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Fred Åkerström
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Film & TV
Known for
- Cornelis - Dokumentären — Himself (archive footage)1997
- Darkness and Bilberries — Helfeten1980
- The Elephant Walk — The helpless father1979
- Nisse och Greta1975
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- Listeners
- 50,097
- Total plays
- 824,692
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Fred Åkerström (27 January 1937 - 9 August 1985) was a Swedish singer particularly noted for his interpretations of Bellman's music, and his own work of the typically Swedish song segment named visa. These songs, visor, are traditionally very narrative and the performance is "acted" to some degree. The singer is in context a vissångare, a troubadour's character. On surface level, Åkerström came to be noted for his actor's interpreations of Bellman's 18th century material, and his unusual ability
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Sweden
- Place of birth
- Stockholm
- Place of death
- Karlskrona
- Child
- CajsaStina Åkerström
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Languages spoken
- Swedish
- Instrument
- guitar
- Image
- Fred Åkerström 11 mars 1968 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1937-01-27
- date of death
- 1985-08-09
- place of burial
- Norra begravningsplatsen
- date of burial or cremation
- 1985-09-27
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- Commons category
- Fred Åkerström
- described by source
- OpenStreetMap
- number of viewers/listeners
- 2313850
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