Birger Sjöberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Birger Sjöberg

Swedish poet and songwriter

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1885

Place of Birth: Vänersborg, Västra Götaland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 30-Apr-1929

Profession: writer, composer, poet, singer, songwriter, journalist

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.