Hagge Geigert
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Elof Gösta Harry "Hagge" Geigert (born Johansson; 30 June 1925 – 14 February 2000) was a Swedish revue-writer, theater director, television entertainer, author, journalist and debater.[1]
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Biography
He was born in Lerdal, Dalsland, Sweden. In television he participated in several entertainment-topic shows. In 1958 he presented Måndagsposten on SVT, in 1975 he presented the talk show Gäst hos Hagge, among his guests were Lill-Babs, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Agnetha Fältskog and Anita Ekberg.[2]
During several years he wrote columns for Göteborgs-Posten, several of his columns was re-published in the book Hagge på hugget in 1990.[3]
Between 1965 and 1997, he was leader of the Lisebergsteatern in Gothenburg, where he would direct and participate in Hagges revy as a yearly tradition.[4]
He was awarded the Illis quorum in 1998.[5]
Geigert died in Gothenburg in 2000.
