Sven Allan Amandus Arefeldt, born ''Forsberg'' (29 December 1908 – 17 August 1956), was a Swedish musician, singer and composer. Arefeldt was born in

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, and spent parts of his youth in

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. He learned to play the

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at an early age, but soon switched to the

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. In 1924, at age 15, he formed the jazz orchestra TOGO (The Original Green Orchestra). From the late 1920s, Arefeldt played with several jazz orchestras in different music venues in Stockholm. He was one of Sweden's most famous jazz musicians throughout the 1930s. In 1937, Arefeldt started working for the record label Sonora. Inspired by

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, he started recording more comedic material and

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s from the 1940s onwards. He also hosted a popular

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, ''Sven Arefeldt leker på pianot'' ("Sven Arefeldt Plays With The Piano"). In the 1940s and 1950s, Arefeldt also wrote and arranged music to several films. Among Arefeldt's popular recordings include "I en roddbåt till Kina", "Hjärtats röst", "Tre små sillar" and "Jag fick en kyss till god natt". Arefeldt voiced the

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in the Swedish dub of the

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film ''

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'' (1951). Arefeldt died in Lindesberg, where he is also buried, at age 47 in 1956.

Selected filmography

* '' Unga hjärtan'' (1934) * ''

The Atlantic Adventure ''The Atlantic Adventure'' (Swedish: ''Atlantäventyret'') is a 1934 Swedish comedy film directed by Lorens Marmstedt and Edvin Adolphson and starring Birgit Tengroth, Valdemar Dalquist and Margit Manstad.Qvist & Von Bagh p.110 It was shot at t ...

'' (1934) * '' Det sägs på stan'' (1941) * '' Kungsgatan'' (1943) * '' Med flyg till sjunde himlen'' (1949) * '' Kvinnan som försvann'' (1949) * '' Flickan från tredje raden'' (1949) * ''

Knockout at the Breakfast Club ''Knockout at the Breakfast Club'' (Swedish: ''Stjärnsmäll i Frukostklubben'') is a 1950 Swedish comedy film directed by Gösta Bernhard and starring Sigge Fürst, Åke Söderblom and Irene Söderblom.Qvist & Von Bagh p.39 It was shot at the Ce ...

'' (1950) * ''

'' (1951) (voice)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Arefeldt, Sven 1908 births 1956 deaths Musicians from Stockholm Swedish male composers Swedish jazz musicians Swedish pianists 20th-century composers 20th-century Swedish male musicians 20th-century Swedish musicians