Peter Frödin (born 7 January 1964) is a Danish actor, comedian and singer.Who is ... Peter Frödin?
The Copenhagen Post, 17 December 2011 His career began in 1984 on ''Merkurteatret'' as an actor. Later he played with

Paprika Steen Kirstine "Paprika" Steen (born 3 November 1964) is a Danish actress and director best known for her performances in Dogme 95 films ''Festen'', '' The Idiots'', Mifune, and ''Open Hearts''. Steen was the first Danish actress since Karin Nellemos ...

, Hella Joof and Martin Brygmann on ''Cafe Teatret'', which led to many years of cooperation in the comedy-groups ''Lex & Klatten'' (Saturday night satire show),Charles Ferro and ''Det brune punktum''. Together with Hella Joof, he hosted a show called ''Bullerfnis'' (1990-1992). He has had a lot of parts in Danish movies like ''Hannibal & Jerry'', ''Motello'', ''Mirakel'', ''Grev Axel'', ''Jul I Valhal'' and ''En kort en lang''. He is also known for participating in several TV-commercials for

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and TDC. The music from ''Lex & Klatten'' and ''Det brune punktum'' have been big radio-hits in

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where his talent as a singer has been revealed. Peter Frödin sang a song together with Jimmy Jørgensen that was called ''Vent på mig'' and was the most played song in the radio in the period from 1995-2010. In the TV-show called
Her er dit liv
' on

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Jarl Friis Mikkelsen called Peter Frödin 'one of Denmark's best singers'. Peter collaborated on

Bent Fabricius-Bjerre Bent Fabricius-Bjerre (7 December 1924 – 28 July 2020), better known internationally as Bent Fabric, was a Danish pianist and composer. Biography Bent Fabricius-Bjerre was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He started a jazz ensemble after ...

's album ''

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'' in 2004. Peter has worked with Søren Østergaard and they've made a circus called ''Zirkus Nemo'' which is a 'comedy-circus' that tours Denmark in the summer months. Frödin is openly

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، he has been in a relationship with Jon Jørgensen since 1996, they entered into a

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