Flemming "Bamse" Duun Jørgensen (7 February 19471 January 2011) was a Danish pop singer and actor, best known as lead singer of the band
Bamses Venner
Bamses Venner ( en, Teddy (Bear)'s Friends) was a Danish musical group that performed together from 1973 to 2011.
Bamses Venner represented Denmark in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with the entry " Tænker altid på dig" (ranked 14th in 1 ...
(''Teddy (Bear)'s Friends''). During the recent years he also released some solo albums, the latest being ''Tæt på'' (''Close-up'') from 2010. Bamse was part of the Danish music scene for more than 35 years, and sold more than 3.5 million albums.
Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen occasionally worked as an actor and in 1986 he received a
Robert Award
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...
for best male supporting actor of the year in the movie '' Ofelia kommer til byen'' (''Ophelia comes to town''). Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen died a month before his 64th birthday in the early hours of New Year's Day 2011 of a cardiac arrest in his home in Egå, a suburb to
Aarhus
Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwes ...
.
One of his first and biggest hits was ''Vimmersvej'' (originally "Wimmersvej") was from 1975 and it was based on The Lion Sleeps Tonight. On September 13th, 2018 a road in
Thisted
Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Thisted har fået landets første Vimmersvej. Limfjorden Update 14. september 201
Discography
With Bamses Venner
Refer to discography at
Bamses Venner
Bamses Venner ( en, Teddy (Bear)'s Friends) was a Danish musical group that performed together from 1973 to 2011.
Bamses Venner represented Denmark in the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest with the entry " Tænker altid på dig" (ranked 14th in 1 ...
Solo
* ''Din sang'' (1977)
* ''Solen skinner'' (1979)
* ''Lige nu'' (1987)
* ''1988'' (1988)
* ''Lidt for mig selv'' (1994)
* ''Jul på Vimmersvej'' (1995)
* ''Stand By Me'' (1999)
* ''Always on My Mind'' (2001)
* ''Be My Guest'' (2005)
* ''Love Me Tender'' (2007)
* ''Tæt på'' (2010)
* ''De store og de gemte'' (2011)
;Live
*''Bamse Live I'' (1980)
*''Bamse Live II'' (1980)