John Grieg John Grieg John Grieg (18 August 1856 – 21 April 1905) was a Norwegian printer, publisher and bookseller. Grieg was born in Bergen, Norway. He was the son of John Grieg (1819-1887) and Jutta Camilla Lous (1825-1901). Grieg attended Bergen Cathedral School and went abroad for further education. He studied bookstores in Copenhagen and printing operations in Gothenburg. In 1877, he returned to Bergen and worked for the printing house of his uncle, Georg Herman Grieg (1826-1910). Dating to 1721, it was the oldest publishing houses in Norway. In 1882, he took over the company under the trade name "John
Edvard Fliflet Bræin Edvard Fliflet Bræin Edvard Fliflet Bræin (23 August 1924 – 30 April 1976) was a Norwegian composer and conductor. He is best remembered for the composition "Ut mot havet" and the opera "Anne Pedersdotter". Bræin was born in Kristiansund as the son of composer, conductor and organist Edvard Bræin (1887–1957) and his wife Magnhild Fliflet. He married Karen Torjusen in 1946. Bræin studied at the institution Musikkonservatoriet i Oslo from 1942 to 1945, and musical composition with Bjarne Brustad and conducting with Odd Grüner-Hegge. His debut as conductor was in Bergen in 1947, with Musikselskabet Harmoniens orkester. His first compositions