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Occupation songwriter, performer, recording artist Died 28 June 1945, Virserum, Sweden Similar Fredrik Magnus Piper, Gunnar Wennerberg, Eva Bonnier, Ragnar Östberg, Helga de la Brache | ||
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Kalle Nämdeman (1883–1945) was the stage name of Karl Gustafsson, a Swedish songwriter, performer and recording artist.
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Life and legacy
As a young man Kalle Nämdeman apprenticed as a goldsmith, but he eventually began working as an entertainer. He "discovered" the military conscript as a comic type, appearing as such on stage or in top hat and tails. Although he never dressed the part of a bondkomiker (rustic comic), his songs had a similar appeal.
One of the first artists booked on the folk park circuit, by the 1930s Nämdeman was no longer welcome at such venues because of his sometimes improper conduct. His last public appearance was in 1941. He moved to Virserum, Småland, where he lived out his days in straitened circumstances. His statue now stands in Eskilstuna’s Folk Park.
In America, his humorous songs were recorded by Olle i Skratthult, who also published them in his songbooks. The most popular of these was Flickan på Bellmansro (The Girl at Bellmansro), a story of unrequited love in Stockholm's Djurgården park.