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Fredrik Pacius; in German and in Estonian Friedrich Pacius; 19 March 1809 – 8 January 1891 was a German composer, violinist and conductor who lived most of his life in Finland. He is regarded as the "Father of Finnish music". Pacius was born in Hamburg. He was appointed music teacher at the University of Helsinki in 1834, where he founded a musical society, the student choir Akademiska Sångföreningen and an orchestra, building up orchestral and choral life in the city. In 1848, Pacius set to music the poem "Vårt land" by Johan Ludvig Runeberg, which became Finland's national anthem. The same melody was also used for the Estonian national anthem "Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm" and the Livonian ethnic anthem "Min izāmō, min sindimō". In 1852, he composed Kung Carls jagt, the first opera written in Finland, with a libretto by Zacharias Topelius. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)
