Calle Jularbo

Carl Jularbo, well known as Calle Jularbo and born as "Karl Karlsson" (6 June 1893 - 13 February 1966) was the most famous Swedish accordionist of his time. He had a very distinct personal style, that has played a significant part in forming the Swedish accordion tradition. He was extremely productive, recording 1577 tunes and he won 158 accordion competitions. He maintained a large repertoire without being able to read music. His best known tune is "Livet i Finnskogarna" (roughly "Life in the Finn forests"), recorded in 1915.

Jularbo is the name of his birthplace, which he later adopted as his name.

Literature

*Stig Nahlbom (1974), "Jularbo, Carl Oscar", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, 20:458-460.