Oluf Ring (24 December 1884-26 April 1946) was a Danish composer, known for his folk music work.
His father, Marius Sørensen, taught history and Danish at Jelling State Seminary.
[4] Ring helped to popularize folk music at the time of World War I together with Thomas Laub, Thorvald Aagaard and Carl Nielsen.
[4] Ring's other works included Svinedregen, an operatic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.
[5] He also edited the Arbejdermelodibogen, a book of folk songs written for workers and popular in Denmark's Social Democrat labour movement.