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Povel Ramel (1922-2007) | |
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Prolific Swedish composer, singer, actor and writer. Povel Ramel became famous with his parodic revues combining fantasy with clever lyrics. He wrote over 1 000 songs - Ramel's wide oeuvre also include radio shows, television productions, films, and non-fiction. Men när allt blir omtumlande - Povel Karl Henrik Ramel was born in Stockholm into an aristocratic family. His father, Karl Ramel, was a lawyer. After his parents died in 1938, Ramel lived with his paternal aunt, Elsie Virgin. He studied art and the piano, starting early his career as an entertainer and schlager composer. His first revue Ramel planned at the age of 17 and had his breakthrough as a composer with Vårt eget blue Hawaii, sang by Alice Babs. In the 1940s he gained fame among others with Johansson's boogie woogie waltz (1944), his first great hit. While workig for the Swedish Broadcasting Company (1947-48), he attracted attention with the radio programs Föreningen För Flugighetens Främjande and Jakten på Johan Blöth (1948), made under the influence of crazy humor. In 1949 Ramel married Susanna Östberg; they had two children. Ramel began to work in the 1950s with revue, which gave him opportunities to enlarge his talents of imitation and parody. He developed with Brita Borg, Martin Ljung and Pekka Langer a special type of revue, Knäpp-Upp. With the director Stig Olin he cooperated in the films I dur och skur (1953), in which he played a double role as a director of a revue theater and his dumb brother, and Hoppsan! (1955). In Ratata (1956), one of Ramel's most famous films which was directed by Hasse Ekman, he played the leading role as Staffan Stolle. The first Knäpp-Upp revue Akta Huved was produced in 1952. After completing a successful vaudeville tour, Ramel produced in Stockholm at the Ideon theatre practically every year a new show, until the theatre was pulled down in 1969. Between the years 1952 and 1962 five million people saw Knäpp-Upp. In 16 year Ramel wrote 14 major shows, among them Tjo vad det var livat i holken, The Gräsänkling Blues, Far jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt, Alla har vi varit små, Följ mig bortåt vägen, Svarta Malin, Fat Manny Brown, Sorglösa brunn, Ester, Naturbarn, Titta det snöar, Tänk dej en strut karameller, Underbart är kort, Var är tvålen, Ta av dej skorna, De sista entusiasterna. In the late 1950s and in the 1960s Ramel's revues approached the musical form and became less parodic. He made atravesties and satirized the style and works of Norlander, Bellman, Sjöberg and Taube. Later Ramel utilized the intime forms of theatre with Wenche Myhre and made productions for television, as the TV shows Semlons gröna dalar (1977) and Affären Ramel (1986). Several of Ramel's numbers from Knäpp-Upp period became classic and were recorded. På avigan from 1966 contains many of his best songs. Ramel also published prosa, including FRÅN ASAR TILL WASAR (1945), MIN GALNA HAGE (1957) and a play, LINGONBEN (1978). His autobiographies were entitled FÖLJ MIG BORTÅT VÄGEN (1992) and SOM ON INGET HADE HÄNT (1999). The third volume was unfinished at Ramel's death. Ramel's autobiographical music and sketch show, AproPovel: Ramelska radioreminiscenser, was broadcast on TV in 2002. In 1982 Ramel established Karamelodiktstipendiet, an entertainment prize for young, promising talents. Winners from 1983 have been Totte Wallin, Björn Skifs, Anne-Lie Rydé, Mikael Ramel, Claes Eriksson, Ainbusk Singers, Robert Broberg, Ulla Skoog, Magnus Uggla, Thomas von Brömssen, Marie Bergman, "I manegen med Glenn Killing", Peter Dalle, Louise Hoffsten, Willie Crafoord, Hannes Holm and Måns Herngren. In Kolla klotet, produced in 1995, he played with Tomas von Brömssen and Maria Lundqvist. Ramel received several awards and he was made honorary doctor of the University of Stockholm in 1998. Povel Ramed died at home on June 5, 2007, in Lidingö. For further reading: Radiodramat. Svensk hörspelsdiktning - bakgrund, utveckling och formvärld by Gunnar Hallingberg (1967); Perspektiv på teater (1971); Perspektiv på Röda Rummet (1971); Från scen och cabaret by Uno Ericson (1979); Artister by Jan Guillou (1979); Myggans Nöjeslexikon (1989-); Om Povel, ed. by Jan Bruer (1993) Selected works:
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