Erwin Dahlgren

Norwegian musician (saxophone, tuba, and sousaphone early on, before settling on bass). Born in 1901, died following a traffic accident in 1963. Played in the Kaba restaurant orchestra under Willie Vieth and followed him to Hotel Bristol when he moved there. Stayed on with the Bristol orchestra when Øivind Bergh took over the kapellmeister job from Vieth in 1939, and then with Bergh to the newly formed Kringkastingsorkestret in 1946 where he was employed until his death in 1963.