Einar Fagstad (30 October 1899 – 19 February 1961) was a Norwegian–Swedish

accordion Accordions (from 19th-century German language, German ', from '—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a Reed (mou ...

ist,

singer Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

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and

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. Fagstad was born in

Lillehammer Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the munici ...

and began playing the

at the age of four. He trained as a painter and studied at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design () was established in 1818. In 1996, the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts (''Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo'', KHiO), along with the Norwegian National Academy of ...

(1916–1917). He was employed as an accompanist from 1923 by Ernst Rolf who produced a series of musical revues. Fagstad made his film debut in 1929 under the direction of

Gustaf Edgren Gustaf Edgren (1 April 1895 – 10 June 1954) was a prominent Swedish film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer who played a significant role in the development of Swedish cinema during the first half of the 20th century. His exten ...

(1895–1954) in Swedish movie '' Konstgjorda Svensson ''. Fagstad was married to

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

Gertie Löwenström (1898–1982). He died in

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Film music

* '' Skipper's Love'' (1931)

Selected filmography

* '' 40 Skipper Street'' (1925) * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * '' A Night of Love by the Öresund'' (1931) * '' Servant's Entrance'' (1932) * '' Love and Dynamite'' (1933) * '' Vi som går kjøkkenveien'' (1933) * '' Andersson's Kalle'' (1934) * '' Ryska snuvan'' (1937) * '' Valfångare'' (1939) * '' The Jazz Boy'' (1958) * '' The Koster Waltz'' (1958)

References

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