Introduction

Biography

Åhlström moved to Stock­holm in 1772, and lived there the rest of his life.

He was an pi­an­ist, com­pos­er and mu­sic pub­lisher. He al­so played the or­gan at Ma­ria Mag­da­le­na Church (1776–92), then at St James’ Church un­til 1835.

He start­ed a mu­sic print­ing and pub­lish­ing bu­si­ness in 1783. He worked at the Swed­ish Ci­vil Ad­min­is­tr­ation Off­ice of the Ar­my (1779–1827), and be­came head of the Ci­vil De­fense Coun­cil in 1804.

Åhlström was elect­ed in­to the Roy­al Swed­ish Mu­sic Aca­de­my in 1785, and was the Aca­de­my’s di­rect­or of edu­ca­tion, 1803–05.

Works

Åhlström com­posed more than 200 songs, plus cham­ber mu­sic, pi­ano piec­es, and in­ci­den­tal, church, and ce­re­mo­ni­al mu­sic.