Dan Folke (March 11, 1906 – September 16, 1954) was a
Danish composer, lyricist, publisher, and theater director.
Biography
Folke was born in
Frederiksberg
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.
He enrolled at
Frederiksberg High School in 1924, by which time he had already written several melodies for the Copenhagen revues Scala Revyen, Co-Optimisterne, and the Apollo Theater. He became a bookseller's apprentice at
C.A. Reitzels Forlag
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and was employed there until 1928. After his apprenticeship, in 1928 he started working for
Wilhelm Hansen, where he remained until 1936. For two seasons, 1936 and 1937, Folke was the director of the Bellevue Theater, and he then returned to Reitzels Forlag in 1938–1939, this time as the director. In 1939 he was employed as a proxy at companies under the Egmont H. Petersen Fund (now
Egmont Group
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), and in 1942 became its director. At Egmont, it was especially magazine publication that he was responsible for, and it was Folke who, among other things, introduced ''
Reader's Digest
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'' and
Disney comics
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The first Disney comics were newspaper strips appearing from 1930 on, starting with t ...
(1948) to the Danish market.
Together with
Arvid and
Børge Müller
Børge Müller (4 September 1909 – 16 August 1963) was a Danish screenwriter. He wrote for 24 films between 1934 and 1963.
Filmography
* '' Skaf en sensation'' (1934)
* ''Cocktail'' (1937)
* '' Der var engang en Vicevært'' (1937)
* ''Al ...
, Folke wrote the lyrics for "Glemmer du"
and "Gå med i lunde."
Folke disappeared from his home in
Hellerup
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,
Copenhagen
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on September 10, 1954, and his body was found six days later in Svanemølle Bay.
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References
External links
Dan Folkeat the
Danish Film Database
The Danish Film Database (, formerly Danish National Filmography, Danish: ''Danmarks Nationalfilmografi''), is a database maintained by the Danish Film Institute (DFI) about Danish films since 1896 including silent films, short films, and document ...
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1906 births
1954 deaths
Danish composers
Danish theatre directors