---
name: "Per Nørgård"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/per-nrgard"
fi1m_id: "per-nrgard"
imdb_id: "nm0639168"
tmdb_id: 70641
wikidata_id: "Q434392"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 July 1932"
died: "28 May 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:32:08.055540+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."
---

# Per Nørgård

## Identity

Per Nørgård

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/per-nrgard
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** per-nrgard
- **IMDb ID:** nm0639168
- **TMDB ID:** 70641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q434392
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70641

Composer. Born 13 July 1932 in Gentofte, Denmark. Died 28 May 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 July 1932, Gentofte, Denmark
- **Died:** 28 May 2025
- **Also known as:** Per Norgard, Per Nørgaard
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q434392, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639168/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70641

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Babette's Feast*](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md) (86)

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## Biography

Per Nørgård was a Danish composer. He was born on 13 July 1932 in Gentofte and died on 28 May 2025 in Copenhagen. He studied composition with Vagn Holmboe at the Royal Danish Academy of Music and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris.

Nørgård composed music for films including *Babette's Feast* (1987) and *Prince of Jutland* (1994). He also wrote eight symphonies, six operas and numerous chamber and vocal works, and received awards including the Nordic Council Music Prize and the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, allmusic.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Fi1m 86, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Prince of Jutland* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *Hedda Gabler* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Automan* (1988), Music
- *Babette's Feast* (1987), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/babettes-feast.md)
- *The Man Who Thought Life* (1969), Music
- *Candy* (1969), Music
- *The Red Mantle* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *The King’s Meadow Garden* (1967), Music
- *Oslofilm: Oslo* (1964), Music

## Awards

### Other awards — 7 won

- Ernst von Siemens Music Prize 2016: Ernst von Siemens Music Prize (won)
- Wihuri Sibelius Prize 2006: Wihuri Sibelius Prize (won)
- Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg) 2000: Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg) (won)
- Léonie Sonning Music Prize 1996: Léonie Sonning Music Prize (won)
- Henrik Steffens Prize 1988: Henrik Steffens Prize (won)
- Nordic Council Music Prize 1974: Nordic Council Music Prize (won)
- Gaudeamus International Composers Award 1961: Gaudeamus International Composers Award (won)

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

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