The Swedish Society of Composers ('Föreningen Svenska Tonsättare', 'FST') is a professional organization based in

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

, representing Swedish composers of

contemporary classical music Contemporary classical music is classical music composed close to the present day. At the beginning of the 21st century, it commonly referred to the post-1945 modern forms of post-tonal music after the death of Anton Webern, and included seria ...

. It was founded in 1918 and today has 370 members, of which 347 are

composers A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Classical music, Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. E ...

. The president is

Martin Q Larsson Martin Q Larsson, born 3 May 1968 in Trollhättan, Sweden, is a Swedish composer, musician and incubator manager. Larsson lives in Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest ...

, since 2010. The FST is represented in national boards and institutions within the Swedish

art music Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic value. It typically implies advanced structural and theoretical considerationsJacques Siron, ...

field. It was the FST that in 1923 founded

STIM STIM, ''Svenska Tonsättares Internationella Musikbyrå'' (Swedish Performing Rights Society), is a Swedish collecting society for songwriters, composers and music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distribu ...

, in order to collect license fees when musical works are performed in public, broadcast or transmitted, and to pay out performing royalties. The Nordic cooperation within 'Nordic Composers Council' is very active. Swedish Society of Composers is also internationally represented in ECSA – European Composer and Songwriter Alliance, ECF (European Composers Forum) and FFACE (Federation of Film & Audiovisual Composers of Europe).

External links

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Official Swedish Society of Composers webpage
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