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Erik Nordgren

Composer

Erik Nordgren

Erik Nordgren was a Swedish composer who wrote music for dozens of Swedish films from the 1940s onward. He is best known for his long collaboration with Ingmar Bergman, scoring many of the director's early and mid-career films, and he also worked on Jan Troell's The Emigrants.

Key films

  • Summer Interlude (1951)

    An early Bergman drama scored by Nordgren, part of the collaboration that shaped Bergman's 1950s films.

  • Summer with Monika (1953)

    A key early Bergman film, with a score by Nordgren that supports its mix of romance and realism.

  • Wild Strawberries (1957)On Cinespective

    One of Bergman's most celebrated films; Nordgren composed the music and also appears in the cast.

  • The Virgin Spring (1960)

    Bergman's stark medieval drama, scored by Nordgren, which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

  • The Emigrants (1971)

    Nordgren scored Jan Troell's acclaimed epic, showing his work beyond Bergman's films.

Key awards

No major awards are documented here.

On Cinespective

Full filmography · 36
  • 1945Crime and PunishmentComposer
  • 1947Woman Without a FaceComposer
  • 1948EvaComposer
  • 1948Life Starts NowComposer
  • 1949ThirstComposer
  • 1950This Can't Happen HereComposer
  • 1950ShoreComposer
  • 1951Summer InterludeComposer
  • 1951Indian VillageComposer
  • 1951DivorcedComposer
  • 1952Waiting WomenComposer
  • 1953Summer with MonikaComposer
  • 1953Hidden in the FogComposer
  • 1954GabrielleComposer
  • 1955Smiles of a Summer NightComposer
  • 1956The Staffan Stolle StoryComposer
  • 1956Last Pair OutComposer
  • 1956Private EntranceComposer
  • 1957The Seventh SealComposer
  • 1957Wild Strawberries · as Conductor (uncredited)Actor
  • 1957Wild StrawberriesComposer
  • 1958The MagicianComposer
  • 1959Face of FireComposer
  • 1959Crime in ParadiseComposer
  • 1960The Virgin SpringComposer
  • 1960The Devil's EyeComposer
  • 1960On a Bench in a ParkComposer
  • 1961Through a Glass DarklyComposer
  • 1961The Pleasure GardenComposer
  • 1964All These WomenComposer
  • 1964The DressComposer
  • 1965Interlude in the MarshlandComposer
  • 19654 x 4Composer
  • 1966Here Is Your LifeComposer
  • 1967Meeting of HumansComposer
  • 1971The EmigrantsComposer

Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.