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Erik Nordgren(1913-1992)

  • Composer
  • Music Department
  • Sound Department
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Erik Nordgren
Erik Nordgren was born on 13 February 1913 in Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden. He was a composer, known for Wild Strawberries (1957), The Seventh Seal (1957) and The Virgin Spring (1960). He died on 6 March 1992 in Västerhaninge, Haninge, Stockholms län, Sweden.
BornFebruary 13, 1913
DiedMarch 6, 1992(79)
BornFebruary 13, 1913
DiedMarch 6, 1992(79)
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Known for

Wild Strawberries (1957)
Wild Strawberries
8.1
  • Composer
  • 1957
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal
8.1
  • Composer
  • 1957
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Virgin Spring
8.0
  • Composer
  • 1960
Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margit Carlqvist, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ulla Jacobsson in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night
7.7
  • Composer
  • 1955

Credits

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Composer

  • Victor Seastrom (1981)
    Victor Seastrom
    6.8
    • Composer (segments "Trots", "Smultronstället")
    • 1981
  • The Emigrants (1971)
    The Emigrants
    8.0
    • Composer
    • 1971
  • Here Is Your Life (1966)
    Here Is Your Life
    7.3
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Människors möte (1966)
    Människors möte
    5.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1966
  • Som ringar på vattnet (1965)
    Som ringar på vattnet
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • 4 x 4 (1965)
    4 x 4
    6.6
    • Composer (segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet")
    • 1965
  • Interlude in the Marshland (1965)
    Interlude in the Marshland
    7.0
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1965
  • Klänningen (1964)
    Klänningen
    5.8
    • Composer
    • 1964
  • All These Women (1964)
    All These Women
    5.4
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • The Riddle of Sweden (1963)
    The Riddle of Sweden
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1963
  • Atomernas vintergata
    Short
    • Composer
    • 1962
  • Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, and Sickan Carlsson in The Pleasure Garden (1961)
    The Pleasure Garden
    5.7
    • Composer
    • 1961
  • Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
    Through a Glass Darkly
    7.9
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Hällebäcks gård (1961)
    Hällebäcks gård
    5.2
    • Composer (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Two Living, One Dead (1961)
    Two Living, One Dead
    7.2
    • Composer
    • 1961

Music Department

  • 1000 år - En svensk historia (1980)
    1000 år - En svensk historia
    6.1
    TV Series
    • music supervisor
    • 1980
  • Ett satans år (1978)
    Ett satans år
    7.6
    TV Special
    • music editor
    • 1978
  • Alice Babs and Sven Lindberg in Det svänger på slottet (1959)
    Det svänger på slottet
    4.9
    • conductor
    • 1959
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
    The Seventh Seal
    8.1
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Harriet Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Margit Carlqvist, Eva Dahlbeck, and Ulla Jacobsson in Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
    Smiles of a Summer Night
    7.7
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Erik 'Bullen' Berglund, Hugo Björne, Dagmar Ebbesen, Eva Henning, Torsten Hillberg, Sture Lagerwall, Sven Lindberg, Mimi Nelson, Hjördis Petterson, Sif Ruud, Georg Rydeberg, Erik Strandmark, and Sonja Wigert in Hidden in the Fog (1953)
    Hidden in the Fog
    6.3
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Dansa, min docka... (1953)
    Dansa, min docka...
    4.7
    • music arrangement (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Harriet Andersson in Summer with Monika (1953)
    Summer with Monika
    7.5
    • music arranger (uncredited)
    • 1953

Sound Department

  • Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
    Who Saw Him Die?
    6.8
    • sound effects editor
    • 1968

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 13, 1913
    • Malmö, Skåne län, Sweden
  • Died
    • March 6, 1992
    • Västerhaninge, Haninge, Stockholms län, Sweden(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    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 Bergman's early films (seventeen scores in total).

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