---
name: "Lars Johan Werle"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lars-johan-werle"
fi1m_id: "lars-johan-werle"
imdb_id: "nm0921305"
tmdb_id: 11904
wikidata_id: "Q4107873"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 June 1926"
died: "3 August 2001"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T16:39:39.887120+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."
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# Lars Johan Werle

## Identity

Lars Johan Werle

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lars-johan-werle
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lars-johan-werle
- **IMDb ID:** nm0921305
- **TMDB ID:** 11904
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4107873
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Werle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4107873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11904

Composer. Born 3 June 1926 in Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. Died 3 August 2001.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 June 1926, Gävle, Gävleborgs län, Sweden
- **Died:** 3 August 2001
- **Active:** 1966–1968
- **Frequently works with:** [Ingmar Bergman](https://film.one/person/ingmar-bergman.md), [Liv Ullmann](https://film.one/person/liv-ullmann.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars_Johan_Werle, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4107873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0921305/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11904

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Persona*](https://film.one/film/persona.md) (89)

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## Biography

Lars Johan Werle was a Swedish composer. Born in Gävle on 23 June 1926, he was largely self-taught in composition before studying musicology at Uppsala University from 1948 to 1950 and counterpoint with Sven-Erik Bäck from 1949 to 1952. He sang in the Bel Canto chorus and worked as a jazz musician, later serving as a producer at Swedish Radio from 1958 to 1970.

Werle composed operas including *Drömmen om Thérèse* (1964) and *Resan* (1969), as well as choral and vocal works. His *Pentagram* for string quartet won first prize at the Gaudeamus Festival in 1960. He scored Ingmar Bergman’s films *Persona* (1966) and *Hour of the Wolf* (1968), and also *Ön* (1966). He taught at the National Music Drama School and, from 1977, at the Gothenburg Music Academy. Werle died in Gothenburg on 3 August 2001.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, sv.wikipedia.org, independent.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hour of the Wolf* (1968), Fi1m 74, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/hour-of-the-wolf.md)
- *Persona* (1966), Fi1m 89, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/persona.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Animalen* (1984), Music
- *Hour of the Wolf* (1968), Original Music Composer, Music — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/hour-of-the-wolf.md)
- *Persona* (1966), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/persona.md)
- *The Island* (1966), Music
- *X:et* (1963), Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 4 won

- Kurt Atterberg Prize 2000: Kurt Atterberg Prize (won)
- Hugo Alfvén Award 1995: Hugo Alfvén Award (won)
- Litteris et Artibus 1981: Litteris et Artibus (won)
- Nordic Council Music Prize 1970: Nordic Council Music Prize (won)

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

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