Carl Bertil Agnestig (né Andersson; 7 March 1924 – 14 July 2019) was a Swedish music teacher and composer. He was son to engineer Anders Ruben (Andersson) Agnestig (1897–1982) and Karin, ''née'' Grahn (1904–1990). The family came to Byarums parish in

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in 1928, and finally settled in

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in 1930. Agnestig graduated Master in Education in Music from the

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in 1946. He became music teacher at

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's music school in 1947, at Nacka music school 1948, director of studies 1959, and temporary principal in 1966. He was union secretary at the Swedish Association of Municipal Music Instructors (RSM) in 1959, member of the cooperation committee for the music educator association from 1962 and of the

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council in 1966. He is known for music-instruction books and has written several songs, one of the more well-known is '' Adventstid''. He's represented in

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with two works, (nr 214 b and

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). Carl-Bertil Agnestig was married for a time with Alfhild Kerstin Linnéa Burman (1920–2010) before he married Agneta Åkerfeldt (born 1932). Agnestig has two sons.

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1924 births 2019 deaths Swedish composers Swedish male composers Swedish Christian hymnwriters People from Ljusdal Municipality {{DEFAULTSORT:Agnestig, Carl Bertil