Fred Åkerström

Swedish musician and singer (1937–1985)

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Sweden
Active from: 1937
Active to: 1985

contemporary folkfolksinger-songwritervisa

Discography

Fred Åkerström sjunger Ruben Nilsson1963
Visor i närheten1965
Dagsedlar åt kapitalismen1967
Fred sjunger Bellman1969
Mera Ruben Nilsson1971
Två tungor1973
Glimmande nymf1975
Bananskiva1976
Vila vid denna källa1977
Sjöfolk och landkrabbor1978

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Listeners: 50,097
Total plays: 824,692

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swedishfolkproggpoliticalsvenskt

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

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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
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number of viewers/listeners: 2313850

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