Flemming "Bamse" Duun Jørgensen (7 February 19471 January 2011) was a

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pop singer and actor, best known as lead singer of the band

Bamses Venner Bamses Venner ( en, Teddy (Bear)'s Friends) was a Danish musical group that performed together from 1973 to 2011. Bamses Venner represented Denmark in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with the entry "Tænker altid på dig" (ranked 14th in 19 c ...

(''Teddy (Bear)'s Friends''). During the recent years he also released some solo albums, the latest being ''Tæt på'' (''Close-up'') from 2010. Bamse was part of the Danish music scene for more than 35 years, and sold more than 3.5 million albums. Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen occasionally worked as an actor and in 1986 he received a

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for best male supporting actor of the year in the movie ''

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'' (''Ophelia comes to town''). Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen died a month before his 64th birthday in the early hours of New Year's Day 2011 of a cardiac arrest in his home in Egå, a suburb to

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. One of his first and biggest hits was ''Vimmersvej'' (originally "Wimmersvej") was from 1975 and it was based on

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. On September 13th, 2018 a road in

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Discography

With Bamses Venner

Refer to discography at

Solo

* ''Din sang'' (1977) * ''Solen skinner'' (1979) * ''Lige nu'' (1987) * ''1988'' (1988) * ''Lidt for mig selv'' (1994) * ''Jul på Vimmersvej'' (1995) * ''Stand By Me'' (1999) * ''Always on My Mind'' (2001) * ''Be My Guest'' (2005) * ''Love Me Tender'' (2007) * ''Tæt på'' (2010) * ''De store og de gemte'' (2011) ;Live *''Bamse Live I'' (1980) *''Bamse Live II'' (1980)

References

External links

* * 1947 births 2011 deaths People from Randers Danish male singers Danish male film actors {{Denmark-bio-stub