Einar Fagstad

Einar Fagstad (30 October 1899 in Lillehammer – 19 February 1961 in Göteborg) was a Norwegian–Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer.

Fagstad began playing accordion aged four. He trained as a painter and studied at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (1916–1917). He was employed as an accompanist from 1923 by Ernst Rolf who produced a series of musical revues. Fagstad made his film debut in 1929 under the direction of Gustaf Edgren (1895–1954) in Swedish movie Konstgjorda Svensson .

Fagstad was married to actress Gertie Löwenström (1898–1982).

Film music

Skipper's Love (1931)

Selected filmography

40 Skipper Street (1925) Ship Ahoy! (1931) A Night of Love by the Öresund (1931) Servant's Entrance (1932) Love and Dynamite (1933) Vi som går kjøkkenveien (1933) Andersson's Kalle (1934) Ryska snuvan (1937) Valfångare (1939) The Jazz Boy (1958) The Koster Waltz (1958)

References

Norwegian accordionists

20th-century Norwegian male singers

20th-century Norwegian singers

Norwegian male composers

Norwegian male film actors

Norwegian male silent film actors

20th-century Norwegian male actors

Swedish accordionists

Swedish male singers

Swedish male film actors

Swedish male silent film actors

20th-century Swedish male actors

Swedish male composers

Musicians from Lillehammer

1899 births

1961 deaths

20th-century composers

20th-century accordionists