CEDERSTRAND, Ebba

Ebba Sofia Cederstrand, née Björklund, was a Swedish composer born in Stockholm on 27 October 1865. Her surviving output consists mainly of songs, choral music and short piano pieces. A particularly important part of her work is connected with the Swedish peace movement, for which she composed several songs during the early twentieth century.
Cederstrand frequently collaborated with the writer Mathilda Roos. Their compositions include Lägg vapnen ned! and Julvisa. She also composed Fredssång: Vår skara växer, setting a text by Johan Lindström Saxon and dedicating it to the World Peace Congress held in Stockholm in 1910. She died in Stockholm on 18 February 1946.