Hallberg-Norlind, Hanna

2012/09/28

Hanna Hallberg-Norlind (1858–1916), Sweden

Organist, pianist, choir director, and voice teacher. Studied at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, including piano for Hilda Thegerström and organ for August Lagergren. Later moved with her family (her husband was the music writer Nils Peter Norlind) to Lund, where they founded the N.P. Norlind Conservatory while she served as organist in the All Saints Church. She was also a founder of the Sydsvenska Conservatory, which she headed from 1909–1912.

She wrote a number of songs for voice and piano.