Olsson, who had substituted there for several months, was chosen by a large majority for the job of organist, and began his duties at the start of 1908. However, shortly afterward the position for organist at the newly built Gustav Vasa Church was announced. Organist at Gustav Vasa Churchĭespite his long period as a substitute, Olsson was passed over for the position of regular organist at Hedvig Eleonora Church. Morén was a leading force within the group Kyrkosångens vänner (The Friends of Church Song) and his involvement in the church music of older times would come to greatly influence Olsson’s focus as a composer and as a musician. During 1906−07 he substituted as the organist at Hedvig Eleonora Church where he had precentor and choir director John Morén as a colleague. Stephen’s Church in the parish of St John’s Church. He debuted in 1903 with an organ recital at St John’s Church and two years later he received a position as a church musician at St. At the same time he continued to compose extensively in various genres. Olsson initially supported himself as an occasional substitute organist – often at St John’s Church where Sjögren was the organist – as well as a freelance musician and a private music teacher. Sjögren took on the young composer and encouraged him to continue writing music even helping Olsson to get his first work published. One person who came to mean a lot to the young Olsson was the organist and composer Emil Sjögren whom he met for the first time in 1897. In the spring of 1894 Otto Olsson was accepted as a student at the Kungliga Musikkonservatoriet (the Royal Conservatory of Music) where he completed his degree in organ performance in 1896, and three years later completed degrees in music teaching and precentorship.Īfter finishing his degrees he continued to study counterpoint and composition with Joseph Dente up until 1901. The lessons were held at St James’s Church where Lindström had previously been organist. At the age of nine Olsson became Lindström’s student, first on piano and from 1893 also on organ. At that time one of the country’s foremost organists, Albert Lindström, served there. As a child he often followed his deeply pious mother to worship services at Blasieholmen Church. Otto Olsson was born in Stockholm, a son of the coachman Johannes (Johan) Olsson and his wife Kerstin (née Nilsson).
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