1812-1887
Ludvig M. Lindeman (1812-1887)

No­vem­ber 28, 1812, Trond­heim, Nor­way.

May 23, 1887, Chris­ti­a­na, Nor­way.

Vor Frel­sers Church, Os­lo, Nor­way. A bust of Lin­de­man was erect­ed in 1912 out­side the church.

Lindeman stu­died the­ol­o­gy and mu­sic, and be­came an or­gan­ist at Vor Frel­sers Church in Os­lo (the church was re­named to Os­lo Domkirke (ca­thed­ral) in 1950). Son of a con­cert pi­an­ist, Lin­de­man was one of the lead­ing Nor­we­gian mu­si­cians of the 19th Cen­tury, and served as or­gan­ist at Vor Frel­sers Church for 47 years. He al­so col­lect­ed al­most 2,000 Nor­we­gian folk tunes, pub­lish­ing ma­ny in a 3-vol­ume set (1853-67). His other works in­clude:

  1. Consola­tion
  2. Fred til Bod
  3. Herre, Jeg Har Hand­let Ille
  4. Herre Je­su Krist
  5. Kirken den er et
  6. Lindeman
  7. Påskemorgen
  8. Spring of Souls