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I strongly recommend the BIS recording with "the new Stenhammar" qt. Starting their series with nos 3 and 4.
Krister

Hi!

In this forum there has been topics dealing with the chamber music of Ludvig Norman.
The number of quartets and their numbering is often debated. 
Information is available here: http://www.levandemusikarv.se/tonsattare/norman-ludvig/.

Quartet No 1 (op19?) is probably lost. The other quartets are to a certain extent available. The manuscripts reside in the Swedish Music Library.

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Then, he also wrote a really beatiful string quintet op. 35, just after his depressing divorce from Wilma (later to become Lady Halle).
Therefore the music is regarded to be of a certain depth. It is really good. Facsimile printing available at Merton Music (and hence imslp.)

Even larger is the string sextet opus 18. I have made a fair version of it, and performed it with friends, eventually  I will go back to it and
do a good revision. It might be possible for me to have it published. (after say 200 h or so work). I believe there is a pretty new
recording at Swe Broadcasting Org. I haven´t heard it myself, I believe the recording ensemble was Stockholms Stråksextett with leader
David Björkman.

It might be hard to the convince publishers though. I discovered the string sextet because it was on the same micro film as the

String octet op. 30. That I managed to do a fair edition of. My friend Theo Wyatt agreed on print at Merton Music. So now it is public domain at imslp.
It is defintily a great piece of music to add to the small repertoire of string octets.

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And good news: The piano sextet op. 29 of Norman is now available in print. A new edition is published here:
Musikaliska konstföreningen, ed. Krister Persson (2012), ISMN 979-0-9006069-5-2
www.musikaliskakonstforeningen.se

There exists at least two recordings at Swe Broadcasting Corp.

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Six quartets, one quintet, one sextet for strings and two Piano trios, one quartet and one sextet I believe is the grand total of chamber music
with more than two players. Norman is well worth of reviving.

Krister Persson

Hi!

That's right. I myself consider the Stenhammar F Minor quartet less rewarding. It is interesting though that he wrote it at the same time as Nos 2 and 3.
There was a series of swedish string quartets broadcasted in Swedish radio, and they made a recording for documentary purposes. I have had the opportunity
to listen to that recording privilege to talk to the leader of the Crafoord Quartet, Gert Crafoord.

What strikes me is Stenhammar's obvious admiration for Beethoven. But is not plagiarism; Stenhammar uses the inspiration and creates something of his own.
He wasn't satisfied with the F Minor qt though. Still you find signs of Stenhammar (rising sixth and a decending scale afterwards for example).

Krister Persson

I'm not working at the Music Library of Sweden, though.
I know Theo Wyatt at Merton Music, who by the way is a true hero regarding unsung music.
He was my first choice publishing the quartet, which I edited just for fun, and because
Stenhammar didn't destroy it. It is not bad, but not as good as the other six quartets.

This is a great forum.

The publisher is Abr(aham) Hirsch. They published 6 of Lindblad's quartets and numbered them 1-6. The engraver was Röder.

/Krister Persson

great forum btw!