Sigvaldi Kaldalóns, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sigvaldi Kaldalóns

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1881

Place of Birth: Reykjavík, Capital Region, Iceland

Date of Death: 28-Jul-1946

Profession: composer, physician

Nationality: Iceland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Sigvaldi Kaldalóns (Stefánsson) (13 January 1881 – 28 July 1946) was an Icelandic composer and doctor.
Unlike the avant-garde composers of his day, he wrote in a traditional romantic style and composed many of Iceland's most famous and widely performed songs, many of which are now wrongly assumed to be folk songs.
His particular skill was in capturing the spirit of poems in his melodies, making him Iceland's foremost lyric composer.