Aksel Agerby
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Aksel Agerby (29 May 1889 – 20 March 1942) was a Danish composer, organist, and music administrator. He also operated his own music publishing company, which published both his work and those of others.
The majority of Agerby's work as a composer was written for keyboard instruments. His most enduring work, the melody for Jeg er havren, was one of many Danish folk songs that he created music for.[1][2]
Aksel Andersen was born in Viborg on 29 May 1889 to Christian Andersen (1848–1913) and Mette Marie Jensen (1858–1896). His father, Christian, was a cobbler at the time, though he later became an archivist. Aksel and his father changed their surname in 1905 from Andersen to Agerby.[1]
On 5 October 1923 Agerby married Astrid Sofie Louise Nielsen (1884–1946) in Copenhagen. He died on 20 March 1942 in Copenhagen.[1] He and his wife are buried at Solbjerg Park Cemetery.[3]
