Knut Wiggen

Knut Wiggen (1927– 2016) was a Norwegian-Swedish composer. Wiggen was head of the Fylkingen in Sweden (1959–69) After being raised in Trondheim, Wiggen settled in Stockholm. He studied piano with , Hans Leygraf, and Robert Riefling, before arriving at Darmstadt where he attended composition studies under Karl-Birger Blomdahl and was associated with both Darmstadtskolen and Pierre Schaeffer.

Fylkingen In 1959, he was elected president of Fylkingen. Wiggen started trying to create new connections between art, music and technology, including in collaboration with Moderna Museet, where Pontus Hultén just had become leader.

EMS studio In 1963 he started a small electroacoustic studio in ABF's premises in Stockholm The studio continued under the auspices of Swedish Radio until 1969, when it separated to become its own entity. There is now only five original compositions of those Wiggen created with MusicBox in 1971, to be heard. Due to the conflict, Wiggen left EMS in 1975 and moved back to Norway, where he removed all the documentation of MUSICBOX.

Wiggen was married to Aina Karine Wiggen until 1952, and from 1962 to 1967 with the artist Ulla Wiggen (b. 1942).

Honors 2003: 'Studio Wiggen' was created by NOTAM in Oslo 2009: Awarded Honorary Membership of the Norsk Komponistforening (NKF) 2010: Kongens fortjenstmedalje in silver