NYBERG, MIKAEL
(1871–1940)> COMPOSER · COLLECTOR · ORGANIST · TEACHER · CHOIR DIRECTOR
NYBERG, MIKAEL (Feb. 7, 1871, Helsinki-Jan. 11, 1940, Äänekoski), composer, collector of folk melodies, organist, teacher, choir director, school administrator, an editor of the Finnish Lutheran choralebook in 1908, and cousin of musicologist Ilmari Krohn (see KROHN, ILMARI). Nyberg was the grandson of much-loved storyteller, Zachris Topelius (see TOPELIUS, ZACHRIS), and grew up in Porvoo, the poet J. L. Runeberg's town (see RUNEBERG, JOHAN LUDVIG). Since Nyberg's family was Swedish-speaking…