Beppe Wolgers

Beppe Wolgers

Birthday: 1928-11-10

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928, Stockholm – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist. Wolgers was born in Stockholm. He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Waltz for Debby", "Dat Dere", "Take Five" and "Bachianas brasileiras" no 5. He also made several books and films for children, and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 1968–74 and, as notable, the father of Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Radcliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Pippi in the South Seas
Pippi in the South Seas

Pippi Longstocking, accompanied by friends Tommy and Annika, adventures on the South Seas to search ...

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Dunderklumpen!
Dunderklumpen!

Dunderklumpen lives all alone in the mountains of Jämtland. One Midsummer's Eve when he feels very l...

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Pippi Goes on Board
Pippi Goes on Board

Pippi Longstocking lives alone in Villekulla because her mother is an angel in heaven and her father...

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Minns ni?
Minns ni?

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about 170 ...

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Hugo and Josephine
Hugo and Josephine

Josefin is a six year old girl who lives isolated in the countryside, where her father is a priest. ...

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De sista entusiasterna
De sista entusiasterna

The performance is divided into two acts: The first takes place in a hot air balloon basket sometime...

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Swedish Portraits
Swedish Portraits

The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her....

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Medan andra pyntar
Medan andra pyntar

A genuine sit-down evening from 1965....

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Between Us
Between Us

A man lives with his family in a small community. He is seen as a deviant, abnormal person by societ...

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Barna från Blåsjöfjället
Barna från Blåsjöfjället

A mother is taken to a hospital and the town council wants to split up her children and put them in ...

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Fantasimissimo
Fantasimissimo

A Swedish family musical by Beppe Wolgers....

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Story of a Woman
Story of a Woman

Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefor...

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Pippi Longstocking
Pippi Longstocking

Pippi Longstocking, a super-strong redheaded little girl, moves into her father's cottage Villa Vill...

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