| Sumario: | The article focuses on Olof Åhlström, a Swedish musician during the Gustavian period. Olof's immortality is attributed by the author to the publication of Bellman's "Fredmans epistlar" and "Fredman sånger." Åhlström was an organist at Mariakyrkan in Stockholm, Sweden and composer of chamber music, theater music, and songs at Jakobskyrkan, also in Sweden. As a composer and publisher, Åhlström understood the potential market beyond the bookstalls where selling music was done. The author highlighted Olof's entrepreneurial skills which helped him acquire a monopoly on printing music. He published two musical journals and one of them was "Musikaliskt tidsfordrif" which appeared in 59 issues from 1789 to 1834.
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