Johan Fridolf Hagfors, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Finnish journalist and music critic
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About Johan Fridolf Hagfors
- Johan Fridolf Hagfors (11 March 1857â18 August 1931) was a Swedish newspaper publisher, music critic and composer, most known for having composed the two songs ModersmĂ„lets sĂ„ng (The mother tongue's song) and Ă lĂ€nningens sĂ„ng (Song of the Ă lender).
- Born in Orimattila, he got a Cand.phil degree in 1881.
- In 1883 he became publicist of the small Ă bo paper Turun Lehti which was published in Finnish but at the same time Svecoman; it became the only newspaper with that combination to reach a wide readership.
- He also worked as a teacher in Ă bo.He composed several songs for male quartets.
- ModersmÄlets sÄng was first performed in 1989 and is today considered an unofficial hymn for the Swedish-speaking population of Finland.
- à lÀnningens sÄng, for which he composed the melody, was first performed during the song festival in Mariehamn in 1922 and is today the regional hymn for the à land islands. In 1912 he became a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.Due to stiff competition, Turun Lehti ceased publication in 1919.
- Hagfors subsequently moved to Stockholm and obtained Swedish citizenship.
- He died in 1931.
- Fellow composer Erik August Hagfors was his half-brother.
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