What is John Persen?
[[File:John Persen.jpg|thumb|John Persen in 2000]] '''John Persen''' (9 November 1941 &ndash; 12 December 2014) was a [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] [[composer]]. He was born in [[Porsanger]], Norway. He was the son-in-law of [[Finn Strømsted]]. He was awarded Lindemanprisen in 1999, and [[Edvardprisen]] twice, and was awarded honorary membership of the [[Norwegian Society of Composers]].<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Persen |first= |last= |encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]] |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/John_Persen |language=Norwegian|accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> Persen died in [[Oslo]], Norway, aged 73.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|title=John Persen |encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|first=Halvor |last=Fjermeros |authorlink= |editor=[[Knut Helle|Helle, Knut]]|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/John_Persen/utdypning |language=Norwegian |accessdate=17 December 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Persen, John}} [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:Norwegian composers]] {{bio-stub}}