Carl Bertil Agnestig

Carl Bertil Agnestig (né Andersson; 7 March 1924 – 14 July 2019)[1] was a Swedish music teacher and composer.

Carl Bertil Agnestig
Birth nameCarl Bertil Andersson
Born(1924-03-07)7 March 1924
Järvsö Parish, Sweden
Died14 July 2019(2019-07-14) (aged 95)
GenresChristian hymns
Occupation(s)music teacher, composer

He was son to engineer Anders Ruben (Andersson) Agnestig (1897–1982)[2] and Karin, née Grahn (1904–1990).[2] The family came to Byarums parish in Småland in 1928, and finally settled in Nacka in 1930.

Agnestig graduated Master in Education in Music from the Royal College of Music in 1946. He became music teacher at Uppsala's music school in 1947, at Nacka music school 1948, director of studies 1959, and temporary principal in 1966. He was union secretary at the Swedish Association of Municipal Music Instructors (RSM) in 1959, member of the cooperation committee for the music educator association from 1962 and of the Swedish Teachers' Union council from 1966.

He is known for music-instruction books and has written several songs, one of the more well-known is Adventstid.[3] He's represented in Den svenska psalmboken 1986 with two works, (nr 214 b and 443).

Carl-Bertil Agnestig was married for a time with Alfhild Kerstin Linnéa Burman (1920–2010)[2] before he married Agneta Åkerfeldt (born 1932). Agnestig has two sons.

References
  1. "Familjesidan.se | Dödsannonser från hela landet".
  2. Sveriges dödbok 1901-2013. [Elektronisk resurs] = Swedish death index 1901-2013. Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2014. ISBN 9789187676642.
  3. "Adventstid" (in Swedish). Svenskt visarkiv. 1972. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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