There is no way one can try to map out the Swedish national sound and pass by
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, I didn´t even have to consult the husband to figure this one out. Peterson-Berger belongs to the national-romantic tradition, a visit to
Jämtland in the 1880´s so influenced him that
he built a house on
Frösö, where he lived in his retirement. He was also for many years a music critic at Dagens Nyheter, a Swedish national newspaper.
Here is Frösöblomster (= Flowers at Frösö):
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