Royal College of Music, Stockholm
The Royal College of Music, Stockholm is the oldest institution of higher education in music in Sweden, founded in 1771 as the conservatory of the Royal [Swedish Academy of Music]. The institution was made independent of the Academy in 1971, and is now a public authority directly under the Ministry of Education and Research. Vice-chancellor from June 2019 is Helena Wessman, former general manager of Berwaldhallen.
Notable alumni
Composers
- Hugo Alfvén
- Anton Jörgen Andersen
- Bror Beckman
- Natanael Berg
- Viking Dahl
- Hans Eklund
- Gunnar de Frumerie
- Harald Fryklöf
- Ludwig Göransson
- Anders Hillborg
- Jacob Adolf Hägg
- Hannah Holgersson
- Lars-Erik Larsson
- Ruben Liljefors
- Nils Lindberg
- Pär Lindgren
- Kali Malone
- Edward McGuire
- Otto Olsson
- Elza Löthner-Rahmn
- Karin Rehnqvist
- Amanda Röntgen-Maier
- Ákos Rózmann
- Jan Sandström
- Sven-David Sandström
- Carl Unander-Scharin
- Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom
- Tore Uppström
- Erland von Koch
- Adolf Wiklund
- Ivar Widner
- Dag Wirén
- Đuro Živković
- Swani Zubayeer
Conductors
- Herbert Blomstedt
- Ragnar Bohlin
- Sixten Ehrling
- Eric Ericson
- Nils Grevillius
- Veronika Portsmuth
- Patrik Ringborg
- Erik Westberg
- Niklas Willén
- Adolf Wiklund
- Ariel Zuckermann
Instrumentalists
- Tor Aulin, violinist
- Carolina Eyck, theremin player
- Fredrik Fors, clarinetist
- Martin Fröst, clarinetist
- Gustaf Hägg, organist and composer
- Andreas Johansson, drummer in Narnia and Royal Hunt
- Anna Lang, harpist
- Ingrid Lang-Fagerström, harpist
- Christian Lindberg, trombone soloist
- Alf Linder, organist
- Henrik Linder, bass player
- Anders Lundegård, saxophonist
- Ellen Nisbeth, violist
- Andreas Öberg, jazz guitarist
- Natalya Pasichnyk, pianist
- Mika Pohjola, jazz pianist and composer
- Monica Ramos, harpist
- Markus Sandlund, cellist
- Staffan Scheja, pianist
- Esbjörn Svensson, jazz pianist and founder of the jazz group Esbjörn Svensson Trio
Vocalists
- Pernilla Andersson, singer and songwriter
- Margareta Bengtson, soprano and founding member of The Real Group
- Jussi Björling, tenor
- Anders Edenroth, tenor and founding member of The Real Group
- Selma Ek, soprano
- Malena Ernman, soprano
- John Forsell, baritone
- Ellen Gulbranson, soprano
- Håkan Hagegård, baritone
- Anders Jalkéus, bass and founding member of The Real Group
- Peter Jöback, singer and musical artist
- Sofia Karlsson, folk singer
- Leonard Labatt, tenor
- Peter Mattei, baryton
- Kerstin Meyer, mezzo-soprano
- Birgit Nilsson, soprano
- Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
- Susanne Rydén, soprano
- Elisabeth Söderström, soprano
- Kerstin Thorborg, mezzo-soprano
- Lena Willemark, folk singer
Others
- Rasmus Fleischer, Swedish historian, musician, freelance journalist and debater
- Elsa Stuart-Bergstrom, author and music critic