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There are many different answers to this question because there are many different Swedish composers from different eras. Here I have listed some of the Swedish classical composers that I know of in the order oldest born to youngest born:

  • Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758) called the "Swedish Handel"
  • Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell
  • Carl Michael Bellman (1740-1795)
  • Johan Wikmanson (1753-1800)
  • Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792)
  • Johann Christian Friedrich Hæffner (1759-1833) born in Germany
  • Bernhard Henrik Crusell (1775-1838) born in Finland
  • Berwald family
    • Friedrich Berwald, violinist, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
    • Georg Berwald, played in the Swedish Royal Orchestra, later in the Russian
    • Johan Fredrik Berwald (1787-1861) violinist, Concert-master of the Swedish Royal Orchestra
    • Franz Adolf Berwald (1796-1868), composer, musician and businessman; and the best-known of the musical Berwalds
    • August Berwald, composer and musician, Concert-master in the Swedish Royal Orchestra
    • Mathilda Berwald, née Cohn (married to Johan B.), singer to the Royal Court
    • Julie Berwald, actress and singer at the Royal Swedish Opera, later married to baron Knut Åkerhielm
  • Caroline Ridderstolpe (1793-1878)
  • Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801-1878)
  • Otto Lindblad (1809-1864)
  • Gunnar Wennerberg (1817-1901) uncle of Sara Wennerberg-Reuter
  • Emilie Hammarskjöld (1821-1854) member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
  • Ludvig Norman (1831-1885) considered by some the outstanding Swedish composer between Franz Berwald and Wilhelm Stenhammar
  • Gustav Stolpe (1833-1901)
  • Jacob Adolf Hägg (1850-1928)
  • Emil Sjögren (1853-1918) late romantic miniaturist
  • Wilhelm Harteveld (1859-1927)
  • Tor Aulin (1866-1914)
  • Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867-1942) full name: Olof Wilhelm Peterson-Berger
  • Henning Mankell (1868-1930)
  • August Söderman (1832-1876)
  • Bertha Tammelin (1836-1915)
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
  • Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén
  • Sara Wennerberg-Reuter (1875-1959)
  • Otto Olsson (1879-1964)
  • Edvin Kallstenius (1881-1967)
  • Ture Rangström (1884-1947)
  • Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus Atterberg
  • Gösta Nystroem (1890-1966)
  • Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985)
  • John Fernström (1897-1961) born in China of Swedish parents
  • Yngve Sköld (1899-1992) full name: Karl Yngve Sköld
  • Dag Wirén (1905-1986)
  • Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-1987)
  • Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986)
  • Allan Pettersson (1911-1980) full name: Gustav Allan Pettersson
  • Ebbe Grims-land (born 1915)
  • Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968)
  • Sven-Erik Bäck (1919-1994)
  • Ingvar Lidholm (born 1921)
  • Bo Linde (1933-1970)
  • Ralph Lundsten (born 1936)
  • Bengt-Göran Sköld (born 1936) nephew of Yngve Sköld
  • Bo Nilsson (born 1937)
  • Anders Nilsson (born 1954)
  • Sven-David Sandström (born 1954)
  • Michael Saxell (born 1956)
  • Rolf Martinsson (born 1956)
  • Karin Rehnqvist (born 1957) One of Sweden's best-known and widely performed composers
  • David Swärd (born 1958)
  • Fredrik Sixten (born 1962) One of Sweden's most up and coming composers, of mainly church and chamber music
  • Robert Wells, (born 1962)
  • Mattias Sköld (born 1976) Musician and composer of EAM and choral music, nephew of Bengt-Göran Sköld
  • Benjamin Staern (1978-?)
  • Adolf Wiklund
  • Andrea Tarrodi (born 1981) Composer of orchestral, choral and chamber music.
  • Molly Kien (born 1979)
  • Ludwig Goransson (born 1984)
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