Designer · Sweden · 1920–2018
Åke Arenhill
Åke Arenhill (1920–2018) – Swedish artist, set designer, songwriter and television presenter from Malmö.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1920–2018
- Country
- Sweden
Åke Rudolf William Arenhill was born on 14 October 1920 in Malmö, where he died on 28 November 2018. He studied at Skånska målarskolan and painted figurative scenes and landscapes of Sweden’s west coast and Scania in oils and tempera.
He worked in advertising, designed sets, including for The Threepenny Opera at Lilla Teatern in Lund, and posters for Teater 23 in Malmö. He later worked as a producer and presenter in print, radio and television. He wrote the Swedish lyrics for “Like a Bridge over Troubled Water” and also designed packs of playing cards.
