Ole Hjellemo

 
Ole Hjellemo (March 22, 1873 – September 18, 1938) was a Norwegian musician and composer.
Hjellemo was born in Dovre in Oppland county, Norway. He studied under Gudbrand Bøhn and Iver Holter. Hjellemo directed the Dombås Music Society from 1895 to 1906. From 1919 to 1932 he taught violin, harmony, and composition at the Oslo Conservatory of Music, and at the same time was a military musician with the rank of lieutenant in the military band. As a composer, he wrote five symphonies, several other symphonic works and rhapsodies, an award-winning quartet, a violin concerto, and many works for choir.
He lived in Oslo, traveling back to Dovre for his summer vacations, where he instructed the corps and built the foundation for what would later become the Dovre Fiddle Club. Works that he composed for the corps included "Norsk Rapsodi" (Norwegian Rhapsody), "Slått" (An Air) and "Fra Vågå" (From Vågå), some of which are still played. His composition "Slått" was played by the Norwegian Royal Guards band and drill company in 2002. He also released some roundels from the Gudbrand Valley that he recorded himself.
Hjellemo died in Oslo.