The Hootenanny Singers are a popular folk group from Västervik, Sweden, founded in 1961. The group included Björn Ulvaeus, who later became a member of ABBA. Other band members were Johan Karlberg, Tonny Rooth and Hansi Schwarz. The group was named "The Northern Lights" for a US-released LP in 1966.
Taube is a surname. It may refer to:
Axel Evert Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.
Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained international fame through her collaborative album with Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby.
Sven-Bertil Gunnar Evert Taube was a Swedish singer and actor. Internationally, he was perhaps better known for his acting career. Taube played Henrik Vanger in the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and the lead role in Puppet on a Chain.
The Apple War is a 1971 Swedish comedy-drama film directed by Tage Danielsson, starring Gösta Ekman, Hans Alfredsson, Tage Danielsson, Monica Zetterlund and Max von Sydow. The political theme of the film is the battle between nature on the one hand and commercialisation and industrialisation on the other set to exploit and ultimately destroy land and natural resources. The film can also be seen as an early criticism of globalisation as it depicts foreign, and large scale, capitalist investors and entrepreneurs as exploiters working side by side with domestic, small scale, capitalists.
The Scandinavian ballad tradition is the tradition of Scandinavian poetic singer-songwriters. Within the tradition, the Swedish ballad tradition has been particularly influential, but the tradition also exists in the other Scandinavian countries. This visa tradition should not be confused with traditional "medieval" Swedish ballads, which are representative of a typical tradition of Scandinavian ballads.
Albert Engström (1869–1940) was a Swedish artist, author and member of the Swedish Academy from 1922.
Michael Saxell is a singer-songwriter, composer, lyricist, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden but has spent many years on the Canadian west coast. He composed music for the Colin Nutley movie Änglagård – andra sommaren and for the soundtrack of Blådårar.
Aino Regina Taube was a Swedish film and theatre actress. She appeared in 50 films between 1931 and 1988.
The Jazz Boy is a 1958 Swedish musical film directed by Hasse Ekman and starring Ekman, Maj-Britt Nilsson, Elof Ahrle and Georg Funkquist. The film was an attempt to make a nostalgical cavalcade of the Swedish entertainment scene of the 1920s and 1930s, and featured many songs from that era. The film's sets were designed by the art director P.A. Lundgren.
Cornelis sjunger Taube is the fifth studio album by Swedish-Dutch folk singer-songwriter Cornelis Vreeswijk. This album is homage to Evert Taube (1890–1976), author, artist, composer and singer.
Emil Norlander (1865-1935) was a Swedish journalist, author, songwriter and producer of musical revues.
Sjösala vals is a Swedish waltz written in 1941 at Rejmyre by Evert Taube. It was recorded by Sven-Olof Sandberg in 1941 as B-side to his single Flicka från Backafall. It was published in Sjösalaboken in 1942 during the World War II, Taube wanted to "besjunga skönheten och glädjen som kriget hotar att förgöra". It is a famous sing-along song in Sweden.
Fritiof och Carmencita, also called Samborombón, is a 1937 Swedish song written by Evert Taube, published in the 1937 songbook Evert Taubes bästa. The song is about Fritiof Andersson who rides to Samborombón where he dances tango with the pretty girl Carmencita at an inn. He asks her to marry him but she refuses, saying she will soon marry another man.
Carl Fredrik Mauritz von Schewen was a Swedish landowner. He is best known as inspiration character in Evert Taube's song "Calle Schewens vals". He had a summer house at Håtö Svansar in the Stockholm archipelago, and there the members of Pelarorden, which he also was a member of, gathered. He played himself in the film I Roslagens famn.
Den svenska sångboken is a 1997 Swedish book with 331 songs, written by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It was followed by the 1999 book Barnens svenska sångbok.
Barnens svenska sångbok is a 1999 Swedish song book by Anders Palm and Johan Stenström. It follows the 1997 song book Den svenska sångboken and is followed by the 2009 song book Evert Taube – Sångboken.
Inga-Britt Margareta Fredholm was a Swedish secretary, archivist and author. She spent more than ten years serving as Evert Taube’s literary secretary, both in Sweden and abroad. She collected and edited Taube's stories for Bonniers' and contributed a total of twenty pieces of work on the national poet.
Martin Bagge is a Swedish musician and composer known for his interpretations of Carl Michael Bellman's songs.
