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Beppe Wolgers
Beppe Wolgers in April 1968
Born	John Bertil Wolgers (1928-11-10)10 November 1928 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	6 August 1986(1986-08-06) (aged 57) Östersund, Sweden
Occupation(s)	Author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer, artist
Years active	1953–1986
Spouse	Kerstin Dunér
Children	4

John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928 – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.

Career

Wolgers was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of forest ranger John Wolgers and Gerda (née Korsgren). ^[1] He attended Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, United States from 1947 to 1948 and Poppius journalistskola and Otte Skölds målarskola from 1946 to 1947. Wolgers was a journalist at Stockholms-Tidningen from 1960 to 1961. ^[1]

Wolgers had also exhibits together with Ernfrid Bogstedt.

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", "Eleanor Rigby", " 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 was also a voice actor, who voiced many characters from the Disney movies including Baloo from The Jungle Book with the exception of the songs. He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer.

Personal life

Wolgers was married to Kerstin Dunér (born 1932), the daughter of radio inspector Osborn Dunér and his wife. ^[2] They had four children.

References

• "Beppe Wolgers" (in Swedish). Swedish Film Institute. Archived from the original on 12 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2010.

External links

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• Beppe Wolgers at IMDb