Born: March 2, 1801, Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark.

Died: No­vem­ber 9, 1880, Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark.

Buried: As­sist­ens Cem­e­te­ry, Co­pen­ha­gen, Den­mark.

Berggreen stu­died law, but event­u­al­ly de­vot­ed his life to mu­sic. In 1838 be­came the or­gan­ist at Trin­i­ta­tis Kirke in Co­pen­ha­gen. In 1843 he was teach­ing sing­ing at the Me­tro­pol­i­tans­kol­en, and in 1859, be­came a “Song in­spect­or.” His works in­clude:

Sources

Music

  1. Amen, Jesus Han Skal Raade
  2. Berggren
  3. Millard