Halfdan Kjerulf

Halfdan Kjerulf Sheet Music

  • Born: 15th September 1815
  • Died: 11th August 1868
  • Birthplace: Christiania, Norway

Halfdan Kjerulf was a Norwegian composer.Kjerulf was born in Christiania (now Oslo). He was the son of a high government official. His early education was at Christiania University, for a legal career, but his studies ended in 1839 as a result of illness, and the next year he spent some time in Paris. Soon after his return his father and two siblings died and he took a job as editor at one of Oslo's main newspapers, Den Constitutionelle (1836–1847), where he worked until 1845.