Eyvind Johan-Svendsen's father was the Norwegian composer and conductor Johan Svendsen, who was Principal Conductor at the Det Kongelige Teater from 1883 to 1908, and his mother was Juliette Haase.
His younger son from this marriage was the famous Danish actor Eyvind Johan-Svendsen (1896–1946).
Her father, a well-off industrialist, refused her wish to study at the Royal Conservatory in Copenhagen and in the end she took private composition lessons from Johan Svendsen, Fini Henriques and Carl Nielsen.
Johan Christian Fabricius | Johan Galtung | Johan Petter Johansson | Johan Norberg | Johan Niclas Byström | Johan Museeuw | Johan Henric Kellgren | Johan de Witt | Svendsen | Johan Jeremiassen | Johan Gunnar Andersson | Johan Cruyff | Johan Bojer | Nils Johan Berlin | Johan Wohlert | Johan Vande Lanotte | Johan Svendsen | Johan Reinhard | Johan Jakobsson | Johan Ferrier | Johan Falkberget | Johan de Meij | Johan Banér | Ole-Johan Dahl | Lars Johan Hierta | Johan van Oldenbarnevelt | Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science | Johan Martin Preisler | Johan Lundbye | Johan Hultin |
1999: Bull, Halvorsen, Grieg, Sinding, Svendsen: Norwegian Violin Favourites (Naxos Music), with «Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra», conductor: Bjarte Engeset
The old Freemasons Lodge in Oslo was renovated in 1989, but housed similar events in Christiania throughout the 19th century attended by some of Norway's most famous composers and artists - such as Edvard Grieg, Halfdan Kjerulf, Johan Svendsen, etc.