HAGFORS, ERIK AUGUST (, Inkoo–, Jyväskylä), music instructor, composer, as well as medical doctor. Hagfors is considered the father of music education and choral music in the Finnish language.
Hagfors studied music with F. A. Ehrström and at the same time studied medicine at the university, where he held a music scholarship. Hagfors participated in a variety of musical activities: as cellist in the university orchestra, as soloist in operas, and as choral director...