Ulf Thorbjörn Dageby (10 May 1944 – 16 July 2024) was a Swedish rock musician, singer and songwriter. Dageby was best known for his role in the leftist "rock orchestra" and theater ensemble Nationalteatern, which toured for the final time in 2022. At the 18th Guldbagge Awards he won the Special Achievement award.
Biography Dageby was born and grew up in Gothenburg, attended secondary school at Hvitfeldtska and early on his interest in music grew from jazz music, through Bob Dylan to a more rock’n’roll oriented sound. He joined Nationalteatern in 1971 as guitar player and soon became the leading member when it came to writing the group's songs, such as "Barn av vår tid" (Children of Our Time) and "Bara om min älskade väntar", a Swedish translation of Bob Dylan's "Tomorrow is a long time". In 1975 Dageby appeared under the pseudonym "Sillstryparn" at the "Alternativfestival" – an alternative to the Eurovision song contest – performing "Doin the omoralisk schlagerfestival" ("Doin' the Immoral Schlager festival"). He was also one of the main songwriters in Tältprojektet (The Tent Project), a musical theater performance on the history of the Swedish working class, which toured the country in mid 1977. Dageby made his debut as a solo artist in 1983 with the album En dag på sjön. In addition to his solo work and the many reunions with Nationalteatern, Dageby wrote music for Swedish film and television.
Dageby died on 16 July 2024, at the age of 80, leaving behind his wife Anki and three children.
Discography With Nationalteatern
1972 – Ta det som ett löfte.....ta det inte som ett hot 1974 – Livet är en fest 1976 – Kåldolmar och Kalsipper 1977 (with Nynningen) – Vi kommer leva igen 1978 – Barn av vår tid 1979 – Rockormen 1980 – Rövarkungens ö 1991 – Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE 2006 – Nationalteatern rockorkester LIVE
Solo albums 1983 – En dag på sjön 1984 – Lata rika 1986 – Minnen från jorden 1989 – Känsliga soldater
Singles 1981 – Togges Gossar; Barflickans Längtan/En Hälsning Till Våren 1984 – Mitt Hus Är Försvunnet!/Mitt Rum 1989 – Barn/Underbara Rum 1990 – Dansar/Dansar (på en söndag)
Compilations 1992 – Neonskogen/soundtracks 79–92 1995 – Underbara Rum 2002 – 18 sånger – en samling
Film music 1979 – Ett anständigt liv 1985 – Själen är större än världen 1987 – Hotet 1989 – Täcknamn Coq Rouge 1993 – Rosenbaum. Målbrott 1997 – Beck 1997 – Beck – Mannen med ikonerna 1997 – Beck – Pensionat Pärlan 1997 – Slussen 1997 – Beck – Spår i mörker 1998 – Beck – The Money Man 1998 – Beck – Monstret 1998 – Beck – Vita nätter 1998 – Beck – Öga för öga 2001 – Kommissarie Winter – Sol och skugga 2003 – Om jag vänder mig om
References
External links Official MySpace Nationalteatern's website Nationalteaterns MySpace