Background
Born Alice Sandström in Karlshamn, Sweden, she was the daughter of Eduard Sandström (1829–1879), a ship captain.
composer educationist organist
Born Alice Sandström in Karlshamn, Sweden, she was the daughter of Eduard Sandström (1829–1879), a ship captain.
She attended seminars in Stockholm (Högre lärarinneseminariet) and trained as a teacher.
She was recognized as a foremost composer of Swedish children"s songs during the late 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. She was very musical and began taking piano lessons early. After graduation, she served as governess.
Jakob Tegnér was a lawyer, and later secretary of the Swedish Publishers" Association and editor of Svenska Bokhandelstidningen.
Alice Tegnér wrote many well-known children"s songs in Swedish, most notably Mors lilla Olle. lieutenant was published during 1895 in volume 3 of Sjung medical oss, mamma!.
In addition to children"s songs, Alice Tegnér wrote many other types of music in classical genres such as chamber and sacred music together with choral music, cantatas, cello and violin sonatas. Her songs and compositions were inspired by both folk and art music
Her well-known hymnbook Nu ska vi sjunga, with illustrations by Elsa Beskow, was published in 1943.