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Gustav III of Sweden
Gustav III was King of Sweden from 1771 until his death. He was the eldest son of King Adolph Frederick and Queen Louise Ulrica of Sweden, she a sister of Frederick the Great of Prussia....
in 1773, with the first recipients being Elisabeth Olin
Elisabeth Olin
Elisabeth Olin was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She is referred to as the first Swedish Opera prima donna. She was a court-singer . She was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...
and Carl Stenborg
Carl Stenborg
Carl Stenborg was a Swedish opera singer, actor, composer and theatre director. He is considered the first great male opera singer in Sweden and one of the pioneers of the Royal Swedish Opera.- Biography :...
. The position as such, however, dates back to the 17th-century, when Anne Chabanceau de La Barre
Anne Chabanceau de La Barre
Anne Chabanceau de La Barre was a French soprano of the baroque era.She was the daughter of the organist Pierre de la Barre, and made her debut in opera in 1647 in Orfeo by Luigi Rossi....
and Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre were singers at the court of Queen Christina of Sweden.
21st century
- 2010: Anna LarssonAnna LarssonAnna Larsson is a Swedish contralto. Her international debut was made with the Berlin Philharmonic and the conductor Claudio Abbado in a performance of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 2 in 1997...
, Malena ErnmanMalena ErnmanSara Magdalena "Malena" Ernman is a Swedish opera singer . Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons, cabaret, jazz, appeared in musicals and she is a performer who's declared that she's very much attracted to the attributes...
, Miah PerssonMiah PerssonMiah Persson, born 27 May 1969 in Örnsköldsvik, is a Swedish soprano, active internationally and in recordings.-Career:Miah Persson grew up in Hudiksvall, singing in choirs and taking part in amateur drama productions... - 2006: Nina StemmeNina StemmeNina Stemme is an opera singer known for her warm, solid spinto soprano voice, with some qualities of a dramatic soprano....
, Hillevi MartinpeltoHillevi MartinpeltoHillevi Martinpelto is a Swedish lyric soprano. She made her debut in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini in 1987. She is best known for her work with John Eliot Gardiner and the Monteverdi Choir. With Gardiner, she has recorded Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Idomeneo, to considerable acclaim.-... - 2004: Karl-Magnus Fredriksson, Peter MatteiPeter MatteiPeter Mattei is a Swedish operatic baritone, particularly known for his performances in Mozart's baritone roles.- Biography :...
- 2003: Loa FalkmanLoa FalkmanCarl-Johan Falkman is a Swedish baritone singer and actor.After studying music, Falkman made his first major performance on the Royal Swedish Opera in 1973....
- 2002: Helena Döse
- 2000: Katarina DalaymanKatarina DalaymanKatarina Dalayman, born January 25, 1963 in Stockholm, is a Swedish soprano who has found critical acclaim singing major operatic roles by composers such as Wagner, Berg, Shostakovich and Bartók, among others...
, Ingrid Tobiasson
20th century
- 1999: Lena Nordin
- 1995: Anne Sofie von Otter, Birgitta SvendénBirgitta SvendénBirgitta Svendén , is a Swedish operatic .Svendén, who was born in Porjus and raised in Vuollerim, studied at the Opera in Stockholm. She has made an international career in the first place as a Wagner singer, especially at the Bayreuth Festival.Birgitta Svendén has been a hovsångerska since 1995...
- 1994: Siv Wennberg
- 1992: Jerker Arvidson, Anita Soldh
- 1990: MariAnne Häggander, Björn Asker
- 1988: Britt Marie Aruhn, Elisabeth Erikson, Gösta WinberghGösta WinberghGösta Winbergh was a Swedish tenor and Mozart admirer.Winbergh was born in Stockholm. He is often mentioned as among Sweden's and, indeed, the world's finest tenors, included with Jussi Björling and Nicolai Gedda....
- 1985: Håkan HagegårdHåkan HagegårdHåkan Hagegård is a Swedish operatic baritone.He studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and has performed on stages across the world, including Carnegie Hall, the London Royal Opera House, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Sydney Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Vienna...
, Laila Andersson-Palme - 1983: Sylvia Lindenstrand, Bengt Rundgren
- 1978: Arne Tyrén
- 1976: Ragnar UlfungRagnar UlfungRagnar Sigurd Ulfung is a Norwegian operatic tenor. Described in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians as "a brilliant actor with an incisive voice", he was particularly known for his portrayals of Herod and Mime . He is also an opera director...
, Edith Thallaug, Berit Lindholm - 1973: Ingvar WixellIngvar WixellIngvar Wixell was a Swedish baritone who had an active international career in operas and concerts from 1955-2003. He mostly sang roles from the Italian repertory, and, according to The New York Times, "was best known for his steady-toned, riveting portrayals of the major baritone roles of...
, Birgit NordinBirgit NordinBirgit Nordin is a Swedish opera soprano. She was married to the Swedish bass-baritone Jerker Arvidson .-Life and career:...
-Arvidson, Carl-Axel Hallgren - 1972: Alice BabsAlice BabsAlice Babs is a singer and actor from Kalmar in Sweden. While she has worked in a wide number of genres - e.g. Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera - she is best known internationally as a jazz singer...
Sjöblom, - 1968: Barbro Ericson-Hederén
- 1966: Margareta Hallin, Erik SaedénErik SaedénCarl Erik Saedén, born 3 September 1924 in Vänersborg, died 3 November 2009, was a Swedish bass-baritone whose career was principally centred on Stockholm, both on the operatic stage as well as the concert platform...
- 1965: Nicolai GeddaNicolai GeddaNicolai Gedda is a Swedish operatic tenor. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely recorded tenor in history...
- 1963: Kerstin MeyerKerstin MeyerKerstin Margareta Meyer is a mezzo-soprano from Stockholm, Sweden.Meyer studied singing in Stockholm with Adelaide von Skilondz, at the Salzburg Mozarteum, and in Siena, Rome, and Vienna. Her debut was at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1952 as Azucena in Verdi's Il trovatore...
-Bexelius - 1959: Elisabeth SöderströmElisabeth SöderströmElisabeth Anna Söderström CBE was a Swedish soprano, who performed both opera and song. She was particularly well known for her recordings of the lead soprano roles in the three Janáček operas Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and The Makropoulos Affair, all of which received Gramophone Awards...
-Olow - 1955: Birgit NilssonBirgit Nilssonright|thumb|Nilsson in 1948.Birgit Nilsson was a celebrated Swedish dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic and symphonic works...
- 1952: Leon Björker
- 1946: Set SvanholmSet SvanholmSet Svanholm was a Swedish operatic tenor, considered the leading Tristan and Siegfried of the first decade following World War II....
, Sigurd BjörlingSigurd BjörlingSigurd Björling was a Swedish operatic baritone.He made his debut as Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana in 1935 at Royal Swedish Opera... - 1944: Jussi BjörlingJussi BjörlingJohan Jonatan "Jussi" Björling was a Swedish tenor. One of the leading operatic singers of the 20th Century, Björling appeared frequently at the Royal Opera House in London, La Scala in Milan, and the Metropolitan Opera in New York City as well as at other major European opera...
, Kerstin ThorborgKerstin ThorborgKerstin Thorborg Born in Venjan, Sweden, the contralto Kerstin Thorborg was one of the best dramatic Wagnerian singers in the two decades between 1930 and 1950. She made her debut in 1924 singing the difficult role of Ortrud. Eight years later, the famed conductor Bruno Walter engaged her for the... - 1943: Hjördis SchymbergHjördis SchymbergHjördis Gunborg Schymberg was a Swedish coloratura and lyric soprano active on the opera stage and in concert halls between 1934 and 1968...
, Joel Berglund - 1942: Irma Björck, Einar Beyron
- 1941: Helga Görlin
- 1940: Brita Hertzberg-Beyron
- 1936: Karin Maria Branzell-ReinshagenKarin BranzellKarin Branzell was a Swedish operatic contralto , who had a prominent career at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, and in Europe. Her very wide range enabled her to sing both contralto roles and the occasional soprano role...
, Gertrud Pålson-Wettergren - 1933: Martin Öhman
- 1929: Åke Wallgren, David StockmanDavid StockmanDavid Alan Stockman is a former U.S. politician and businessman, serving as a Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan and as the Director of the Office of Management and Budget ....
- 1928: Marianne Mörner
- 1923: Julia Claussen
- 1922: Nanny Larsén-TodsenNanny Larsén-TodsenNanny Larsén-Todsen was a Swedish soprano, renowned for her performances in works by Richard Wagner and counted as one of the most notable Wagner-singers of the 20th-century. She was particularly popular at the Bayreuth Festival as Brunnhilde and Isolde...
- 1911: Sigrid Arnoldson-FischofSigrid ArnoldsonSigrid Arnoldson was a Swedish opera singer with an active international career at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. Possessing a fine coloratura soprano voice with a range of three octaves, music critics believed she was Jenny Lind's successor and dubbed her "the new Swedish...
- 1909: Signe Rappe-Weldén, John ForsellJohn ForsellJohn Forsell, born Carl Johan Jacob Forsell, , was a prominent Swedish baritone, opera administrator and teacher of voice. He was the leading baritone of the Royal Swedish Opera from 1896–1918, and thereafter sang roles periodically with the company until his last stage performance in 1938. From...
- 1906: Arvid Ödmann
19th century
- 1886: Mathilda GrabowMathilda GrabowMathilda Grabow , was a Swedish opera singer . She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and was given Litteris et Artibus ....
- 1854: Louise MichaëliLouise MichaëliLouise Charlotte Helene Michaëli, née Michal, , was a Swedish opera singer.Michaëli debuted at the Royal Swedish Opera in 1849. She studied under Julius Günther at the Opera in Stockholm and under Garcia in London. In 1852-1855 she was employed at the Opera in Stockholm. She toured Scandinavia,...
- 1847: Jenny LindJenny LindJohanna Maria Lind , better known as Jenny Lind, was a Swedish opera singer, often known as the "Swedish Nightingale". One of the most highly regarded singers of the 19th century, she is known for her performances in soprano roles in opera in Sweden and across Europe, and for an extraordinarily...
- 1837: Mathilda GelhaarMathilda GelhaarMathilda Fredrika Gelhaar, née Ficker, , was a Swedish opera singer. She was also appointed official singer of the royal court....
- 1837: Anna Sofia SevelinAnna Sofia SevelinAnna Sofia Sevelin, born Thunberg , was a Swedish opera singer . She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts....
- 1837: Henriette WiderbergHenriette WiderbergHenriette Sophie Widerberg was a Swedish opera singer , actor and memoirist. The most famed singer on the Swedish stage of her time, she was counted as the most popular singer in Sweden during the 1810s and 1830s...
- 1834: Mathilda BerwaldMathilda BerwaldMathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn Mathilda Charlotta Berwald, née Cohn (9 March 1798 in Helsinki in Finland - 3 May 1877 in Stockholm, was a Finnish and Swedish concert singer. She was later appointed official singer (Hovsångare) of the Swedish royal court....
- 1831: Isak Albert Berg
- 1815: Jeanette WässeliusJeanette WässeliusMarie Jeanette Wässelius, commonly known as Wässelia or Mamsell Wässelia, , was a Swedish opera singer, court singer and actress, the leading prima donna of the Swedish Opera during the Napoleonic age in the first decades of the 19th century and sister of the international opera star Justina Casagli...
18th century
- 1788: Franziska StadingFranziska StadingSofia "Franziska" Stading was a opera singer and actor; originally from Germany, she became one of the most popular stars in Sweden in the 18th century...
- 1787: Kristofer Kristian Karsten
- 1773: Lovisa AugustiLovisa AugustiLovisa Sofia Augusti, , was a Swedish opera singer. She was a court singer and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.- Biography :...
- 1773: Carl StenborgCarl StenborgCarl Stenborg was a Swedish opera singer, actor, composer and theatre director. He is considered the first great male opera singer in Sweden and one of the pioneers of the Royal Swedish Opera.- Biography :...
- 1773: Elisabeth OlinElisabeth OlinElisabeth Olin was a Swedish opera singer and a music composer. She is referred to as the first Swedish Opera prima donna. She was a court-singer . She was the first female member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music...