Tommie Haglund

Tommie Haglund (born 15 January 1959) is a Swedish composer. He has composed chamber, choral, and orchestral music. His awards include the Christ Johnson Prize and H. M. The King’s Medal. Biography Early years Haglund became interested in music during a long hospital stay at the age of seven in his hometown of Kalmar. Three years later he began studying harmony and music theory at the municipal music school in Kalmar. At that time the influence of Mozart was strong. At the age of nineteen he moved to Halmstad, where he began studying music and composition with the guitar teacher Bo Strömberg. Through Strömberg, Haglund also discovered the composer John Dowland. Haglund was the subject of an extended interview volume published in 2022 as the Swedish-language book Ögonblickets oändlighet: Samtal med Tommie Haglund The Infinity of the Moment: Conversations with Tommie Haglund . An English-language edition, Listening to Eternity: The Music, Spirituality, and Creative World of Composer Tommie Haglund, was published in 2025. Recognition Haglund has received, among other things, the Great Christ Johnson Prize and the H. M. The King’s Medal. Work Symphonies * Symphony (2023, Gehrmans Musik