Ulf Björlin

After completing his military service, he worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Malmö College of Music.

From 1962, he was employed as musical producer at Sveriges Radio and wrote music for several movies and television productions, including the series of films and TV series about the children on the island Saltkråkan (Seacrow Island), based on Astrid Lindgren's scripts.

He conducted several recordings of orchestral music by fellow Swedes Johan Helmich Roman and Franz Berwald.

[1] He was survived by his wife, Fary; three daughters: Nadia, of Palm Beach, Katja Salen of Stockholm, and Kamilla Pariser of Marblehead, Mass.

He had composed important work such as the "Musical Portrait of Raoul Wallenberg"[4] and several operas in the years before his death.