Carl Ludvig Lithander

Carl Ludvig Lithander was an Estonian-Swedish composer and military officer. He was born and raised in Estonia, but following the death of his parents he settled in Sweden, where he became an officer specialised in fortifications in 1795. He worked as a teacher at the Military Academy Karlberg until 1812. Two years later he left Sweden to pursue a purely musical career. He spent four years in London, and probably also time in Berlin, the Netherlands and Denmark, before settling in Greifswald in 1824, where he found employment as organist in the city's main church, St. Nikolai. He would remain in Greifswald until his death. He composed several works mainly intended to be played at home or in salons, mostly for piano, for piano and flute, and songs for piano.