Evert Axel Taube (help· info) (March 12, 1890-January 31, 1976) was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He was born on the island of Vinga, Västergötland as the son of Carl Gunnar Taube and Julia Sofia Jacobsdotter. In 1925 he married Astri Linnéa Mathilda Bergman. He died in Stockholm. Image File history File links Sv-Evert_Taube. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in Leap years). ... 1890 (MDCCCXC) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1976 calendar). ... Västergötland ( ♫) is one of the historical provinces of Sweden (landskap), situated in the southwest of Sweden. ... The Old town in Stockholm from the air (help· info) is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ...

On his 60th birthday in 1950, Taube received the Bellman Award from the Swedish Academy and in 1960 he received an honorary doctorate from Gothenburg University. He was elected as a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music in 1970. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Carl Michael Bellman ▶ (help· info) (February 4, 1740 - February 11, 1795) was a Swedish poet and composer. ... The Swedish Academy or Svenska Akademien, founded in 1786 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Honorary degree (Latin: honoris causa ad gradum) is a degree awarded to someone by an institution that he or she may have never attended, it may be a bachelors, masters or doctorate degree - however, the latter is most common. ... Gothenburg University, or Göteborgs universitet, is a university in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... The Royal Swedish Academy of Music or , founded in 1771 by King Gustav III, is one of the Royal Academies in Sweden. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ...

Children

1. Per-Evert (born 1926)
2. Ellinor (1930 - 1998)
3. Sven-Bertil Taube (born 1934)

Sven-Bertil Taube (born November 24, 1934) is a Swedish singer and actor. ...

See also

• List of Swedes in music

This is a list of Swedish composers, musicians and singers: // Composers Johan Agrell (1701-1765) full name: Johan Joachim Agrell Hugo Alfvén (1872-1960) full name: Hugo Emil Alfvén Claude Loyola Allgén (1920-1990) né Klas-Thure Allgén Kurt Atterberg (1887-1974) full name: Kurt Magnus...

External links

• Evert Taube's (inofficial) home page
• Taube Society (Swedish only)