Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (born 10 May 1944) is a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby is mostly known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble

Nationalteatern Nationalteatern is a Swedish progg rock group from the 1970s that featured leftist political lyrics. It was originally a traveling theater ensemble with many members, most notably Ulf Dageby, Anders Melander, Totta Näslund, Nikke Ström, Hans Mo ...

. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special Achievement award.

Biography

He was born and grew up in

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, attended secondary school at Hvitfeldtska and early on his interest in music grew from jazz music, through

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to a more rock’n’roll oriented sound. He joined

in 1971 as guitar player and soon became the leading member when it came to writing the group's songs, such as "Barn av vår tid" (Children of Our Time) and "Bara om min älskade väntar", a Swedish translation of Bob Dylan's "

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". In 1975 Dageby appeared under the pseudonym "Sillstryparn" at the "Alternativfestival" – an alternative to the

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– performing "Doin the omoralisk schlagerfestival" ("Doin' the Immoral Schlager festival"). He was also one of the main songwriters in

Tältprojektet ''Tältprojektet'' – ''The Tent Project'' (Sweden, 1977) was a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country the summer of 1977 in a huge circus tent. The group included over 100 people, musici ...

(The Tent Project), a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country the summer of 1977. Dageby made his debut as a solo artist in 1983 with the album ''En dag på sjön''. In addition to his solo work and the many reunions with Nationalteatern, Dageby has written much music for Swedish film and television.

Discography

With Nationalteatern

*1972 – Ta det som ett löfte.....ta det inte som ett hot *1974 – Livet är en fest *1976 – Kåldolmar och Kalsipper *1977 (with Nynningen) – Vi kommer leva igen *1978 – Barn av vår tid *1979 – Rockormen *1980 – Rövarkungens ö *1991 – Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE *2006 – Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE

Solo albums

*1983 – En dag på sjön *1984 – Lata rika *1986 – Minnen från jorden *1989 – Känsliga soldater

Singles

*1981 – Togges Gossar; Barflickans Längtan/En Hälsning Till Våren *1984 – Mitt Hus Är Försvunnet!/Mitt Rum *1989 – Barn/Underbara Rum *1990 – Dansar/Dansar (på en söndag)

Compilations

*1992 – Neonskogen/soundtracks 79–92 *1995 – Underbara Rum *2002 – 18 sånger – en samling

Film music

*1979 – Ett anständigt liv *1985 – Själen är större än världen *1987 – Hotet *1989 – Täcknamn Coq Rouge *1993 – Rosenbaum. Målbrott *1997 – Beck *1997 – Beck – Mannen med ikonerna *1997 – Beck – Pensionat Pärlan *1997 – Slussen *1997 – Beck – Spår i mörker *1998 – Beck – The Money Man *1998 – Beck – Monstret *1998 – Beck – Vita nätter *1998 – Beck – Öga för öga *2001 – Kommissarie Winter – Sol och skugga *2003 – Om jag vänder mig om

References

External links

Official MySpaceNationalteatern's websiteNationalteaterns MySpace
1944 births Living people Swedish male musicians Swedish songwriters Musicians from Gothenburg {{Sweden-singer-stub