Esben Ullbæk Bundgaard-Jørgensen Selvig, stage name Dansken (born 17 June 1978) is a Norwegian- Danish rapper and singer. His nickname, "The Dane", stems from his being born in Denmark, but moving to Norway as a child. Selvig is best known as a singer in Yoga Fire and rapper in Klovner I Kamp, in both bands together with Aslak "Alis" Hartberg. Klovner i Kamp won the

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

for hip hop in 2001, and the

Edvard Prize The Edvard Prize is a Norwegian music award in given by TONO, copyright organization for musicians and composers. The honor, which was given for the first time in 1998, is given each year and is only given to organization members. The goal is to e ...

in 2002 for the song lyrics «Nattens sønner». He has also written for the talkshow '' Torsdagsklubben''. In 2011 he hosted the show ''Dansken & Fingern'' together with Klovner I Kamp's DJ, Thomas "Fingern" Gullestad, and won a

Gullruten Gullruten ("Golden Screen") is an annual award for the Norway, Norwegian TV industry, founded in 1998 by ''Norske Film- og TV-produsenters forening''. The awarding committee has representatives from the major national TV companies, Norwegian Broa ...

award. In 2013 he was a judge on ''Idol'' (season 7). He married in 2012, and has one son.

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