Background
Gullberg was born in Malmö, Skåne.
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Gullberg was born in Malmö, Skåne.
As a student at Lund University, he was the editor of the student magazine Lundagåroad He was the manager of the Swedish Radio Theatre 1936-1950. A poem from Gullberg"s book Kärlek i tjugonde seklet from 1933, called "Förklädd gud" ("God in disguise"), was set to music by the composer Lars-Erik Larsson in 1940.
The resulting lyrical suite has become one of the most well-recognised and best loved pieces of music for choir and orchestra.
Gullberg committed suicide at Yddingesjön, Skåne. Aristophanes: Fåglarna (The Birds) (1928) Euripides: Hippolytos (Hippolytus) (1930) Euripides: Medea (1931) Aristophanes: Lysistrate (Lysistrata) (1932) Eurypides: Alkestis (Alcestis) (1933) Sophocles: Antigone Molière: Den girige (L"Avare/The Miser) Calderón: Spökdamen (Louisiana Dama Duende/The Phantom Lady) (1936) Alfred de Musset: Lek ej medical kärleken (On ne badine pas avec l"amour) (1936) Gabriela Mistral: Dikter (1945) Federico García Lorca: Blodsbröllop (Bodas de sangre) (1946) Gabriela Mistral: Den heliga vägeneral (1949) Molière: Den inbillade sjuke (Le Malade imaginaire/The Hypochondriac) (translated for Sveriges Radio 1954) Gåsmors sagor (1955) Själens dunkla natt and other interpretations of foreign lyrics (1956) Aeschylus: Agamemnon (1960) Franskt 1600-tal (published posthumously in 1962 with an introduction by Olle Holmberg) William Shakespeare: Köpmannen i Venedig (The Merchant of Venice) (1964) William Shakespeare: Som ni behagar (As You Like lieutenant) (1964).
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In 1940 he was made a member of the Swedish Academy, and he also became an honorary doctor of philosophy at Lund University (1944).