How to Pronounce Birger Sjöberg
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Dec 06, 1885 Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden Died on 30 Apr 1929 (aged 43)
Swedish poet and songwriter
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About Birger Sjöberg
- Birger Sjöberg (1885–1929) was a Swedish poet, novelist and songwriter, whose best-known works include the faux-naïf song collection Fridas Bok (Frida's Book) and the novel Kvartetten Som Sprängdes (The Quartet That Split Up), a somewhat Dickensian relation about stock-exchange gambling in the twenties, and the frantic efforts to recover. Originally a journalist, Sjöberg wrote songs in his spare time.
- His debuted as a serious writer with the 1922 publication of Fridas Bok (Frida's Book), which was both a critical and popular success.
- Following a series of concert tours, he withdrew from public life and focused on his writing.After his death in 1929, a new series of songs and a selection of poems were published.
