Swedish Orchestras and their Principal Conductors

The first of an ongoing series.

SWEDISH ORCHESTRAS WITH DATE OF FOUNDATION AND PRINCIPAL CONDUCTORS

Gavle Symphony Orchestra(1912):

Ruben Lillefors:           1912-1931
Ludvig Mowinckel:      1931-1934
Sten Frykberg:           1934-1939
Eric Bengtsen:             1939-1948
Stig Westerberg:         1949-1953
Siegfried Naumann:    1953-1954
Gunnar Staern:           1954-1963
Carl Rune Larsson:      1963-1967
Rainer Miedel:           1968-1975
Goran W. Nilson:         1981-1984
Doron Salomon:          1984-1990
Hannu Koivula:           1991-1996
Carlos Spierer:           1997-2000
Petri Sakari:              2000-2006
Robin Ticciati:             2006-2009
Jaime Marin:              2013-

Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra(1905; and National Orchestra of Sweden from 1997):

Heinrich Hammer:           1905-1907
Wilhelm Stenhammer:      1907-1922
Ture Rangstrom:           1922-1925
Tor Mann:              1925-1929
Issay Dobrowen:           1941-1953
Dean Dixon:              1953-1960
Sten Frykberg:           1960-1967
Sergiu Comissiona:           1967-1973
Sixten Ehrling:           1974-1976
Charles Dutoit:           1976-1979
Neeme Jarvi:              1982-2004
Mario Venzago:           2004-2007
Gustavo Dudamel:           2007-2012
Vacant:                 2012-

Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra(1912):

Olof Lidner:              1912-1919
Sten Frykberg:           1939-1945
Hakan von Eichwald:      1945-1959
John Frandsen:           1969-1980
Hans-Peter Frank:         1980-1990
Okko Kamu:              1991-1999
Hannu Lintu:              2002-2005
Andrew Manze:           2006-2014
Stefan Solyom:           2014-

Malmo Symphony Orchestra(1925):

Walther Meyer-Radon:      1925-1929
Georg Schneevoigt:           1930-1947
Sten-Ake Axelson:           1948-1961
Rolf Agop:              1962-1964
Elvakum Shapirra:           1969-1974
Janos Furst:              1974-1977
Stig Westerberg:           1978-1985
Vernon Handley:           1986-1988
James DePreist:           1991-1994
Paavo Jarvi:              1994-1997
Christoph Konig:           2003-2006
Vassily Sinaisky:            2007-2011
Marc Soustrot:           2011-

Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra(1912):

Ivar Hellman:              1914-1928
Tord Benner:              1929-1935
Heinz Freudenthal:           1936-1952
Herbert Blomstedt:           1954-1962
Everett Lee:              1962-1972
Okku Kamu:              1972-1979
Franz Welser-Most:          1986-1991
Junichi Hirokami:           1991-1996
Ole Kristian Ruud:           1996-1999
Lu Jia:                 1999-2005
Alan Buribayev:           2006-2011
Michael Francis:           2012-


Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra(1957; Stockholm Concert Society from 1902 until 1957; “Royal” from 1992) :

Georg Schneevoigt:         1915-1924
Vaclav Talich:              1925-1937
Fritz Busch:              1937-1940
Carl von Garaguly:          1942-1953
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt:1955-1964
Antal Dorati:              1966-1974
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky:1974-1977
Yuri Ahronovitsch:         1982-1987
Paavo Berglund:           1987-1990
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky:1991-1995
Alan Gilbert:              2000-2008
Sakari Oramo:           2008-

Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra(1965; Swedish Radio Orchestra until 1965):

Nils Grevillius:           1925-1939
Tor Mann:              1939-1959
Sergiu Celibidache:         1965-1971
Herbert Blomstedt:         1977-1982
Esa-Pekka Salonen:         1984-1995
Evgeni Svetlanov:           1997-1999
Manfred Honeck:           2000-2006
Daniel Harding:           2007-

Royal Swedish Opera:

Sixten Ehrling: 1953-1960
Michael Gielen:          1960-1965
Silvio Varviso:            1965-1972
Leif Segerstam:         1970-1972
Eri Klas:              1985-1990
Leif Segerstam:         1995-2001
Alberto Hold-Garrido:2001-2003
Lawrence Renes:         2012-