Berndt Erik Egerbladh (May 1, 1932 – March 2, 2004) was a

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, composer and

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personality.

Biography

Egerbladh was born in

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. He grew up in

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and performed in local jazz and dance orchestras. He graduated as a

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in 1954 and 1959, worked as such 1955–1967 and completed his education as a TV producer in 1969. He was a producer at Swedish Radio's Channel 4 för

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1967–1969, at Channel 2 television 1969–1985 and worked for SVT as a producer also hosting programs such as ''Två och en flygel (Two and a Grand Piano)''. He also published books, ''Remembering the 1940s'' and ''Remembering the 1950s'', named for two TV series so titled along with one remembering the 1960s. He wrote the autobiographical ''"... och så tog Berndt bladet från munnen" (... and Then Berndt Spoke Out''). From 1985 he ran his own record companies "Green Records" and "Berndt Egerbladh produktion AB". Egerbladh also wrote, arranged and performed on Doris Svensson's record ''Did You Give the World Some Love Today Baby'' in 1970. He was the son of Ossian Egerbladh and Amy Egerbladh née Johansson (1900–1964) and an uncle of Birgitta Egerbladh. Berndt Egerbladh married Gunn-Britt Gunnarsson in 1955 and had daughters Monica and Ewa. He died in Sollentuna, Sweden.

Discography

*''Fanfar'' 1962 *''Schizo'' 1964 *''But When I Started to Play'' 1966 *''Plays the Organ with a Swing'' 1968 *''Snövit Och Dom Sju Dvärgarna - En popmusical'' 1973 *''Nybyggarland'' 1973 *'' Kristallen den fina'' 1974 *''African Suite'' 1975 *''Var mig nära'' 1975 *''Ja visst gör det ont'' 1976 *''As time goes by'' 1984 with Palle Danielsson andh Johan Norberg *''Live at Borgholm Strand ''1985 *''A Boy Full of Thoughts'' 1989 *''Twosome'' 1992-1996 *''Night pieces'' 1992 *''Mousse au Chocolat'' 2001 *''Sweet & Lovely'' 2002

Selected movie scores

*1971 '' Exponerad'' *1973 ''Håll alla dörrar öppna'' *1975 '' A Guy and a Gal'' *1975 ''

Pojken med guldbyxorna ''Pojken med guldbyxorna'' (''"The Boy with the Golden Trousers"'') is a 1975 Swedish TV series, based on a 1967 novel by Max Lundgren, that became very popular in Sweden and has since been shown numerous times on Swedish television. The version ...

'' *1979 ''Gå på vattnet om du kan'' *1981 '' Peter No-Tail''

Selected television

*1974-1990 - '' Två och en flygel'' *1989 - '' Jag minns mitt 40-tal'' *1988 - '' Jag minns mitt 50-tal'' *1993 - '' Jag minns mitt 60-tal''

Bibliography

*Egerbladh, Berndt (1991). Jag minns mitt 40-tal. Höganäs: Bra böcker. *Egerbladh, Berndt (1992). Jag minns mitt 50-tal. Höganäs: Bra böcker.

References

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: Svensk biografisk handbok 1999'', Ed. Elisabeth Gafvelin, Kunskapsförlaget P. A. Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1998 ISSN 0347-3341 s. 251
''Berndt Egerbladh - pianist, organist, kompositör, producent och programledare i television och radio''
from Orkesterjournalen

External links

Berndt Egerbladh
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