Ulf Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 October 1993) was a Swedish composer and conductor. Björlin was born in Stockholm and went as a 19-year old to study music for the conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, later continuing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he had Nadia Boulanger as a teacher. After completing his military service, he worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Malmö College of Music.

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  • Ulf Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 October 1993) was a Swedish composer and conductor. Björlin was born in Stockholm and went as a 19-year old to study music for the conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, later continuing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he had Nadia Boulanger as a teacher. After completing his military service, he worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Malmö College of Music. From 1962, he was employed as musical producer at Sveriges Radio and wrote music for several movies and television productions, including the series of films and TV series about the children on the island Saltkråkan (Seacrow Island), based on Astrid Lindgren's scripts. Together with Sven-Bertil Taube, he produced a number of recordings of songs by Carl Michael Bellman, Evert Taube and Ulf Peder Olrog. He conducted several recordings of orchestral music by fellow Swedes Johan Helmich Roman and Franz Berwald. During the last years before his death, he worked in Florida where he was conductor of the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra and the Palm Beach Symphony. He died in Palm Beach, Florida. Björlin received the Fritz Gustaf Grafström Prize in 1961 and shared the Evert Taube Prize with Sven-Bertil Taube in 1975. He is the father of actress Nadia Bjorlin.
  • Ulf Björlin, född 21 maj 1933 i Stockholm, död 23 oktober 1993 i Palm Beach, Florida, USA, svensk kompositör, dirigent och arrangör. Björlin studerade som 19-åring musik för Igor Markevitj i Salzburg, där han även blev känd som dirigent. Senare studerade han tre år vid Conservatoire de Paris, där han hade Nadia Boulanger som lärare. Efter värnplikten arbetade han en tid som repetitör vid Operan samt två år som lärare vid Malmö musikkonservatorium. Han anställdes 1962 som musikproducent på Sveriges Radio i Stockholm. Han skrev musik till en rad filmer. Tillsammans med Sven-Bertil Taube har han producerat ett flertal LP-skivor med Bellman-tolkningar, Evert Taube och Ulf Peder Olrog-visor. Samarbetet resulterade i att de fick dela Evert Taube-stipendiet 1975. Han tilldelades Fritz Gustaf Grafström-stipendiet 1961. Han är far till skådespelarna Nadia Bjorlin och Ulf Björlin.
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  • Ulf Björlin (21 May 1933 – 23 October 1993) was a Swedish composer and conductor. Björlin was born in Stockholm and went as a 19-year old to study music for the conductor Igor Markevitch in Salzburg, later continuing at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he had Nadia Boulanger as a teacher. After completing his military service, he worked at the Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm and at the Malmö College of Music.
  • Ulf Björlin, född 21 maj 1933 i Stockholm, död 23 oktober 1993 i Palm Beach, Florida, USA, svensk kompositör, dirigent och arrangör. Björlin studerade som 19-åring musik för Igor Markevitj i Salzburg, där han även blev känd som dirigent. Senare studerade han tre år vid Conservatoire de Paris, där han hade Nadia Boulanger som lärare. Efter värnplikten arbetade han en tid som repetitör vid Operan samt två år som lärare vid Malmö musikkonservatorium.
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