Performance · Other credits
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Dutch-born Swedish singer-songwriter, poet, actor
Netherlands • 1937-08-08 – 1987-11-12
Cornelis Vreeswijk is credited on 745 releases across 251 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1964–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
745
Pressings credited
251
Albums
7
Decades active
13
In collections
Biography
Cornelis Vreeswijk (8 August 1937 – 12 November 1987) was a Dutch singer-songwriter and poet who lived and worked primarily in Sweden. Despite being born in the Netherlands and never acquiring Swedish citizenship, Vreeswijk is regarded as one of the country's most influential and beloved troubadours, often being compared to other national poets, such as Evert Taube and Carl Michael Bellman for his poetic lyrics and social commentary. Vreeswijk's compositions often focused on themes of love, poverty, and substance abuse. His unique style blended elements of folk, jazz, and blues, which modernized the Scandinavian ballad tradition. In 2010, the Swedish drama film Cornelis, directed by Amir Chamdin, was made about his life.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
745 releases · 251 albums · active 1964–2024
- Performance · 2,415
- Other credits · 242
- Production · 7
Studios: Metronome Studio, Stockholm · Europa Film · EMI Studios, Stockholm · Hamburger Börs
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Anita Lindblom
- Siw
- Anita Strandell
- Siw Malmkvist
- Hep Stars
- Tobben & Ero
- Per Myrberg
Around the web
See who really made the music.
Gatefold maps every producer, engineer, and player across your shelf — the credits no one else surfaces.
Start your shelf →Free forever. Works with 10 records or 10,000.