Annette Bjergfeldt is a

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songwriter, singer and author. She served on ''

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''s committee for scholarships during ''Musik 2014/15'', appointed by the

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. She has received the ''P4 Prisen'' and ''DJBFA's Hædersprisen'' awards from

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and has been nominated for 2

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and 13

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for her albums ''Red Letter Days'' (1995) with the band Harvest Moon, ''All That We Are'' (2001), ''Songs For Modern Mammals'' (2003), ''The Kissing Post'', (2004), ''Man Må godt Ta´ To Gange'', (2008) og ''Et Helt Nyt År'', (2013). The album ''Songs For Modern Mammals'' was nominated for the award "Årets danske folk-album" (Danish folk-album of the year) at the

in 2004. Bjergfeldt received four nomination at the same prize-show although she did not win any.Nominerede til årets Danish Music Awards – Folk klar
''

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''. Hentet 31/1-2016 She also co-wrote songs for international artists such as American guitar-icon

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(from

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), Eddi Reader (from

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) and

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s classic "Josephine" along with the theme-music for ''Ordet Fanger''. Bjergfeldt has toured for four years across the

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visiting festivals, clubs and radio stations. She was one of the first Danish songwriters who decided publish on her own record label. In the 2010s Bjergfeldt worked as a musical theme writer for movies such as ''Bagland'' and the ''Internationale Choir Vocalline''. Since 2000 Bjergfeldt has also trained other songwriters across the country, among them students from the Rhythmic Music Conservatory and Danmarks Radio's KarriereKanonen. She has trained songwriters in

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and Sweden and trained singing for prisoners of Vridsløselille Statsfængsel.

Author

Annette Bjergfeldt has written the cook book ''Kogebog For Sangskrivere - Grovhakket Inspiration'' (Wilhelm Hansen 2005) and 3 children's books about the optimistic girl "Børste" (Alvilda 2010, 2011 & 2013).

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* Singers from Aarhus Danish songwriters 21st-century Danish women singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Denmark-musician-stub