Paavo Allan Engelbert Berglund, born April 14, 1929 in Helsinki, Finland, was a Finnish conductor and violinist. He studied violin at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and played in the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. In 1949 he founded his own chamber orchestra and in 1953 co-founded the Helsinki Chamber Orchestra. He became a conductor with the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra in 1956 and served as its chief conductor from 1962 to 1972, later becoming music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra from 1975 to 1980. Internationally, Berglund served as principal conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra from 1965 to 1979 and principal guest conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra from 1981 to 1985. Renowned for his interpretations of Jean Sibelius, he recorded three complete Sibelius symphony cycles as well as the premiere recording of the Kullervo symphony. Berglund died in Helsinki on January 25, 2012.
