aged 58)
musician
pianist
Fredrik Ullén is a Swedish cognitive neuroscientist and concert pianist. He is internationally known for his recordings of complex piano repertoire — including the complete works of György Ligeti and Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji’s 100 Transcendental Studies — as well as for research on the neuroscience, psychology, and behavioral genetics of music, creativity, and flow.
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12. Ruben Liljefors
1871-1936 (aged 65)
music teacher
conductor
composer
Ruben Mattias Liljefors was a Swedish composer and conductor, brother of the artist Bruno Liljefors.
13. Marie Samuelsson
1956-. (aged 70)
composer
Marie Samuelsson is a Swedish composer.
14. Kadri Voorand
1986-. (aged 40)
singer
bandleader
composer
pianist
lyricist
Kadri Voorand is an Estonian singer, songwriter, and composer. She has won multiple Estonian Music Awards and is signed to ACT Music, one of Europe's prominent jazz labels.
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15. Ellen Gulbranson
1863-1947 (aged 84)
opera singer
music educator
Ellen Gulbranson was a Swedish operatic soprano with a strong, dramatic voice best suited to the works of Richard Wagner. She was a leading figure among the second generation of Bayreuth singers and her voice is preserved on a few acoustic recordings that she made for Edison Records and Pathé Records during the early part of the 20th century. In...
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16. Anton Jörgen Andersen
1845-1926 (aged 81)
composer
cellist
Anton Jørgen Andersen was a Norwegian composer and cellist.
17. Carl Unander-Scharin
1964-. (aged 62)
opera singer
composer
Carl Unander-Scharin is a Swedish opera singer, composer, professor, and researcher.
18. Fredrik Ljungkvist
1969-. (aged 57)
saxophonist
composer
jazz musician
Håkan Fredrik Ljungkvist, is a Swedish jazz musician (saxophone and clarinet), the son of saxophonist Håkan Ljungkvist and married to the jazz singer Lina Nyberg.
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19. John Forsell
1868-1941 (aged 73)
opera director
military personnel
opera singer
music educator
Carl Johan Jacob Forsell, known as John Forsell, was a prominent Swedish baritone, opera administrator and teacher of voice. He was the leading baritone of the Royal Swedish Opera (RSO) from 1896 to 1918, and thereafter sang roles periodically with the company until his last stage performance in 1938. From 1923б to 1939 he served as the director of the...
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20. Natanael Berg
1879-1957 (aged 78)
composer
choreographer
military personnel
veterinarian
Carl Natanael Rexroth-Berg was a Swedish composer.
21. Adolf Wiklund
1879-1950 (aged 71)
composer
pianist
organist
conductor
Adolf Wiklund was a Swedish composer and conductor. He was born in Långserud, Värmland, and his father was an organist. After graduating from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm as an organist and music teacher, Wiklund was awarded scholarships to study piano in Sweden and then in Paris. His debut as a piano soloist came in 1902 playing his own...
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22. Gustaf Nordqvist
1886-1949 (aged 63)
church musician
organist
composer
Gustaf Nordqvist was a Swedish composer, organist, and music educator.
23. Patrik Ringborg
1965-. (aged 61)
conductor
Patrik Ringborg is a Swedish conductor, member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
24. Ellen Arkbro
1990-. (aged 36)
composer for carillon
organist
composer
Ellen Arkbro is a Swedish composer, sound artist and musician working with precision-tuned harmony in frameworks such as just intonation and meantone temperament. Having primarily composed for and performed on pipe organ, Arkbro's work has also included pieces for other acoustic instruments and sound synthesis. She has released several studio albums, beginning with For Organ and Brass (2017), in additional...
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25. Emil Sjögren
1853-1918 (aged 65)
pianist
organist
composer
Johan Gustav Emil Sjögren was a Swedish composer.
26. Helena Munktell
1852-1919 (aged 67)
pianist
music educator
composer
Helena Mathilda Munktell was a Swedish composer.
27. Anna-Lisa Björling
1910-2006 (aged 96)
opera singer
actor
Anna-Lisa Björling was a Swedish opera singer and actress. She was married to tenor Jussi Björling from 1935 until his death in 1960.
28. Eugene Tzigane
1981-. (aged 45)
conductor
Eugene Tzigane is a symphonic and operatic conductor. He is currently Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of Kuopio Symphony Orchestra in Kuopio, Finland, since 2023.
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29. Tor Aulin
1866-1914 (aged 48)
composer
concertmaster
conductor
violinist
Tor Aulin was a Swedish violinist and a conductor and a composer.
30. Oskar Lindberg
1887-1955 (aged 68)
music teacher
organist
composer
Oskar Fredrik Lindberg was a Swedish composer, church musician, teacher and professor. In 1939 he edited the Church of Sweden's hymnbook. His 1912 Requiem was of particular importance to the history of Swedish liturgical works.
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31. August Söderman
1833-1876 (aged 43)
oboist
conductor
composer
Johan August Söderman was a Swedish composer. He was born and died in Stockholm, and has traditionally been seen as the pre-eminent Swedish composer of the Romantic generation, known especially for his lieder and choral works, based on folk material, and for his theatre music, such as the incidental music to Ludvig Josephson's Marsk Stigs döttrar (Marshal Stig's daughter"), 1866,...
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32. Gunnar de Frumerie
1908-1987 (aged 79)
pianist
music educator
composer
Per Gunnar Fredrik de Frumerie was a Swedish composer and pianist. He was the son of architect Gustaf de Frumerie and Maria Helleday.
33. Otto Olsson
1879-1964 (aged 85)
musicologist
organist
composer
Otto Emanuel Olsson was a Swedish organist and classical music composer.
34. Kristina Axén Olin
1962-. (aged 64)
teacher
politician
Anna Kristina Axén Olin is a Swedish Moderate politician and a member of the Riksdag, she is currently serving as a member and the Second vice-speaker of the Education Committee. She currently takes up seat number 244 in the Riksdag. She was a member of the Justice Committee from her entry in the Riksdag until February 2019. She held the...
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35. Mai Leisz
1988-. (aged 38)
composer
musician
Mai Leisz is an Estonian bass player and composer.
36. Set Svanholm
1904-1964 (aged 60)
opera singer
theatre manager
Set Svanholm was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II.
37. Valborg Aulin
1860-1928 (aged 68)
pianist
music educator
composer
Laura Valborg Aulin was a Swedish pianist and composer. Aulin's String Quartet in E minor, Op. 17 and String Quartet in F minor are the most important Swedish music compositions in that genre from the 1880s.
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38. Erland von Koch
1910-2009 (aged 99)
choreographer
composer
organist
pianist
university teacher
Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch was a Swedish composer. He wrote symphonies, ballets, an opera, and other compositions, including music for film.
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39. Sofi Jeannin
1976-. (aged 50)
choir director
singer
Sofi Jeannin is a Swedish choral conductor and mezzo-soprano.
40. Ann Hallenberg
1967-. (aged 59)
opera singer
performing artist
Ann Hallenberg is a Swedish mezzo-soprano. She has an operatic career on the stage and concert platform around Europe. She regularly appears in major opera houses and festivals, in roles by Rossini, Mozart, Gluck, Handel, Vivaldi, Monteverdi, and Purcell.
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41. Dag Wirén
1905-1986 (aged 81)
composer
organist
pianist
music critic
Dag Ivar Wirén was a Swedish composer.
42. Hilding Rosenberg
1892-1985 (aged 93)
music educator
conductor
composer
pianist
musicologist
Hilding Constantin Rosenberg was a Swedish composer and conductor. He is commonly regarded as the first Swedish modernist composer, and one of the most influential figures in 20th-century classical music in Sweden.
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43. Rasmus Fleischer
1978-. (aged 48)
musician
writer
historian
journalist
blogger
Rasmus Fleischer is a Swedish historian, essayist and musician. He earned his Ph.D. in history in 2012 with a dissertation that was also published as a book of 640 pages: "The political economy of music: Legislation, sound media and the defence of live music, 1925–2000".
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44. Amanda Röntgen-Maier
1853-1894 (aged 41)
violinist
composer
musician
Amanda Röntgen-Maier was a Swedish violinist and composer. She was the first female graduate in music direction from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1872.
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45. Sixten Ehrling
1918-2005 (aged 87)
pianist
conductor
music educator
university teacher
Evert Sixten Ehrling was a Swedish conductor and pianist who, during a long career, served as the music director of the Royal Swedish Opera and the principal conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, amongst others.
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46. Eric Ericson
1918-2013 (aged 95)
conductor
music educator
choir director
university teacher
Eric Gustaf Ericson was a Swedish choral conductor and influential choral teacher.
47. Staffan Scheja
1950-. (aged 76)
pianist
Bo Staffan Scheja is a Swedish pianist and professor. Scheja started studying piano at the age of nine and made his concert debut at the age of 14 with the Sveriges Radios symfoniorkester. He also performed with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm 1964–1969 and 1969–1972 at the Juilliard School in...
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48. Christian Lindberg
1958-. (aged 68)
trombonist
conductor
composer
Christian Lindberg is a Swedish trombonist, conductor and composer.
49. Anders Eljas
1953-. (aged 73)
composer
pianist
Anders Erik Gillis Eljas is a Swedish musician, orchestrator and conductor.
50. Elfrida Andrée
1841-1929 (aged 88)
composer
organist
conductor
women's rights activist
Elfrida Andrée was a Swedish organist, composer, and conductor. Her sister was the singer Fredrika Stenhammar.
51. Elisabeth Söderström
1927-2009 (aged 82)
opera singer
Anna Elisabeth Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano who performed both opera and song, and was known as a leading interpreter of the works of Janáček, Rachmaninoff and Sibelius. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards....
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52. Rigmor Gustafsson
1966-. (aged 60)
singer
Rigmor Elisabeth Gustafsson is a Swedish jazz singer.
53. Jacob Mühlrad
1991-. (aged 35)
composer
Jacob Benjamin Mühlrad is a Swedish composer who has worked with prominent choirs and orchestras across the world. He has also collaborated with pop music acts and produced film music. Mühlrad's modern classical works have been performed at the Carnegie Hall in New York City, Victoria Hall in Singapore, the Orpheum in Vancouver, the Norwegian Opera, and the National Portrait...
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54. Kristin Amparo
1983-. (aged 43)
singer
Kristin Viktoria Amparo Sundberg is a Swedish singer. She attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. She participated in season 1 of the Swedish X Factor in 2012, which was broadcast on TV4, where she made it to the judge's houses stage before being eliminated. Amparo participated in Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song "I See You" in the third semi-final....
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55. Lars-Erik Larsson
1908-1986 (aged 78)
composer
record producer
organist
university teacher
musicologist
Lars-Erik Vilner Larsson was a Swedish composer, conductor, radio producer, and educator. He wrote three of the most popular works (each a suite) in Swedish art music: A Winter's Tale (En vintersaga; 1937–1938), the Pastoral Suite (Pastoralsvit; 1938), and God in Disguise (Förklädd gud; 1940). Other notable works by Larsson include three symphonies, a sinfonietta, and numerous concertante works.
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56. Sofia Karlsson
1975-. (aged 51)
singer
songwriter
recording artist
Johanna Sofia Blåsippa Karlsson is a classically-trained Swedish folk singer and songwriter. Her breakthrough album was of poems from a book by the Swedish proletarian poet Dan Andersson, Svarta ballader. She is known for her interpretations of poems and songs by authors as varied as Baudelaire, Mikael Wiehe, Inger Hagerup, Carl Michael Bellman, Peps Persson, Evert Taube, and Boris Vian....
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57. Hugo Alfvén
1872-1960 (aged 88)
painter
conductor
composer
classical composer
musicologist
Hugo Emil Alfvén was a Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter. Alfvén was one of Sweden's principal composers. His "Swedish Rhapsody”, written when he was 31, is still one of the best-known pieces of Swedish music. After extensive European travels to develop his musical skills, Alfvén taught composition, before conducting choirs and orchestras. In 1954, he made the first Swedish...
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58. Sylvia Vrethammar
1945-. (aged 81)
singer
jazz musician
Eva Sylvia Vrethammar is a Swedish traditional pop and jazz singer.
59. Pernilla Andersson
1974-. (aged 52)
singer-songwriter
singer
Pernilla Maria Theresa Andersson Dregen is a Swedish singer-songwriter. She is the singing coach for the TV program True Talent.
60. Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
1867-1942 (aged 75)
music critic
musicologist
composer
Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom.
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61. Kurt Atterberg
1887-1974 (aged 87)
choreographer
conductor
composer
classical composer
university teacher
Kurt Magnus Atterberg was a Swedish composer and civil engineer. Along with Ture Rangström, he was one the foremost Swedish composers of the generation succeeding Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Wilhelm Stenhammar and Hugo Alfvén. Atterberg is best known for his symphonies, operas, and ballets.
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62. Peter Mattei
1965-. (aged 61)
opera singer
Peter Mattei in Piteå is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles.
63. Monica Dominique
1940-. (aged 86)
conductor
pianist
composer
actor
jazz musician
Monica Dominique is a Swedish pianist, composer, and actress. As a musician, she is primarily a jazz pianist, and she has composed with her husband, who is also a pianist. The two often perform piano four hands together in concert. Dominique acted from 1969 until the 1990s. Her brother was the jazz musician Palle Danielsson. She was inducted into the...
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64. Ludwig Göransson
1984-. (aged 42)
record producer
film score composer
conductor
composer
songwriter
Ludwig Emil Tomas Göransson is a Swedish musician, composer, conductor, songwriter, and record producer. He is often regarded as one of the most successful composers in Hollywood of the 21st century. For his work in music, film and television, he has won numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy Film Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, two Emmy Awards,...
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65. Malena Ernman
1970-. (aged 56)
musician
performing artist
actor
author
musical theatre actor
Sara Magdalena Ernman, known professionally as Malena Ernman, is a Swedish mezzo-soprano opera singer. Besides operas and operettas, she has also performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, and appeared in musicals. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. Ernman represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "La Voix", finishing in 21st place.
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66. King Diamond
1956-. (aged 70)
singer
songwriter
Kim Bendix Petersen, better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto screams. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist for both Mercyful Fate and the eponymous King Diamond. He also plays keyboards and guitars on studio...
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67. Herbert Blomstedt
1927-. (aged 99)
conductor
musician
Herbert Thorson Blomstedt is an American-born Swedish conductor of classical music. At the age of 98, he continues to conduct concerts in Europe and the United States.
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68. Jussi Björling
1911-1960 (aged 49)
opera singer
Johan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th century, Björling appeared for many years at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and less frequently at the major European opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in London and La Scala in Milan. He sang the Italian, French and Russian opera...
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69. Peter Jöback
1971-. (aged 55)
voice actor
recording artist
singer
actor
Peter Arne Jöback is a Swedish singer, actor and musical artist.
70. Esbjörn Svensson
1964-2008 (aged 44)
composer
jazz pianist
Bror Fredrik "Esbjörn" Svensson was a Swedish jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio, commonly known as e.s.t.
71. Ellen Nisbeth
1987-. (aged 39)
violist
musician
Ellen Nisbeth is a Swedish violist. She performed on Britta Byström's CD, "Invisible Cities" and on Ensemble Ernst's CD, "...BUT..." As part of the European Concert Hall Organisation's "Rising Star" program, Nisbeth performed "Tales Of Lost Times" for solo viola by Katarina Leyman and other works by Kaija Saariaho at Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in January 2018.
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72. Peter Dijkstra
1978-. (aged 48)
conductor
Peter Dijkstra is a Dutch conductor, especially of choirs and vocal ensembles.
73. Matti Lehtinen
1922-2022 (aged 100)
opera singer
professor
Matti Kalervo Lehtinen was a Finnish operatic baritone, a long-term member of the Finnish National Opera, and professor of singing at the Sibelius Academy. He appeared at the Savonlinna Opera Festival and international opera houses, and as an oratorio and lieder singer.
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74. Kerstin Meyer
1928-2020 (aged 92)
opera singer
illustrator
Kerstin Margareta Meyer, CBE was a Swedish mezzo-soprano who enjoyed an international career in opera and concert. A long-time member of the Royal Swedish Opera and Hamburg State Opera, she appeared regularly at the Royal Opera House in London and international opera houses and festivals, including in world premieres such as Alexander Goehr's Arden Must Die and György Ligeti's Le...
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