Ted Gärdestad
Also Known As: Ted Arnbjörn Gärdestad
Biography: Ted Gärdestad was a Swedish singer, songwriter, musician and actor known internationally as Ted.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sollentuna, Stockholms län, Sweden
Adult: No
Birthday: February 18, 1956
Age: 69 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 22, 1997
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My Brother Ted
Overview: For Ted, music and creation are the most important things in life. And around him he has a small group of friends who never hesitate to do everything they can to help him. My Brother Ted is a touching declaration of love from a big brother to his little brother.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
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Story of a Woman
Overview: Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-13
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Ted - till minne av en popartist
Overview: A program about Ted Gärdestad and his music with archival images from his entire musical career and newly made interviews with people who have influenced and were influenced by Ted's music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1998-01-03
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Listen to the Music
Overview: Swedish-Canadian television special hosted by Swedish artist Ted Gärdestad and Canadian artist Lisa Hartt, where they presented artists and groups from their respective countries, sang some of their own songs and performed a couple of duets.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-11-18
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Stikkan
Overview: It has been 50 years since ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo. But of all who celebrated there on the stage in Brighton, perhaps the biggest rock star of them all wasn't even in the band, but was instead a gentleman in a suit and mustache: Stikkan Anderson.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-01-07
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Spela Allan
Overview: A Swedish family movie about Allan, a 12 year old boy with a great imagination.
Genres: TV Movie Family Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1980-03-29
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Kärlek - Ett minnesprogram
Overview: Between theater and something else, this story seems to be about both a birthday and Christmas Eve at the same time, although it is more abstract. There are also absurd actions and surrealistic hints. A dream-like show.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1967-12-14
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En vagn kommer lastad
Overview: A report of the 60th anniversary of the Children's Day, which also included the talent competition "Vi som vill opp" from Humlegården in Stockholm.
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1966-04-26
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ABBA-dabba-doo
Overview: This first documentary about the pop group ABBA was made around the time of the release of their fourth album 'Arrival'. It contains unique archive footage filmed at the secret location where they made the record, concert footage, specially made promotional videos, photos from the group members' private collection and interviews in Swedish with each of them: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Stig was also interviewed briefly and was shown playing and singing part of Tivedshambo on acoustic guitar.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-10-27
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The Stone Face
Overview: After losing his son in a traffic accident and his wife to mental illness, Harry moves to a gloomy Stockholm suburb. A local youth gang is harassing the neighborhood and Harry comes up with the idea of hiring the gang to kill the bureaucrats who are responsible for the construction of the suburb. The film is a fierce critique of the political project of building suburbs designed only for workers to sleep in and also wants to have a say in the debate over nature vs nurture.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1973-09-03
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Ted Gardestad: For the Sake of Love
Overview: Documentary about Swedish singer-songwriter Ted Gärdestad. He wrote numerous hits in the 1970s and up to his death in 1997. In this program artists remember Ted as does his text writing brother Kenneth and Ted's daughter Sara Zacharias.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2016-02-21
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Ett, tu -73
Overview: New Year's Eve program from Södra Teatern in Stockholm with hosts Gary Engman and Grynet Molvig to celebrate the new year of 1973. Performances from many different artists, including Ted Gärdestad, Göran Fristorp, Claes af Geijerstam and Staffan Scheja.
Genres: Music Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1972-12-31
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ABBA in Switzerland
Overview: ABBA star in their first European TV special, recorded on location in the Swiss Alps. Also featuring special guests Kate Bush and Roxy Music.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-16
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The Rainy Day
Overview: Swedish children's program about what you can do when it's raining outside. Perhaps paint, sing or bake a cake?
Genres: Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Året var 1975
Overview: This is the year when the Vietnam War ends and terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm. On TV, Staffan Westerberg's "Vilse i Pannkakan" coincides with Ingmar Bergman's "The Magic Flute". Despite the cold war, the USA and the Soviet Union take the opportunity to meet - in space! And Davis Cup tennis is played in Båstad. Sweden meets Chile and the police fear riots. This and much more in "The year was 1975" by Jonas Fohlin and Eva Tillberg.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-12-29
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För kärlekens skull
Overview: A music video for the song För kärlekens skull by the Swedish singer-songwriter Ted Gärdestad, consisting of sequences with both actors and the brothers Ted and Kenneth Gärdestad in Paris, inspired by the mention of a Cathedral in the lyrics. The music video took approximately one week to film. The song is the only new song written for his compilation album "Kalendarium 1972 - 93", for his comeback after 13 years.
Genres: Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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Ted: Show Me Love
Overview: Chronicling the beautiful and tragic life and career of Ted Gärdestad, this biopic tells the story of the great highs and lows of one of Sweden's most loved artists.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2018-01-03
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Det svenska schlagerkriget
Overview: After ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 Sweden was tasked with hosting it the next year. This documentary tells the story of that production and places it in the social and political context of Sweden in 1975 and a music scene that was anything but supportive of the endeavour.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2024-05-04
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