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Nils-Eric Fougstedt (24 May 1910, in
Raisio
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– 12 April 1961, in
Helsinki
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) was a
Finnish
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conductor and
composer
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. He attended the Helsinki Conservatory and counted
Erik Furuhjelm among his teachers.
Fougstedt joined the staff of the
Finnish Broadcasting Company
Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...
(YLE) in 1938, where he founded the organisation's Soloist Choir, which later became the Radio Choir. In 1944, he became the conductor of
YLE's Radio Orchestra, and was elevated to Chief Conductor in 1950. He served in the post until his death in 1961.
Fougstedt taught music theory and choral conducting at the
Sibelius Academy
The Sibelius Academy ( fi, Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemia, sv, Sibelius-Akademin vid Konstuniversitetet) is part of the University of the Arts Helsinki and a university-level music school which operates in Helsinki and Kuopio, Finland. It als ...
. He also was a member of the Swedish Royal Music Academy and received the honorary title of Professor in 1960. His compositions included ''Angoscia'' (1954), the first Finnish dodecaphonic orchestral work, ''Trittico sinfonico'' (1958), and ''Aurea dicta'' (1959).
He is buried in the
Hietaniemi Cemetery
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in Helsinki.
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