Lunds Studentsångförening
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Lund University Male Voice Choir (Swedish: Lunds Studentsångförening, LSS, also Lunds studentsångare) is a Swedish amateur choir, which counts its history from 1831. Today one of Sweden's top male choirs, the choir has assumed many different shapes during its history. Traditionally, most members have been students of Lund University although there is no requirement of studying at the university to be able to join the choir.
Conductors of Lunds Studentsångförening | |||
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From | To | Name | |
1831 | 1835 | Sven Lovén | |
1831 | spring 1846 | Otto Lindblad | |
autumn 1846 | spring 1852 | Wilhelm Borg | |
spring 1852 | spring 1854 | P. E. Backman | |
spring 1854 | autumn 1855 | Samuel E. V. Follin | |
spring 1856 | autumn 1856 | August Hammar | |
autumn 1856 | spring 1859 | C. G. von Sydow | |
autumn 1859 | spring 1860 | Ludvig Ljungman | |
spring 1860 | autumn 1875 | C. G. von Sydow | |
spring 1876 | autumn 1885 | Henrik Möller | |
spring 1886 | spring 1887 | Hugo Andersson | |
autumn 1887 | autumn 1889 | Emil Norrman | |
spring 1890 | spring 1891 | Henrik Möller | |
spring 1891 | spring 1894 | Alfred Berg | |
autumn 1894 | autumn 1895 | Josef Lind | |
spring 1896 | spring 1896 | Gustav F. Steiner | |
autumn 1896 | spring 1925 | Alfred Berg | |
autumn 1925 | spring 1926 | Yngve Plym Forshell | |
1926 | 1933 | Emil Gagner | |
1933 | 1948 | Josef Hedar | |
spring 1949 | spring 1949 | Bengt Franzén | |
autumn 1949 | autumn 1950 | Knut Borglin | |
1951 | 1971 | Axel Melander | |
1972 | 1985 | Folke Bohlin | |
1985 | 1987 | Bengt Hall | |
1988 | 1999 | Janåke Larson | |
2000 | 2007 | Mats Paulson | |
spring 2008 | spring 2008 | Fredrik Malmberg | |
(acting conductor, spring concerts 2008) | |||
summer/autumn 2008 | July 2010 | Tomas Caplin | |
autumn 2010 | Johannes Nebel | ||
(acting conductor, autumn 2010) | |||
February 2011 | autumn 2012 | Michael Bojesen | |
December 2012 | autumn 2018 | Andreas Lönnqvist | |
December 2019 | Christian Schultze |
The choir is known for its three larger annual concert productions, one during autumn, one during Christmas season and one during spring. Smaller local concerts are held occasionally, while regionally, the choir frequently cooperates with symphonic orchestras, such as those of nearby Malmö or Helsingborg. Nationally, the choir is most known for its annual appearance at the stairs of the Lund University Main Building every 1 May, which is broadcast on national TV, with viewer numbers ranging from approximately 300,000 to 1,000,000.