Johan Daniel Berlin Sheet Music
- Born: 12th May 1714
- Died: 4th November 1787
- Birthplace: Klaipėda, Lithuania
Johan Daniel Berlin was a Norwegian composer and organist, remembered as one of the founders of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. He was born in Memel (now Klaipėda, Lithuania). At the age of nineteen, he came to Copenhagen, starting out as an apprentice to the privileged town musician there, Andreas Berg. In 1737, he became the privileged town musician in Trondheim. In 1741, he became organist of the cathedral. In addition, he held the positions as captain of the fire brigade and inspector of the water-works, practiced as an architect, land-surveyor, artisan, constructor and maker of instruments, made series of meteorological, geomagnetic, and astronomical observations, and was for 38 years an active member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters.