Berndt Egerbladh

Berndt Egerbladh

Egerbladh in 1993
Background information
Birth name Berndt Erik Egerbladh
Born (1932-05-01)May 1, 1932
Sweden
Died March 2, 2004(2004-03-02) (aged 71)
Genres Jazz, entertainment

Berndt Erik Egerbladh (May 1, 1932 – March 2, 2004) was a Swedish jazz pianist, composer and television personality.

Biography

Egerbladh was born in Transtrand. He grew up in Umeå and performed in local jazz and dance orchestras. He graduated as a teacher 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 Västerbotten 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, amd 1950s, named for two TV series so titled along with one remembering the 1960s. He wrote the autobiographgical "... 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.

Han was the son of Ossian Egerbladh and Amy Egerbladh née Johansson (1900–1964) and an uncle of Birgitta Egerbladh. Berndt Egerbladh married Gund-Britt Gunnarsson in 1955 and had daughters Monica and Ewa.

He died in Sollentuna, Sweden.

Selected discography

Selected movie scores

Selected television

Bibliography

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