Steve Schwartz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>...  Among composers, I like Larsson, Blomdahl, von Koch, and Lidholm.
>Per Norgaard has admirers.

Per Noergaard is Danish. Like Nielsen.

>I believe Esa-Pekka Salonen, of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, is Swedish.

I believe he is Finnish but I know he speaks Swedish (or bilingual).  His
name is at least Finnish.  But Finland has a minority of 10% Sweds, and
many schools offer them Swedish as second language.

Mats Norrman