Sound · Music · Painter · Original Music Composer
Born Mar 12, 1890 · Gothenburg, Sweden
Active 1937–1976 · Awards: Bellman Prize, Samfundet De Nio's Grand Prize, Evert Taube scholarship, Illis quorum, Gustaf Fröding scholarship, Stockholm city prize of honour, honorary doctor of the University of Gothenburg, The KTH Great Prize
Axel Evert Taube was a Swedish author, artist, composer and singer. He is widely regarded as one of Sweden's most respected musicians and the foremost troubadour of the Swedish ballad tradition in the 20th century.