---
name: "Erik Nordgren"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/erik-nordgren"
fi1m_id: "erik-nordgren"
imdb_id: "nm0635059"
tmdb_id: 6651
wikidata_id: "Q453176"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "13 February 1913"
died: "6 March 1992"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-09-26T14:15:33.297848+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Erik Nordgren

## Identity

Erik Nordgren

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/erik-nordgren
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** erik-nordgren
- **IMDb ID:** nm0635059
- **TMDB ID:** 6651
- **Wikidata ID:** Q453176
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nordgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6651

Composer. Born 13 February 1913 in Q10668783. Died 6 March 1992.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 13 February 1913, Q10668783
- **Died:** 6 March 1992
- **Active:** 1953–1971
- **Frequently works with:** [Allan Ekelund](https://film.one/person/allan-ekelund.md), [Ingmar Bergman](https://film.one/person/ingmar-bergman.md), [Gunnar Björnstrand](https://film.one/person/gunnar-bjornstrand.md), [Harriet Andersson](https://film.one/person/harriet-andersson.md), [Max von Sydow](https://film.one/person/max-von-sydow.md), [Bibi Andersson](https://film.one/person/bibi-andersson.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1950s 85 (4), 1960s 82 (1), 1970s 85 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 5, Romance 2, Comedy 1, Fantasy 1, History 1, Western 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Nordgren, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0635059/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6651

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Wild Strawberries*](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md) (88), [*The Seventh Seal*](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md) (88), [*Through a Glass Darkly*](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md) (82)

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## Biography

Erik Nordgren was a Swedish composer, arranger and bandleader. Born Herman Erik Nordgren on 13 February 1913 in Sireköpinge, Malmöhus County, he graduated from the Royal College of Music in Stockholm in 1941 and played the viola.

Between 1945 and 1973 he wrote music for more than 60 Swedish films. He composed scores for 17 or 18 films by Ingmar Bergman, including *The Seventh Seal* (1957), *Wild Strawberries* (1957), *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), *The Virgin Spring* (1960) and *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), as well as works for directors such as Jan Troell, Alf Sjöberg and Gustaf Molander. He served as music director at Svensk Filmindustri from 1953 to 1967.

From 1967 to 1977 Nordgren was orchestra director at Swedish Radio. He also composed concert works, including string quartets and concertos, and later electronic music. He received an award from the magazine *Folket i Bild* for his score for *Wild Strawberries*. Nordgren died on 6 March 1992 in Västerhaninge, Sweden.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ingmarbergman.se.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *The Emigrants* (1971), Fi1m 85, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emigrants.md)
- *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md)
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Fi1m 88, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Conductor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Fi1m 84, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)

## Complete filmography (46)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Orchid Boys* (2017), Music
- *The Emigrants* (1974), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Emigrants* (1971), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-emigrants.md)
- *Who Saw Him Die?* (1968), Sound Effects Editor
- *Meeting of Humans* (1967), Original Music Composer
- *Here Is Your Life* (1966), Original Music Composer
- *The Banquet Room* (1965), Music
- *Juninatt* (1965), Music
- *4 x 4* (1965), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Interlude in the Marshland* (1965), Original Music Composer
- *The Dress* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *All These Women* (1964), Original Music Composer
- *The Pleasure Garden* (1961), Original Music Composer
- *Through a Glass Darkly* (1961), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/through-a-glass-darkly.md)
- *On a Bench in a Park* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *The Devil's Eye* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Decimals of Love* (1960), Music
- *The Virgin Spring* (1960), Original Music Composer
- *Crime in Paradise* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *Face of Fire* (1959), Original Music Composer
- *The Magician* (1958), Original Music Composer
- *Wild Strawberries* (1957), as Conductor (uncredited) · Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-strawberries.md)
- *The Seventh Seal* (1957), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-seventh-seal.md)
- *Last Pair Out* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Staffan Stolle Story* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *The Butterfly and the Candle Flame* (1956), Music
- *Private Entrance* (1956), Original Music Composer
- *Smiles of a Summer Night* (1955), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/smiles-of-a-summer-night.md)
- *Gabrielle* (1954), Original Music Composer
- *The Glass Mountain* (1953), Music
- *Hidden in the Fog* (1953), Original Music Composer
- *Dance, My Doll* (1953), Music
- *Summer with Monika* (1953), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/summer-with-monika.md)
- *Waiting Women* (1952), Original Music Composer
- *Defiance* (1952), Music
- *Divorced* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Summer Interlude* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *Indian Village* (1951), Original Music Composer
- *This Can't Happen Here* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Shore* (1950), Original Music Composer
- *Love Wins Out* (1949), Music
- *Thirst* (1949), Original Music Composer
- *Eva* (1948), Original Music Composer, Music Arranger
- *Life Starts Now* (1948), Original Music Composer
- *Woman Without a Face* (1947), Original Music Composer
- *Crime and Punishment* (1945), Original Music Composer

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