1. Evert Taube is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.
15 Facts About Evert Taube
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Evert Taube was born in 1890 in Gothenburg, and brought up on the island of Vinga, Vastergotland, where his father, Carl Gunnar Taube, a ship's captain, was the lighthouse keeper.
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Taube belongs to an untitled branch of the Baltic German noble Taube family, introduced at the Swedish House of Nobility in 1668 as noble family No 734.
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Contrary to widespread perceptions, Evert Taube did not work as a gaucho on the Pampas but as a foreman supervising workers who were digging canals designed to prevent flooding on the vast plains.
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Evert Taube is perhaps best known as a depictor of the idyllic, with motifs from the Swedish archipelagoes and from the Mediterranean, from a perspective every Swedish four-week holiday tourist could recognize.
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Evert Taube composed the anthem of the budding environmental movement in the 1970s, "Anglamark".
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Evert Taube collaborated with Astri Taube on "Vid tiden for Astri och Apollon: okanda dikter och berattelser", published in 1964.
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Evert Taube has been translated into English by Helen Asbury, Paul Britten Austin, Emily Melcher and others.
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Evert Taube's songs have been recorded in English by Roger Whittaker, Sven-Bertil Taube, Martin Best, Roger Hinchliffe and Emily Melcher.
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Evert Taube is the father of Sven-Bertil Evert Taube who is a well known musician and actor in Sweden.
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Evert Taube died in Stockholm and is buried on the churchyard of Maria Magdalena Church on Sodermalm.
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Evert Taube had a summer house called Sjosala, located in Stavsnas, which was burned down by Mona Wallen-Hjerpe in 1969.
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On his 60th birthday in 1950, Evert Taube received the Bellman Award from the Swedish Academy and in 1960 he received an honorary doctorate from University of Gothenburg.
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Evert Taube was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1970.
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Evert Taube is regarded as one of the finest troubadours in Sweden.