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Anna Lang, née Nordqvist (Stockholm, 5 July 1874 – 12 December 1920) was a Swedish court harpist.

Life and work

Lang was the daughter of the conductor of the Kungliga Hovkapellet, Conrad Nordqvist. She received the von Beskow scholarship in 1883, became a student at Royal College of Music, Stockholm 1887, and was a harpist at Hovkapellet from 1890 until her death in 1920.

She married her teacher, the harp composer Josef Lang in 1895; their daughter, Ingrid Lang-Fagerström (1897–1990), was also a harpist in Hovkapellet, the Swedish royal chapel orchestra until 1962.

Anna Lang died on 12 December 1920 in Lidingö. She and her husband are buried in Lidingö cemetery.

See also

• Charlotta Seuerling
• Marie Pauline Åhman

Sources

• Anna Lang, född Nordqvist i Adolf Lindgren och Nils Personne, Svenskt porträttgalleri (1897), volym XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister
• Profil på Hovkapellets webbplats.

References

1. ^ "Anna Lang, Kungliga Hovkapellet". www.hovkapellet.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
2. ^ Hildebrand, Albin. "61 (Svenskt porträttgalleri / XXI. Tonkonstnärer och sceniska artister (biografier af Adolf Lindgren & Nils Personne)) Swedish portrait gallery". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.
3. ^ "Intervju med harpisten Ingrid Fagerström | Kungliga Hovkapellet | Royal Swedish Orchestra" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2022-03-08.

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