1. Sven-Bertil Gunnar Evert Taube was a Swedish singer and actor.
19 Facts About Sven-Bertil Taube
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Sven-Bertil Taube performed in concerts on Swedish radio while a student at the Royal Beskow School in Stockholm.
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Sven-Bertil Taube graduated in 1954 from the Cherry Lawn School in Darien, Connecticut.
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In 1969, Sven-Bertil Taube moved to London where he was active in British theatre.
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Sven-Bertil Taube belonged 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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Sven-Bertil Taube died in London on 11 November 2022, aged 87.
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Sven-Bertil Taube released his first album in 1954; it included a cover of one of his father's songs.
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Sven-Bertil Taube has since released many albums which include songs written by his father.
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Several of his most well-known versions of Evert Sven-Bertil Taube songs come from albums recorded in the 1970s, but he recorded more of them at later stages, including his 2007 album Alderville Road.
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Sven-Bertil Taube recorded songs from both Fredman's Epistles and Fredman's Songs by the popular Swedish 18th-century songwriter Carl Michael Bellman.
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Goran Forsling wrote that Sven-Bertil Taube helped to start "a new era in Bellman interpretation around 1960", like Fred Akerstrom giving the songs "a hitherto unheard earthbound realism".
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Sven-Bertil Taube recorded work by the poet Nils Ferlin, whose poems were mostly put to music by Lille Bror Soderlundh.
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Sven-Bertil Taube recorded an album with songs by the Swedish songwriter and musician Ulf Peder Olrog, one with Swedish translations of songs by French songwriter Leo Ferre, and one with Swedish translations of songs by Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.
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In 2015, Sven-Bertil Taube took part in Sa mycket battre, a reality show broadcast on TV4 in which musical artists attempt to make their own version of other artists' well-known songs.
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Sven-Bertil Taube started an acting career that took him to London, where he performed in theater and musicals, notably as Prince Albert in I and Albert.
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Sven-Bertil Taube won a role on the television series Upstairs, Downstairs.
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Sven-Bertil Taube starred in the Swedish film version of Stieg Larsson's novel, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, in the role of Henrik Vanger.
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The film was awarded the Best Film, and Sven-Bertil Taube was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor award, at the 45th Guldbagge Awards.
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In 2005, Sven-Bertil Taube took part in the first season of Stjarnorna pa slottet on Sveriges Television, where he discussed his long career.