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Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Swedish composer and critic (died 1942)

Born
February 27, 1867
Died
December 3, 1942
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1867

About Wilhelm Peterson-Berger

Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was a Swedish composer and music critic. As a composer, his main musical influences were Grieg, August Söderman and Wagner as well as Swedish folk idiom. Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger ( 27 February 1867 – 3 December 1942) was a Swedish composer and music critic. The most famous of the pieces, Sommarsång (Summer Song) recalls the warm, calm, harmonious and bright pre-summer evenings where the sun in the north almost never goes down; they were the great breakthrough for Wilhelm.

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The world when Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was born

Wilhelm Peterson-Berger was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
  • Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
  • Notable inventionDynamite
  • World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
  • U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18672026
Population34.5M341 million

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