Lasse Dahlquist
Lars Erik ("Lasse") Dahlquist (born 14 September 1910 in Örgryte (grew also up in Lidingö), died 14 October 1979 on Brännö, Gothenburg archipelago due to laryngeal cancer) was a Swedish composer, singer and actor. He was married to Inez Margareta Dahlquist, née Lindquist (1911–2004) from 1936 and they had a son; the saxophonist Robert "Bob" Dahlquist (2 September 1938–6 September 2005). On Saltholmen, at the terminal of the boats of Styrsjöbolaget, there is a place called Lasse Dahlquists Plats.
When he was a child, during the summers he was at his grandfather's farm Langegården on Brännö where he built his own home. He worked at Sven-Olof Sandberg's music publishment Svenska Noter and 1931 he bagan recording gramophone records. In 1977 he received the Evert Taube award.
Selected filmography
- Sista natten (1956)
- Örnungar (1944)
- Det är min musik (1942)
- Sjöcharmörer (1939)
- Styrman Karlssons flammor (1938)
- Skärgårdsflirt (1935)
- Pojkarna på Storholmen (1932)
- Muntra musikanter (1932)
Film music (selected)
- Örnungar (1944)
- Västkustens hjältar (1940)
- Vi på Solgläntan (1939)
- Sjöcharmörer (1939)
- Vi trumpetare (1938)
Famous songs written by Lasse Dahlquist
- De' ä' dans på Brännö brygga
- Oh boy oh boy oh boy
- Kom lella vän ska vi segla
- Gå upp och pröva dina vingar
- Hallå du gamle indian
- Morfar har berättat
- Stuvarevalsen
- Här dansar kustens glada kavaljer
- Charlie Truck Polka
- Jolly Bob från Aberdeen