Edvard Bræin (3 April 1887 - 20 September 1957) was a Norwegian organist, composer, and orchestra conductor,[1] the father of the composer Edvard Fliflet Bræin (1924–76).
[2] Bræin was born in Kristiansund, and was married to Magnhild Fliflet (1899–1967).
He earned his organist exam in 1907 and debuted as orchestra conductor in 1909.
Bræin studied music under Bernhard Heinrich Irrgang and Jean Paul Ertel in Berlin (1910–11).
In 1919 Bræin was conductor of the Kristiansund Symphony Orchestra.