Leif-Erik Nygårds

Leif-Erik Nygårds

1939-12-16
82 (2022-07-21)
Stockholm, Sweden

Leif-Erik Nygårds (1939-2022) was a Swedish photographer.

Stockholm, Sweden

Leif-Erik Nygårds (1939-2022) was a Swedish photographer.

Most Known for...

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Nalen 1998

Documentary about legendary Swedish jazz club "Nalen" featuring interviews with old musicians and singers, and old clips from the place in its glory days
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Marilyn Monroe: Still Life 2006

Survey Marilyn Monroe’s life through photographs, from Hollywood stills to candid pictures snapped on the streets of New York.
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Året var 1962 2012

1962 - the year when Anita Lindblom sings Sånt är livet on TV and the Swedish national ice hockey team wins gold in Colorado. Ursula Wirth and Ewy Rosqvist win Argentina's Gran Premio for standard cars in fierce competition. The Third World War almost breaks out - the Cuban Missile Crisis pits the superpowers the USA and the Soviet Union against each other. Leif Erik Nygårds is in New York and takes a picture of Marilyn Monroe, just a few weeks before she dies. Bobby Fischer plays chess in Stockholm and wins.