Anfinn Øien

Anfinn Hans August Øien (March 29, 1922 − November 12, 2018) was a Norwegian organist and music teacher.

Øien was born in Aurskog, and grew up on the Øien farm until he moved to Oslo in 1939 for upper secondary education. He studied at the Oslo Conservatory of Music and under the organist Finn Viderø in Copenhagen. He started teaching at the Oslo Conservatory of Music in 1966 and served as its head from 1969 to 1973. and he published a popular book on music theory. He set 16 hymns by Per Lønning to music in 2000, published by Cantando music publishers in Stavanger, and one of them was adopted as a new city song of Oslo.

Øien resided at Blommenholm between 1968 and 2002, when he moved back to Aurskog.

Publications Andreasmesse, en generasjonsgudstjeneste (St. Andrew's Fair, a Worship Service for Youth; booklet and CD, 2000). Hymns by Svein Ellingsen. Harmonilære: funksjonell harmonikk i homofon sats (Harmony: Functional Harmony and Homophonic Theory; 1975)