Elof Gösta Harry "Hagge" Geigert, née Johansson, (30 June 1925 – 14 February 2000) was a Swedish revue-writer, theater director, television entertainer, author, journalist and debater.
He was born in Lerdal,
Dalsland
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, Sweden. In television he participated in several entertainment-topic shows. In 1958 he presented ''Måndagsposten'' on
SVT, in 1975 he presented the talk show ''Gäst hos Hagge'', amongst his guests were
Lill-Babs,
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
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,
Agnetha Fältskog and
Anita Ekberg
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.
During several years he wrote columns for ''
Göteborgs-Posten'', several of his columns was re-published in the book ''Hagge på hugget'' in 1990.
Between 1965 and 1997, he was leader of the Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg, where he would direct and participate in as a yearly tradition.
He was awarded the
Illis quorum
''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society.
The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gust ...
in 1998.
Geigert died in
Gothenburg
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in 2000.
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1925 births
2000 deaths
Swedish actors
Recipients of the Illis quorum
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