John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928 – 6 August 1986) was a
Swedish
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author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.
Career
Wolgers was born in
Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of forest ranger John Wolgers and Gerda (née Korsgren).
He attended
Germantown Friends School in
Philadelphia
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, United States from 1947 to 1948 and
Poppius journalistskola and
Otte Skölds målarskola from 1946 to 1947. Wolgers was a journalist at ''
Stockholms-Tidningen
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'' from 1960 to 1961.
Wolgers had also exhibits together with
Ernfrid Bogstedt
Oskar ''Ernfrid'' Bogstedt (January 8, 1908 – August 17, 1989) was a Swedish artist. Bogstedt had exhibits together with Beppe Wolgers.
He was related to the musician Stefan Bogstedt
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.
He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like "
Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "
Waltz for Debby", "
Dat Dere", "Eleanor Rigby", "
Take Five" and "
Bachianas brasileiras" no 5. He also made several books and films for children, and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 1968–74 and, as notable, the father of
Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. He died in
Östersund from a
peptic ulcer.
Personal life
Wolgers was married to Kerstin Dunér (born 1932), the daughter of radio inspector Osborn Dunér and his wife.
They had four children.
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1928 births
1986 deaths
Musicians from Stockholm
Swedish-language poets
Swedish songwriters
Swedish artists
Deaths from ulcers
20th-century poets
20th-century Swedish male actors
20th-century Swedish male writers
Germantown Friends School alumni