Erik Nordgren

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Biography

Swedish composer, arranger and orchestra leader. Most notable is perhaps his close collaboration with film director a for whom he scored thirteen films. Born February , in Sireköpinge. Died March , in Västerhaninge.

  • Real name
  • Herman Erik Nordgren
  • Name variations
  • E. Nordgren
  • Primary profession
  • Composer·music_department·soundtrack
  • Country
  • Sweden
  • Nationality
  • Swedish
  • Gender
  • Male
  • Birth date
  • 13 February 1913
  • Death date
  • 1992-03-06
  • Death age
  • 79
  • Place of death
  • Västerhaninge
  • Education
  • Royal College of Music· Stockholm

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Composer, violinist, conductor and music teacher, a graduate of the Stockholm Royal Academy of Music. Nordgren served as music director at Svensk Filmindustri from 1952 to 1967, where he worked on most of Ingmar Bergmans early films (seventeen scores in total).

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