Elof Gösta Harry "Hagge" Geigert (born Johansson; 30 June 1925 – 14 February 2000) was a Swedish revue-writer, theater director, television entertainer, author, journalist and debater.

Biography

He was born in Lerdal,

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, Sweden. In television he participated in several entertainment-topic shows. In 1958 he presented ''Måndagsposten'' on SVT, in 1975 he presented the talk show ''Gäst hos Hagge'', among his guests were

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and Anita Ekberg. During several years he wrote columns for ''

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'', several of his columns was re-published in the book ''Hagge på hugget'' in 1990. Between 1965 and 1997, he was leader of the Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg, where he would direct and participate in as a yearly tradition. He was awarded the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It") is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gusta ...

in 1998. Geigert died in

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in 2000.

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* 1925 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Swedish male actors Recipients of the Illis quorum People from Färgelanda Municipality Male actors from Västra Götaland County {{Sweden-bio-stub