Evert Taube

Evert Taube

Born: March 12, 1890
Died: January 31, 1976
in Gothenburg, Sweden
Axel Evert Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.

Movies for Evert Taube...

Title: Evert! Evert! Evert!
Character: Himsel
Released: December 20, 2021
Type: TV
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The Apple War
Title: The Apple War
Character: Man on meadow (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1971
Type: Movie
A German businessman wants to buy land in southern Sweden for a gigantic amusement park, his new project called "Deutschneyland" (a wordplay of Deutschland and Disneyland). Some of the locals dislike the idea, including the magically talented Lindberg family, and work to frustrate the development plans.
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Almarna i Kungsträdgården
Title: Almarna i Kungsträdgården
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Depicts the Elm Conflict a.k.a. the Battle of the Elms, a dispute and public protest on 11-12 May 1971 at Kungsträdgården, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Evert och Sven-Bertil på Gröna Lund
Title: Evert och Sven-Bertil på Gröna Lund
Character: himself
Released: July 8, 1970
Type: Movie
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Blue Sea
Title: Blue Sea
Character: Himself
Released: January 30, 1956
Type: Movie
Lieutenants Johnny Waller and Ingvar Lund have been appointed captains of two torpedo boats.
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Kortfilmen om taxen
Title: Kortfilmen om taxen
Released: January 2, 1956
Type: Movie
Propaganda film for the CinemaScope format. Dachshund Piccolo is the speaker, Evert Taube participates.
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15 Minutes with Evert Taube
Title: 15 Minutes with Evert Taube
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Swedish writer and troubadour Evert Taube flips through his memory album, tells stories and sings.
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Sjösalavår
Title: Sjösalavår
Character: The Troubadour
Released: September 5, 1949
Type: Movie
The Troubadour sits at a rock beside his summerhouse Sjösala in the Stockholm archipelago. He is composing a new ballad, when his son Sven Bertil interrupts him, telling him that an angry man is knocking at their door. It is the creditor Andersson, coming with a new unpaid bill to be put on the top of all the other. The Troubadour is tired of all economical problems. It disturbs the peace he needs to be able to write new songs, and without new songs he cannot earn the money he needs to pay the bills. To get peace and inspiration for his writing, he makes a quick decision to go to Buenos Aires. By phone he persuades his publisher to prepay 7000 kronor for some future book. On the little ferry from the islands in the sea to Stockholm city the Troubadour is carried away by his imagination into the fictitious world of his main character Fritiof Andersson. Colorful scenes from various songs are enacted before his dreaming eyes. In Stockholm he spends the night at the inn Gyldene Freden. ...
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In the Arms of Roslagen
Title: In the Arms of Roslagen
Character: Himself
Released: August 20, 1945
Type: Movie
Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.
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Street Serenade
Title: Street Serenade
Released: November 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Chronicle about how a song came about. Three young people and an orchestra leader visit restaurants and reviews where music, dance and song numbers are performed by Evert Taube, Ulla Billquist, Gustav Wally, and Britt Nilsson.