Vilhelm Svedbom

Swedish composer, born March 8, 1843 in Stockholm, died December 25, 1904 in Stockholm. He became a student in Uppsala in 1861, a doctor of philosophy in 1872 and an associate professor of literary history at Uppsala University the same year. He became secretary at the Academy of Music in 1876 and teacher at the conservatory of music history and aesthetics in 1877. After Albert Rubenson's death in 1901, Svedbom became the director of the conservatory and held this position until his death in 1904. He married in 1884 Hilma Lindberg, known as a talented pianist. Svedbom traveled abroad several times to get acquainted with the musical conditions there. As a delegate for Sweden, he participated in the Vienna Conference in 1885 for the determination of normal pitch. From 1878 he was secretary of the Musical Arts Association and from 1881 chairman of the Music Association founded by him and Ludvig Norman. He was also a member of the Opera Board.