TULINDBERG, ERIK (, Vähäkyrö–, Turku), Finland's first significant composer, a violinist, elected unanimously to the Swedish Music Academy in 1797.
Tulindberg, who matriculated at the University of Turku in 1776 at the age of fifteen, was highly intelligent and successful academically. How and where Tulindberg received what must have been considerable musical training before entering the university is a mystery, since his musical ability soon attracted attention...