After years of discussion and preparations the Hugo Alfvén room was finally inaugurated in December 1999.

The reason for a Hugo Alfvén room in the prestigious Grand Hotel, which is the home of the Nobel prize laureates each December is recorded on a plate with the text:

The Hugo Alfvén Room
In this place with the address Blasieholmshamnen 8 lived Lotten and Anders Alfvén when their fourth child, Hugo, was born in 1872. He became one of Sweden's best known composers. Among his works are The Midsummer Vigil, the five symphonies, the ballet The Mountain King, the Gustav II Adophus suite containing the wellknown Elegy, Festival Piece, many cantatas, innumerable art songs, choral pieces and arrangements. He held the position as director musices at Uppsala University 1910-39. As a conductor he mostly presented his own works and as a choral director he led the male student choir Orphei Drängar 1910-47 besides the mixed choir Siljanskören 1904-57. He died in Falun in 1960.