Knut Agnred

**_Knut_ Axel Lennart Agnred** (born 29 February 1956 in Johannebergs församling in Gothenburg) is a Swedish singer and comedian. He is known for being a member of Galenskaparna och After Shave.

## Life and career

Knut Agnred is the son of the athlete Lennart Andersson, who adopted the surname Agnred. He was learning electrical engineering after studying at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg. He has also worked caring for elderly people at Kålltorps sjukhem in Gothenburg. He has been a member of the comedy group Galenskaparna och After Shave since it started in 1979. Agnred has written lyrics and music for several songs performed by Galenskaparna och After Shave.

Agnred has worked with Ken Wennerholm and Göran Rudbo in Triple & Touch and released a solo album called _Text & music_ in 2004. In March 2009, the death metal band Despite released their first album _In Your Despite_. Knut Agnred contributed to the album's first track "Mindplague".

### Film

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col" class="unsortable"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1986|||||||
|Tourist with his son (Erik Wingquist)||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1987|||||||
|Sven "Rambo" Larsson, Tommy Backman, Raggare, Soldat, Överläkare||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1989|||||||
|Pastor Himmler||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1990|||||||
|Hans||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1991|||||||
|Sören Skärberg, Emilio, Göte Kåla||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1996|||||||
|Egil Rosén||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1998|||||||
|Åke||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2006|||||||
|Frank Malvin (director of ODEN)||||||||

### Television

|scope="col"|Year|scope="col"|Title|scope="col"|Role|scope="col"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align:center;"|1986|||||||
|Budda||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1989|||||||
|Various roles||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|1993|||||||
|Jag, Aster, Disponenten, Fleetwood Hjelm, Drängen Sluta, Uppland, Sumo, Sten Johnsson, Viktor Bremer, Uno Skalle||||||||
|style="text-align:center;"|2000|||||||
|Various roles||||||||

## Theatre

- 1982 – _Skruven är lös_
- 1983 – _Träsmak_
- 1985 – _Cyklar_
- 1987 – _Stinsen brinner_
- 1991 – _Grisen i säcken_
- 1992 – _Skruven är lös_
- 1993 – _Nått nytt?_
- 1994 – _Resan som blev av_
- 1994 – _Lyckad nedfrysning av herr Moro_
- 1997 – _Alla ska bada_
- 2000 – _Allt Möjligt_
- 2000 – _Jul Jul Jul_
- 2001 – _Den onde, den gode, den fule och Rippe_
- 2002 – _Kasinofeber_
- 2004 – _Falkes fondue_
- 2007–2009 – _Cabaret Cartwright_
- 2009–2011 – _En kväll med "After Shave och Anders Eriksson"_ (även _"Best of After Shave och Anders Eriksson"_)
- 2010 – _Gubbröra och Pyttipanna_, med After Shave och Anders Eriksson
- 2010–2011 – _Hagmans Konditori_
- 2012–2014 – _30-årsfesten_
- 2015–2016 – _Spargrisarna kan rädda världen_

## Discography

- Solo
- 2004 – _Text & musik_ (CD)
- 2004 – "Världen är full av dårar" (CD single)

## Other websites

- Kulturtuben – Knut Agnred
- Knut Agnred on Discogs

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Knut Agnred
- **image**: Knut Agnred 2015-09-23 A.JPG
- **caption**: Knut Agnred in September 2015
- **birth name**: Knut Axel Lennart Agnred
- **birth place**: Gothenburg, Sweden
- **signature**: Knut Agnred autograph.png
- **signature size**: 200px