Lukas Forchhammer (born 18 September 1988) is a Danish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former actor. He is best known as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Danish band Lukas Graham. As a child, Forchhammer starred in the Danish family movie series ''

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.''

Early life

Forchhammer grew up in an anarchist community in the center of Copenhagen called

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. His father, Eugene Graham, was Irish, and he spent half of his childhood in Ireland in

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and Dublin. His grandfather was from Wicklow in Ireland. In September 2012, Eugene died of a heart attack at the age of 61. At age 8, Forchhammer joined the

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and developed not only an appreciation for

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but a trained voice. He became fascinated with his father's Irish roots, the country's folk music as well as hip-hop – " Dr. Dre's ''

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'' changed my life," he said. He related to rap lyrics as he grew up surrounded by a lot of crime and drugs in his neighborhood. After spending six months in Buenos Aires, Forchhammer returned to Christiania in 2010, where he joined the writing team Future Animals – Don Stefano and Morten Ristorp, and formed the band Lukas Graham with friends from high school. He played at the

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on 12 February 2017. As a child, he also starred in the first three of the popular Danish movies ''

'', where he played Grunk.

Personal life

In September 2016, Forchhammer and his girlfriend Marie-Louise “Rillo” Schwartz had their first child, daughter Viola. In April 2020, their second daughter, Billie, was born.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1991) * ''Krummerne 2: Stakkels Krumme'' (1992) * ''Krummerne 3 - fars gode idé'' (1994) * ''7 Years of Lukas Graham'' (2020)

Television

* ''Krummernes Jul'' (1996)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forchhammer, Lukas Lukas Graham 1988 births Living people Danish male singers English-language singers from Denmark Danish people of Irish descent Singers from Copenhagen