He was married to Inez Margareta Dahlquist, née Lindquist (1911–2004) from 1936 and they had a son; the saxophonist Robert "Bob" Dahlquist (2 September 1938 – 6 September 2005). On Saltholmen, at the terminal of the boats of Styrsöbolaget, there is a place called Lasse Dahlquists Plats.
When he was a child, during the summers he was at his grandfather's farm Langegården on Brännö where he built his own home.
He worked at Sven-Olof Sandberg's music publishment Svenska Noter and 1931 he began recording gramophone records.
In 1977 he received the Evert Taube award.
Lars died on 14 October 1979 due to laryngeal cancer.
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