Bamses Venner

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Bamses Venner 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" and received 25 points.
They also recorded "Er du langsom i nat" and "I en lille båd der gynger".
In 1980, the band was composed of Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, lead vocals and bass, Mogens Balle, Bjarne Green, and Arne Østergaard. As of 2004, the band consisted of Jørgensen, Peter Bødker, Frank Thøgersen, Torben Fausø and Jes Kerstein. Bamses Venner sang in Danish.
Jørgensen died on 1 January 2011 from a cardiac arrest. The rest of the band members have decided to break up after a series of planned memorial concerts.