David Johan Kvandal (né Johansen; 8 September 1919 – 16 February 1999) was a Norwegian composer.
He was born in Kristiania to David Monrad Johansen and Amunda Holmsen, with the family later moving to Bærum where Kvandal died.
He took his studies in conducting and organ at Oslo Conservatory, and studied composition from Marx at the Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, and Boulanger in Paris.
[1] Among his compositions are Norsk ouverture [nl] from 1951, Skipper Worse-suite for a television drama series from 1968, Norske stevtoner from 1974, and Balladen om Heming unge from 1984.
[2][3][4] He was married twice, first to Maria Teresia Unterrainer (from 1951), and from 1976 to Lilleba Lund.