Lars Erik ("Lasse") Dahlquist (14 September 1910 â 14 October 1979) was a Swedish composer, singer and actor. Many of his songs are among the most popular sing-along songs in Sweden, such as Oh boy oh boy oh boy and GÃÂ¥ upp och pröva dina vingar.
He was married to Inez Margareta Dahlquist, née Lindquist (1911–2004) from 1936 and they had a son; the saxophonist Robert "Bob" Dahlquist (2 September 1938 â 6 September 2005). On Saltholmen, at the terminal of the boats of Styrsöbolaget, there is a place called Lasse Dahlquists Plats.
He was born in ÃÂrgryte, and grew up in Lidingö. As a child, he spent his summers at his grandfather's farm, LangegÃÂ¥rden, on Brännö, in the Gothenburg archipelago, where he built his own home.
He worked at Sven-Olof Sandberg's music publishment Svenska Noter and in 1931 he began recording gramophone records.
In 1977 he received the Evert Taube award. He died on Brännö of laryngeal cancer