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Mats Wendt ( born in 1965 ) is a Swedish classical composer and artist . His best known work internationally is Eddan - the invincible sword of the elf - smith , a 16 - hour - long `` cybersymphonic '' work on Norse mythology according to Viktor Rydberg . Five hours from Eddan was performed in Bayreuth 2003 during the annual Wagner festspiele , in Wahnfried , Wagner ' s former home , now the Richard Wagner museum . Wendt is also the originator of `` cybersymphony '' , a concept for transferring the symphony orchestra to computers and by this create a super instrument that is independent of development of hard and software . Bavaria is a federal state of ___MASK30___ . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), Bavaria is the largest German state . Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of ___MASK30___ , and , with 12 . 9 million inhabitants , it is ___MASK30___ ' s second most populous state . Munich , Bavaria ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in ___MASK30___ . Djursholm is one of four suburban districts in , and the seat of Danderyd Municipality , Stockholm County , ___MASK86___ . Djursholm is included in the multi - municipal Stockholm urban area . Djursholm is divided into a number of different areas - Djursholms Ekeby ( northwest ), Svalnäs ( northeast ), Ösby ( central ), Berga ( southwest ) and Gamla Djursholm (' Old Djursholm ', southeast ). The Bayreuth Festival is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth , ___MASK30___ , at which performances of operas by the 19th - century German composer Richard Wagner are presented . Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works , in particular his monumental cycle "" and " Parsifal ". The Franconian Jura is an upland in Bavaria , ___MASK30___ . Located between two rivers , the Danube in the south and the Main in the north , its peaks reach elevations of up to and it has an area of some 7053 . 8 km . Jönköping is a city in southern ___MASK86___ with 93 , 797 inhabitants ( 2015 ). Jönköping is situated at the southern end of ___MASK86___ ' s second largest lake , Vättern , in the province of Småland . The Swedish Academy , founded in 1786 by King Gustav III , is one of the Royal Academies of ___MASK86___ . It is known for making the annual decision on who will be the laureate for the Nobel Prize in Literature , awarded in memory of the donor Alfred Nobel . The Christianization of Scandinavia took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries . The realms of Scandinavia proper , ___MASK28___ , ___MASK50___ and ___MASK86___ , established their own Archdioceses , responsible directly to the Pope , in 1104 , 1154 and 1164 , respectively . The conversion to Christianity of the Scandinavian people required more time , since it took additional efforts to establish a network of churches . The Sami remained unconverted until the 18th century . Scandinavian folklore or Nordic folklore is the folklore of ___MASK50___ , ___MASK86___ , Finland , Denmark , Iceland and the Faroe Islands . Abraham Viktor Rydberg ( 18 December 1828 in Jönköping21 September 1895 in Djursholm ) was a Swedish ___MASK47___ and a member of the Swedish Academy , 1877  1895 . " Primarily a classical idealist ", Viktor Rydberg has been described as " ___MASK86___ ' s last Romantic " and by 1859 was " generally regarded in the first rank of Swedish novelists ." Norse mythology is the body of mythology of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period . The northernmost extension of Germanic mythology , Norse mythology consists of tales of various deities , beings , and heroes derived from numerous sources from both before and after the pagan period , including medieval manuscripts , archaeological representations , and folk tradition . Germanic mythology consists of the body of myths native to the ___MASK72___ . Commonly featuring narratives focused on Germanic deities and a large variety of other entities , Germanic mythology dates from the Proto - Germanic period and reaches beyond the Christianization of the ___MASK72___ and into modern Germanic folklore . Germanic mythology includes Norse mythology , Anglo - Saxon mythology , and Continental Germanic mythology . The Red Main is a river in southern ___MASK30___ . It is the southern , left headstream of the River Main . It rises in the hills of Franconian ___MASK77___ , near Haag and flows generally northwest through the towns Creußen , Bayreuth , Heinersreuth and Neudrossenfeld . It merges with the White Main near Kulmbach to form the Main . The Red Main is long and descends a total of . Bayreuth is a sizeable town in northern Bavaria , ___MASK30___ , on the Red Main river in a valley between the Franconian Jura and the Fichtelgebirge Mountains . The town ' s roots date back to 1194 . In the early 21st century , it is the capital of Upper Franconia and has a population of 72 , 576 ( 2009 ). It is world - famous for its annual Bayreuth Festival , at which performances of operas by the 19th - century German composer Richard Wagner are presented . Upper ___MASK80___ is a " Regierungsbezirk " ( administrative [" Regierungs "] region [" bezirk "]) of the state of Bavaria , southern ___MASK30___ . It forms part of the historically significant region of ___MASK80___ (" See also : Middle ___MASK80___ and Lower ___MASK80___ "), all now part of the German Federal State of Bayern (" Bavaria ").