Einar Fagstad

Einar Fagstad (30 October 1899 – 19 February 1961) was a Norwegian–Swedish accordionist, singer, actor and composer. ^[1]

Fagstad was born in Lillehammer and began playing the accordion at the age of 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 .^{[2] [3][4]}

Fagstad was married to actress Gertie Löwenström (1898–1982). He died in Gothenburg.

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