Lukas Forchhammer (born 18 September 1988) is a Danish-Irish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and former actor. He is best known as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Danish band

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. As a child, Forchhammer starred in the Danish family movie series ''

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.''

Early life

Forchhammer grew up in

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. His father, Eugene Graham, was Irish, and he spent half of his childhood in Ireland in Donegal and Dublin. His grandfather was from Wicklow in Ireland. In September 2012, Eugene died of a heart attack at the age of 61. At age 8, Forchhammer joined the Copenhagen Boys Choir and then developed an appreciation for

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and a trained voice. He became fascinated with his father's Irish roots, the country's folk music, as well as hip-hop. " Dr. Dre's ''

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'' changed my life," he said. He related to rap lyrics as he grew up surrounded by a lot of crime and drugs in his neighborhood. After spending six months in Buenos Aires, Forchhammer returned to Christiania in 2010, where he joined the writing team

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– Don Stefano and Morten Ristorp – and formed the band

with friends from high school. He played at the

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on 12 February 2017. As a child, he also starred in the first three of the popular Danish movies ''

'', where he played Grunk.

Personal life

In September 2016, Forchhammer and his girlfriend Marie-Louise “Rillo” Schwartz had their first child, daughter Viola. On January 16, 2019, Forchhammer and Schwartz publicly announced their engagement. In April 2020, their second daughter, Billie, was born. In September 2024, their third daughter was born.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (1991) * ''Krummerne 2: Stakkels Krumme'' (1992) * ''Krummerne 3 - fars gode idé'' (1994) * ''7 Years of Lukas Graham'' (2020)

Television

* ''Krummernes Jul'' (1996)

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Forchhammer, Lukas Lukas Graham members 1988 births Living people Danish male songwriters Danish male film actors Danish male child actors English-language singers from Denmark Danish people of Irish descent Singers from Copenhagen 20th-century Danish male actors 21st-century Danish male singers