Bamses Venner

Bamses Venner, 1979. L to R: Arne Østergaard, Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, Bjarne Gren Jensen, Mogens Balle.

Bamses Venner (German: Teddybärs Freunde ) was a Danish music group around the singer and bassist Flemming Jørgensen . The group existed from 1973 until Jørgensen's death in 2011.

Career

They competed in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 for their country Denmark and achieved 14th place with their ballad Tænker altid på dig (German: I always think of you ). At that time, Jørgensen Mogens Balle (organ), Bjarne Green (guitar) and Arne Østergaard (drums) formed the band. From 2004 the members were Jørgensen, Peter Bødker (organ / guitar), Frank Thøgersen (drums), Torben Fausø (keyboards) and Jes Kerstein (guitar). The band's lyrics were Danish throughout .

Jørgensen died of cardiac arrest on January 1, 2011 . The remaining band members then decided to break up the group.

Discography (selection)

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		DK
2003	Rolig nu	DK17 (6 weeks) DK
	30 af de bedste	DK9 (13 weeks) DK
2005	Completely 1973-1981	DK2 (9 weeks) DK
	Completely 1982-1994	DK13 (5 weeks) DK
2006	Kysser the vi holder	DK4 (8 weeks) DK
2009	Vi er levende lys	DK3 (12 weeks) DK
2011	Complete 1995-2010 - bronze bushes	DK26 (3 weeks) DK
2013	40 af de fede	DK4 (19 weeks) DK

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		DK
2006	Klip i with kørekort Kysser the vi holder	DK4 (14 weeks) DK

Web links

• Website of the band
• Bamses Venner at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DK