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    Orphei Drängar
    Orphei Drängar

    Swedish male choir and singing society founded in 1853, based in Uppsala and one of the two notable singing societies traditionally affiliated with Uppsala university (the other one being Allmänna Sången).


    List of conductors
    1853 – 1854, Oscar Arpi
    1854 – 1880, Jacob Axel Josephson
    1880 – 1909, Ivar Eggert Hedenblad
    1909 – 1910, Wilhelm Lundgren
    1910 – 1947, Hugo Alfvén
    1947 – 1951, Carl Godin
    1951 – 1985, Eric Ericson
    1985 – 1991, Eric Ericson and Robert Sund (shared conductorship)
    1991 – 2008, Robert Sund
    2008 – Present, Cecilia Rydinger Alin

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