Einar Fagstad
Einar Fagstad (30 October 1899 in Lillehammer – 19 February 1961 in Göteborg) was a Norwegian–Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer. [1]
Fagstad began playing accordion aged four. He trained as a painter and studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (1916–1917). He was employed as an accompanist from 1923 by Ernst Rolf who produced a series of musical revues. Fagstad made his film debut in 1929 under the direction of Gustaf Edgren (1895–1954) in Swedish movie Konstgjorda Svensson .[2] [3][4]
Fagstad was married to actress Gertie Löwenström (1898–1982). [5]
Film music[edit]
- Skipper's Love (1931)
Selected filmography[edit]
- 40 Skipper Street (1925)
- Ship Ahoy! (1931)
- A Night of Love by the Öresund (1931)
- Servant's Entrance (1932)
- Love and Dynamite (1933)
- Vi som går kjøkkenveien (1933)
- Andersson's Kalle (1934)
- Ryska snuvan (1937)
- Valfångare (1939)
- The Jazz Boy (1958)
- The Koster Waltz (1958)
References[edit]
- ^ "Einar Fagstad". Norsk Kunstnerleksikon. 20 February 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Einar Fagstad". Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Ernst Rolf". Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gustaf Edgren". Svensk Filmdatabas. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gertie Löweström". IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
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Categories:
- Norwegian accordionists
- 20th-century Norwegian male singers
- 20th-century Norwegian singers
- Norwegian male composers
- Norwegian male film actors
- Norwegian male silent film actors
- 20th-century Norwegian male actors
- Swedish accordionists
- Swedish male singers
- Swedish male film actors
- Swedish male silent film actors
- 20th-century Swedish male actors
- Swedish male composers
- Musicians from Lillehammer
- 1899 births
- 1961 deaths
- 20th-century composers
- 20th-century accordionists