Kim Larsen

One of Danish rock's leading best-sellers and most respected artists, Kim Larsen, rose to prominence as a member of what many consider to be Denmark's greatest contribution to the rock canon: the '70s band Gasolin'. In the '80s, he became a fixture on the Danish charts with his solo band Kim Larsen & Bellami, and in the '90s until his death in 2018, with Kim Larsen & Kjukken. Born in Copenhagen on October 23, 1945, Larsen teamed up with Franz Beckerlee, Wili Jønsson, and Søren Berlev in 1969 as Gasolin'. The band would soon become the most significant act in Danish pop/rock,...