ANDERSSON, OTTO (, Vårdo, Åland Islands–, Turku), musicologist and folklorist, teacher, founder of the Sibelius Museum in Turku, active as a choral conductor and promoter of Swede-Finn folk music.
Andersson's serious interest in music began in 1897 with his participation at age eighteen in a massed choir of 1,225 singers in Turku, an event organized by Martin Wegelius. He began his studies to become a cantor-organist in Turku in 1900 and also played...