Ulla Billquist

Swedish singer

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Ulla Billquist
Ulla Billquist
Background information
Birth nameUlla Ebba Ingegerd Schönström
Born(1907-08-14)14 August 1907
Eslöv, Sweden
Died6 July 1946(1946-07-06) (aged 38)
Stockholm, Sweden
GenresSchlager
OccupationSinger
Years active1925–1946
LabelsPathé
Columbia
Sonora
Formerly ofNils Perne
Willard Ringstrand
Spouses
Fritiof Billquist
(m. 1926; div. 1934)
Wolmar Sjögren
(m. 1936; died 1942)
Gunnar Hahn
(m. 1943)
Musical artist

Ulla Ebba Ingegerd Billquist, (née Schönström 14 August 1907 – 6 July 1946), was a Swedish female schlager singer.[1] She was mostly successful during the early 1940s.

Personal life

Ulla Billquist married three times; firstly from 1926 to 1934 to the actor Fritiof Billquist (1901–1972), then to the director Wolmar Sjögren (1901–1974) from 1936 to 1942, and finally to the composer, accordionist and the pianist Gunnar Hahn (1908–2001) in 1943 until her death.[2] At the time of her death, she has been separated from her third husband, Gunnar Hahn since the winter of 1946. They were in the process of divorcing, which has not been finalised when she died.[3]

Discography

  • Parfym-visan, Pathé, December 1929
  • Ett enda litet finger, Pathé, December 1929
  • Fusyjama, Pathé, December 1929
  • Vad kvinnan vill, vill du, Pathé, December 1929
  • Anna Aurora, Columbia, December 1930
  • Vaggvisa, Columbia, December 1930
  • Casanova, Columbia, December 1930
  • Min soldat (1940)
  • Kring de små husen i gränderna vid hamnen (1942)
  • Köp rosor, Monsieur (1942)
  • Räkna de lyckliga stunderna blott (1944)
  • På återseende (1945)

References

  1. ^ "Ulla Billquist". discogs. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1901–2009 (DVD-rom) (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8.
  3. ^ Åsa Billquist-Roussel, Köp Rosor..., Boken om Ulla Billquist, Sellin & Partner Förlag AB, Vänersborg 1990.

Further reading

  • Ulla Billquist at Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon
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