Olof Wilhelm Uddén

Olof Wilhelm Uddén was born and died in Stockholm, in 1799 and 1868 respectively, and was a figure in Swedish musical life in the first half of the nineteenth century. He studied music with Thomas Byström and Erik Drake, although for much of his life he earned his living as a customs officer, a post he held between 1821 and 1846.

In 1846 he founded a music school in Stockholm which, according to the available information, attracted a notable number of pupils. His output includes a Missa solemnis, the opera Narcissus, composed around 1840 but never performed, and other choral and vocal works. He also wrote a treatise on musical ornamentation and a piano method inspired by that of Logier. In 1853 he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.