Olof Thiel Explained

Olof Thiel
Birth Date:	October 31, 1892
Birth Place:	Stockholm, Sweden
Death Place:	Vallentuna, Sweden
Resting Place:	Solna Cemetery
Spouse:	Margareta Lindström
Children:	Madeleine Uggla
Mother:	Anna Josephson
Father:	Ernest Thiel
Relatives:	Carin Thiel, Signe Henschen, Lill Thiel
Other Names:	Jacques Armand

Olof Thiel (October 31, 1892 – December 10, 1978) was a Swedish film producer, film production manager, and composer.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} As a composer, he most often used the pseudonym "Jacques Armand."^{[5] [6]} He also wrote some of the lyrics to his melodies.^[7]

Family

Otto Thiel was the son of Ernest Thiel (1859–1947) and Anna Fredrika Josephson. His father Ernest created the Thiel Gallery (Northern Sami: Thielska galleriet) art museum,^[8] which is one of the foremost museums in Stockholm. Otto Thiel's daughter Madeleine Uggla was a singing teacher and the mother of the actor Magnus Uggla.

Career

Thiel was one of the directors of the company Filmaktiebolaget Biörnstad & Thiel, and he started the film company AB Irefilm.^{[3] [9]} He composed the music for almost all of Irefilm's film productions.

Film music (selected)

• A Stolen Waltz (1932)
• Fantegutten (1932)
• Flickan från varuhuset (1933)
• Ä' vi gifta? (1936)
• The Ghost of Bragehus (1936)
• Poor Millionaires (1936)
• En sjöman går iland (1937)
• Witches' Night (1937)
• Happy Vestköping (1937)
• En flicka kommer till sta'n (1937)
• Career (1938)
• Comrades in Uniform (1938)

Films directed

• 1934: Synnöve Solbakken
• 1935: Kanske en gentleman
• 1936: Stackars miljonärer
• 1939: Midnattssolens son

External links

• • Olof Thiel at the Swedish Film Database
• Olof Thiel at the Czecho-Slovak Film Database

Notes and References

1. Book: Furhammar . Leif . Filmen i Sverige: en historia i tio kapitel . 1993 . Wiken . Höganäs . 155.
2. Book: The International Who's Who . 1937 . Europa Publications . London . 1063.
3. Book: Uggla . Magnus . Enda sättet att genomlida en konsert är att själv stå på scenen . 2018 . MTM . Johanneshov. Magnus Uggla.
4. Book: Forslund . Bengt . Victor Sjöström: His Life and His Work . 1988 . Zoetrope . New York . 248.
5. Book: Porter . Jack W. . Henrysson . Harald . A Jussi Bjoerling Discography . 1982 . Jussi Bjoerling Memorial Archive . Indianapolis . 167.
6. Book: Tornow . Ingo . Kästner . Erich . Erich Kästner und der Film: mit den Songtexten Kästners aus "Die Koffer des Herrn O.F." . 1998 . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag . Munich . 91.
7. Book: Hilleström . Gustaf . Svenska musikperspektiv: Minnesskrift vid Kungl. Musikaliska akademiens 200-årsjubileum 1971 . 1971 . Nordiska Musikforlaget . Stockholm . 193.
8. Web site: Ernest Thiel . Thielska Galleriet . August 12, 2021.
9. Book: Blomberg . Eva . Vill ni se en stjärna?: kön, kropp och kläder i Filmjournalen 1919-1953 . 2006 . Nordic Academic Press . Lund . 222.