Oscar de Wahl

Oscar de Wahl (7 August 1832 – 29 April 1873) was a Swedish composer and arranger.

De Wahl was born on 7 August 1832 in Skoklosters socken in the Swedish Uppland.

[1] Oscar de Wahl's father Johan de Wahl was a clockmaker, organist and schoolteacher in Skokloster and has been pointed out as the role model for the clockmaker who travels to Stockholm in August Strindberg's poem Stadsresan.

In the autumn of 1871 he moved to the Minor Theater, and was active there until his death.

[1] Oscar de Wahl married actress Anna Lundström in 1867, and was the father of actor Anders de Wahl.