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Elfrida Andrée

Swedish composer, cathedral organist, conductor, and telegraphist, born 19 February 1841, Visby - died 11 January 1929, Gothenburg.

She is often referred to as a female pioneer as she was Europe's first female cathedral organist, Sweden's first female telegraphist, Sweden's first female orchestra conductor, and the first Swedish woman to have written a major classical composition.

Having moved to Stockholm in 1855, she sat the organist’s exam at Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien, and studied composition with Ludvig Norman. She became an organist in Stockholm in 1861, and in 1867 became cathedral organist at Göteborgs Domkyrka until her death in 1929. In 1897, she took over the planning and implementation of the public concerts of 'Göteborgs Arbetareinstitut' (Gothenburg Workers’ Institute) and, along with her niece Elsa Stenhammar, held approximately 600 concerts, several of which were collaborations with Elsa’s cousin Wilhelm Stenhammar. In 1905, she took on the role of cantor at Göteborgs Domkyrka. Andrée became a member of Kungl. Musikaliska Akademien in 1879, and in 1921 she was elected onto FST - Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare.

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