Otto Lindblad was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 composer. He is most famous for the musical score of Kungssången

Kungssången

Kungssången is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång...

, the Swedish royal anthem.

Otto Lindblad was the son of a clergyman. He grew up on the patronage in Karlstorp

Karlstorp

Karlstorp, spelled Carlstorp in old writings, is a small village in Vetlanda Municipality in Jönköping County, in southern Sweden. It lies 42 km from the town of Vetlanda and 18 km from Mariannelund, and has a population of about 50. Otto Lindblad, composer of Kungssången, the Swedish...

 and attended gymnasium

Gymnasium (school)

A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...

 in Växjö

Växjö

Växjö is a city and the seat of Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden with 64 200 inhabitants in 2010. It is the administrative, cultural and industrial centre of Kronoberg County. Furthermore it is the episcopal see of the Diocese of Växjö. It has a population of about 64 200, out of a...

. In 1829 he began academic studies at the University of Lund. In Lund

Lund

-Main sights:During the 12th and 13th centuries, when the town was the seat of the archbishop, many churches and monasteries were built. At its peak, Lund had 27 churches, but most of them were demolished as result of the Reformation in 1536. Several medieval buildings remain, including Lund...

, he formed a group with A. E. Christernin and J. Meurling, together with whom he played and sang a type of three part music pieces. The group became known as the "musical trefoil band". In 1836 he ended his studies and fully devoted his time to music. Two years later he formed the Lund Student Singers Association. On December 5, 1844 he presented the Royal Anthem for the first time, at a celebration for King Oscar I

Oscar I of Sweden

Oscar I was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. When, in August 1810, his father Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte was elected Crown Prince of Sweden, Oscar and his mother moved from Paris to Stockholm . Oscar's father was the first ruler of the current House of Bernadotte...

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In 1846 Lindblad undertook a national tour with the noted Lund Quartet. The tour's revenue was to have been used for student housing in Lund, but the profit was too small and they only managed to bring home 1500 Riksdaler. In the spring of 1847 he took up the position of parish clerk and organist in Mellby. He married Emma Andersson in 1855. Their only child, a daughter, died as an infant. Otto Lindblad died at the age of 55 years, following a long period of illness.

Compositions

• "Trollhättan"
• "Längtan till landet" (better known as "Vintern rasat ut...")
• "Liten fågel"
• "Minnets temple"
• "Sångfåglarne"
• "Till konung Oscar I"
• "Ur Shakespeares Henrik III"
• "Ångbåtssång"
• "Kungssången
  Kungssången
  Kungssången is the Swedish royal anthem. It is also known by its first line, Ur svenska hjärtans djup en gång...
  
  " - The Royal Anthem