Östen Warnerbring

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Östen Warnerbring
schlager
Occupation(s)Singer
songwriter
composer
musician
Instrument(s)Saxophone
clarinet
Years active1952–2005

Östen Warnerbring (22 November 1934 – 18 January 2006),

schlager music, and of Swedish poetry put into music by himself. In the 1970s, he became one of the first Swedish artists to use his native accent, of the province of Scania (Skåne) in the south of Sweden, also while singing.[3]

Early life

Warnerbring was born in

Sydsvenska Dagbladet, as a tinsmith for a local roofing company, as a salesman, as a manager at the record company Oktav, and as a journalist at Skånska Dagbladet. Eventually, he had to choose between a career as a journalist or as a musician, and chose the latter.[4] He lived most of his life in Skåne, in Skanör, Vellinge, Helsingborg, and Malmö.[3]

Career

Warnerbring's career started as a member of various orchestras playing at dances. His first record was released in 1952. His talents as a singer were discovered by Arne Domnérus in the mid-1950s, and in 1964 he started touring folkparks. His breakthrough came in 1965, when he sang En röd blomma till en blond flicka, a Swedish version of Red Roses for a Blue Lady. He was a popular cabaret artist, and also performed in musicals and on television.[2]

Warnerbring participated eleven times in

Alla andra får varann; the song won, and was performed by Siw Malmkvist at the Eurovision finals in London. Warnerbring sang two songs in the 1962 contest. Lolo Lolita placed fourth and Trollen ska trivas sixth. In 1967, Warnebring won Melodifestivalen with ’’Som en dröm’’, and performed the song at that year's finals in Vienna
. His final appearance in Melodifestivalen was in 1974, when En mysig vals, written by himself, was placed tenth and last.

Later life

Warnerbring died in San Augustin, Canary Islands.

References

  1. ^ "Östen Warnerbring". discogs. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "Östen Warnerbring". Nationalencyklopedin. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Östen Warnerbrings liv i ny bok". Skånska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 21 December 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  4. ^ "Malmöprofiler: Östen Warnerbring" (in Swedish). malmo.com. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

Further reading

Borg, Christer. 2015. Östen med rösten: sångare, musikant och underhållare. Malmö: Kira.

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Preceded by
Nygammal vals
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 Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest
1967 		Succeeded by
Det börjar verka kärlek, banne mig
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