Oskar Lindberg (composer)

Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (23 February 1887 – 10 April 1955) was a Swedish composer, church musician, teacher and professor.

For a radio broadcast in 1936, he arranged an organ piece based on this melody which became known as the Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna.

He wrote in a romantic idiom which blended features of composers such as Rachmaninoff and Sibelius with folk music and impressionistic elements.

Lindberg was also prominent as a teacher, holding posts in the conservatory in Stockholm as well as in local high schools.

He called the piece Gammal fäbodpsalm från Dalarna and it is probably the most widely performed work by Lindberg today.