Jacob Bergqvist

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Role

Writer

Date of birth

04/27/1887

Date of death

12/21/1959

Place of birth

Lund, Sweden

Jacob Bergqvist

Biography

Law student from Lund University and civil servant within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, who in addition had a prolific career as writer (and sometimes director) of revues, farces and pop tune lyrics, mainly during the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s. Introduced Carl Brisson to Swedish audiences and wrote the lyrics to some of Zarah Leander's earliest recorded work.

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