Sam Rydberg
Sam Hjalmar Rydberg (27 October 1885 – 25 March 1956) was a Swedish composer.

Biography
Sam Rydberg was born in Nyköping, Sweden, in 1885. He started as a military musician at age 13 as a drummer at the Södermanland Regiment. After that he became a part of the military band of the Svea Engineer Corps 1906-1935 and after 1928 as the head of the band. The instrument he played was soprano cornet.
He composed many types of music but is most known for his marches. He is also the composer that has most marches that is official marches of regiments in the Swedish Armed Forces and is sometimes referred as the Swedish march king.

List of marches
Avanti
Avanti per Patria
Defiladmarsch
Den svenske underofficeren
För fosterlandet
Gardeskamrater
I beredskap
I fält
I flaggskrud
I täten
Ikaros
Italia
Nordiska spelen
På marsch
På post för Sverige
På vakt
På vakt vid Östersjön
Till fronten
Tre kronor
Under fredsfanan
Vivu Esperanto

Literature
Stolt, Lars C. (1975). ”Sam Rydberg — Sveriges marschkung”. Marschnytt (34): sid. 5-9.


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