Stan Hasselgård

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Sten Åke Henry "Stan" Hasselgård (October 4, 1922, in

swing jazz in his early years, before exploring bebop
shortly before his death.

Biography

His father was John Levin Johansson (1886–1923), a son of Johan Ludvig Persson who later changed his name to John Hasselgård; his mother was Linda Köhler (1893–1979), a daughter of Magnus Wilhelm Köhler. Åke Hasselgård's father died in a hunting accident in

University of Uppsala and played in the Royal Swingers [sv] there.[3] In 1945, he played in a quintet led by Arthur Österwall, and founded a new Royal Swingers group that year.[3] From 1946 to 1947, he played with Simon Brehm's sextet alongside Gösta Eriksson (piano), Bror Hansson (trumpet), Kurt Wärngren [sv] (guitar) and Bertil Frylmark [sv] (drums).[4]

Having achieved international renown, he moved in 1947 to

John Larson
(1883–1962) in Bollnäs churchyard. Larson had become Hasselgård's stepfather when his mother remarried in 1929, six years after she had been widowed.

Recognition

Filmmaker

Golden Django Award
. Since 2000, Bollnäs municipality has also disbursed an annual scholarship in his name, awarded to a young jazz musician with ties to Bollnäs.

Hasselgård was the "famous bop clarinetist [who] had died in an Illinois car-crash recently" the memory of which spooked

(1957). Kerouac also mentions him by name (as "Hassel") several times in other chapters.

Hasselgård was second cousin to former Swedish Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson; their common great-grandparents were Per August Magnusson (1822–1899) and his wife Kristina Charlotta Hjellström (1817–1880).[5] Hasselgård's niece Åsa Hasselgård-Rowe is married to Richard Rowe, an Australian who served simultaneously as ambassador (2003–2007) to Sweden, Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Lithuania.[6][7]

References

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  2. ^ Roland Classon, "Stan Hasselgård och hans rötter" ("Stan Hasselgård and his roots"), Helsingborgs Dagblad, October 30, 2006. Accessed December 4, 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Stan Hasselgård | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. ^ Roland Classon, "Stan Hasselgård fick spela med de stora" ("Stan Hasselgård played with the greats"), Helsingborgs Dagblad, October 30, 2006. Accessed December 4, 2011.
  5. ^ Roland Classon, "Ingvar Carlsson och Stan Hasselgård var sysslingar", Helsingborgs Dagblad, October 30, 2006. Accessed December 4, 2011.
  6. ^ "Roland Classon, "Namnet Hasselgård lever vidare – via en brorsdotter" ("Hasselgård name lives on through his brother's daughter"), Helsingborgs Dagblad, October 30, 2006. Accessed December 4, 2011.
  7. ^ Alexander Downer, "Diplomatic Appointment: Ambassador to Sweden", October 2, 2002. Accessed December, 2011.

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