Red Cross
Sweden
Type/subset:
Merit medal
Date/period:
1941
Tracking no:
Reference ID
S033
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Awarded in the name of Nils Grevillius 1942. A native of Stockholm, the Swedish conductor Nils Grevillius was trained as a violinist and from 1911
to 1914 was leader of the Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra.
Grevillius, Nils. Hovkapellmästare, Stockholm. Født 7. mars 1893 I Stockholm och död 15 augusti 1970. Genomgikk Musikkonservatoriet Stockholm.
Studerade violinspel før prof Book. Erhöl konservatoriets silverjeton och Marteaupris. Studerade dirigentkonsert I Sondershausen. 1:e violinist
Hovkapellet 1911-14. Dirigent Konsertfören Stockholm 1914-20. Gästdirigent vet ett flertal konserter I Paris, Berlin, Prag, Wien, etc. Kapellmästera
Theatre des Champs-Elysées Paris 1921. Engajerad att leda Tonkünstler orkesterets symfonikonserteri Wien 1922-23. Ordinär kapellmästare
Kungliga Teatern Stockholm sedan 1924. Hovkapellmästare 1930.
Orders and medals awarded:
RNO - Ridder Nordstärne orden 1935.
RVO - Ridder Wasa orden 1935.
KVO2kl - Commander of the Swedish Vasa Order 2nd class 15. November 1944.
GV:sJmtII - Awarded the King Gustaf V 90th anniversary medal
OffBKrO - Officer the Belgian Crown Order
OffLetSO - Officer the Lithuanian Three Star Order
RDDO - Knight the Danish Dannebrog Order
RFinVRO1kl - Knight Finnish White Rose Order
RFrHL - Knight the French Legion d'Honneur
RIFO - Knight the Islandic Order of the Falcon
RNS:tOO 1kl - Knight of the Norwegion St Olav Order
RSpCfO - Knight of the Spanish Civil Merit Order
LMA - Member of the Swedish Music academy from 1932