{{short description|Swedish singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Bertil Boo | image = Bertil Boo-1959.jpg | caption = Photo on record sleeve 1959 | birth_name = John Bertil Boo | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1914|1|16}} | birth_place = Askersund, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1996|7|20|1914|1|16}} | death_place = Sundbyberg, Sweden | genre = Ballads | occupation = Singer, actor, farmer | years_active = | label = Sonora }}
'''John Bertil Boo''' (16 January 1914 in Askersund – 20 July 1996 in Sundbyberg) was a Swedish singer.<ref name="ne">''Nationalencyclopedin'' biographical entry about Bertil Boo</ref>
Bertil Boo grew up as the youngest of 15 siblings on a farm, which he took over after the death of his father. It was not until 1946, at the age of 32, that Boo became popular as a singer, when he sang the sentimental song ''Violer till mor'' (''Violets for Mother'') in the Swedish radio show ''Frukostklubben''.<ref name="museum">{{cite web|url=http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/boo/index.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004212823/http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/boo/index.htm |archivedate=4 October 2013 |title=Bertil Boo – den sjungande bonden |publisher=Sundbyberg City Museum |language=sv}}</ref> Boo had already recorded the song on the Sonora label, which at the time was one of the leading Swedish record labels, and after the performance on ''Frukostklubben'', ''Violer till mor'' sold 250,000 copies, which in 1946 was an extraordinarily high number.<ref name="ne" /> Boo became known for singing this kind of popular ballad, and made a large number of recordings. His sobriquet was ''Den sjungande bonden'' (''the singing farmer'').<ref name="museum" />
As the "singing farmer", Boo appeared in ten of the Åsa-Nisse films between 1949 and 1966. Boo did not consider himself an actor, but would sing one or more songs in the films.<ref name="museum" />
Bertil Boo died of leukemia in 1996.<ref name="museum" />
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0095311|name=Bertil Boo}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boo, Bertil}} Category:1914 births Category:1996 deaths Category:20th-century Swedish male singers Category:People from Askersund Municipality