Karen Jønsson (or Jönsson ) born Karen Sylvia Therese Pedersen (17 January 1909 – 2 December 1942) was a

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actress of Swedish descent. She was also a notable, gifted and popular singer, songwriter and composer. Throughout the 1930s she composed and recorded a number of catchy tunes and songs, often centered on her voice and refined stride-like piano playing, of which well over a handful still retain a certain recognition and popularity as evergreens, such as Hvorfor er Lykken så lunefuld, I Aften, Han kommer og banker, Din Melodi and

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. She also composed several filmscores, as well as a jazz rhapsody which was well received in Britain, all in between touring with her music and appearances on screen. She died at the age of 33. According to some sources the cause of death was

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(at that time still a serious disease before the emergence of penicillin), while others claim, it was an overdose of sleeping pills, and a possible

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.''Jakob Steen Olsen, 7 June 2009'
– Berlingske: Lykken der forsvandt
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Filmography

*'' Frøken Møllers jubilæum'' – 1937 *''

En fuldendt gentleman ''En fuldendt gentleman'' is a 1937 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast * Osvald Helmuth as Mortensen * Lau Lauritzen Jr. as Baron Henrik Falkenstjerne * Oda Pasborg as Bodil von Hauch * Karen Jønsson ...

'' – 1937 *'' Alarm'' – 1938 *''

I dag begynder livet ''I dag begynder livet'' is a 1939 Danish family film directed by Lau Lauritzen Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. Cast *Sigfred Johansen as Peter Sommer *Berthe Qvistgaard as Korpigen Vera Holm *Eigil Reimers as Danseinstruktør Børge Ravn *Bodil St ...

'' – 1939

References

External links

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Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon – Karen Jønsson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jonsson, Karen Danish film actresses 1909 births 1942 deaths Place of death missing 20th-century Danish actresses Deaths from pneumonia in Sweden Danish women singer-songwriters Danish singer-songwriters