---
name: "Hugo Alfvén"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugo-alfven"
fi1m_id: "hugo-alfven"
imdb_id: "nm0019266"
tmdb_id: 1884432
wikidata_id: "Q318840"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 May 1872"
died: "8 May 1960"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:08.525263+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hugo Alfvén

## Identity

Hugo Alfvén

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugo-alfven
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugo-alfven
- **IMDb ID:** nm0019266
- **TMDB ID:** 1884432
- **Wikidata ID:** Q318840
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1884432

Composer. Born 1 May 1872 in Stockholm, Sweden. Died 8 May 1960.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 May 1872, Stockholm, Sweden
- **Died:** 8 May 1960
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318840, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0019266/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1884432

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Hugo Alfvén was a Swedish composer, conductor and violinist. Born in Stockholm on 1 May 1872, he studied at the Royal College of Music there and later in Berlin and Paris. He served as director of music at Uppsala University for nearly three decades and conducted choirs and orchestras across Sweden.

Alfvén is best known for his orchestral works, particularly the Swedish Rhapsody No. 1 (Midsommarvaka), Op. 19, composed in 1903. His music has been used in films including *The Wind Is My Lover* (1949) and *One Summer of Happiness* (1951), as well as in an episode of the television series *The Simpsons* (1989). He died in Falun on 8 May 1960.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Singoalla* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Midsommarvaka* (1947), Music
- *Man's Woman* (1945), Original Music Composer
- *Synnöve Solbakken* (1934), Original Music Composer
- *Carolina Rediviva* (1920), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Hugo Alfvén](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-88d6cf6b31d2.png) Hugo Alfvén — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n_ca_1906.png/1280px-Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n_ca_1906.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The home of Swedish music composer Hugo Alfvén, in county Dalarna, Sweden](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-2ee425733603.jpg) The home of Swedish music composer Hugo Alfvén, in county Dalarna, Sweden — Einarspetz, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Alfvengaarden_i_Tibble_by.JPG/1280px-Alfvengaarden_i_Tibble_by.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Byst av Carl Milles föreställande Hugo Alfvén på Leksands kyrkogård, Dalarna, Sverige. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-ca927d3b4700.jpg) Byst av Carl Milles föreställande Hugo Alfvén på Leksands kyrkogård, Dalarna, Sverige. (2011) — Calle Eklund/V-wolf, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Alfv%C3%A9nbyst_01.jpg/1280px-Alfv%C3%A9nbyst_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- !["Alfvéngården", home of Hugo Alfvén (1872 – 1960). Tibble, Leksand Municipality, Sweden. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-0573ee7310f8.jpg) "Alfvéngården", home of Hugo Alfvén (1872 – 1960). Tibble, Leksand Municipality, Sweden. (2011) — Calle Eklund/V-wolf, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Alfv%C3%A9ng%C3%A5rden_01.jpg/1280px-Alfv%C3%A9ng%C3%A5rden_01.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alfvéngården (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-9a0efe3fb5a5.jpg) Alfvéngården (2011) — Calle Eklund/V-wolf, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Alfv%C3%A9ng%C3%A5rden_02.jpg/1280px-Alfv%C3%A9ng%C3%A5rden_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Hugo Alfvén, 1915.](https://film.one/media/person/61853/gallery-861e2ee7c9d7.png) Hugo Alfvén, 1915. — Henry B. Goodwin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/Hugo_Alfv%C3%A9n_1915.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Zorn badge in gold 1946: Zorn badge in gold (won)
- Litteris et Artibus 1916: Litteris et Artibus (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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