Fred Åkerström Musical artist

Fred Åkerström was a Swedish folk guitarist and 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 character. Åkerström was also known for his actor's interpretations of Bellman's 18th century material, and his unusual ability to reach deep bass notes (especially on his interpretation of Bellman's song "Glimmande nymf").

Personal facts

Fred Åkerström
Alias (AKA)Fred Åkerström
Birth dateJanuary 27, 1937
Birth place
Stockholm , Sweden
Date of deathAugust 09, 1985
Place of death
Stockholm , Sweden , Karlskrona

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Musical artist

Career started1963
Career ended1985
associated musical artist
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Ann-Louise Hanson
CajsaStina Åkerström
BackgroundSolo singer
instrument
Guitar
Singing

Fred Åkerström on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://hem.bredband.net/fredakerstrom/fred
  2. http://www.kulturverkstan.net/elever_03/oskar.ekstrand03/fred.html
  3. http://www.ruben-nilson.se