Aulin studied music at the
Royal College of Music in Stockholm (1877-1883) under and then in the
Conservatory of Berlin (1884-1886) with
Émile Sauret and
Philipp Scharwenka. From 1889 to 1892 Aulin served as concertmaster of the
Royal Swedish Opera in Stockholm. He went on to conduct the principal symphony orchestras of Stockholm and
Gothenburg. In 1887 he formed the Aulin Quartet, the first full-time professional quartet in Sweden. It gained an excellent reputation. It disbanded in 1912. Along with
Wilhelm Stenhammar, Aulin spearheaded a revival in interest in the work of
Franz Berwald, and as soloist he premiered some of Stenhammar's works for violin and orchestra. Aulin composed a number of
orchestral and
chamber music works, including a
violin sonata, three
violin concertos, an
orchestral suite, and many small pieces for the violin. His sister,
Laura Valborg Aulin, was a pianist and composer whose output included two string quartets, in F major and E minor, among other works. ==List of compositions==