{{Short description|Danish film producer (1937–2020)}} {{More sources|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Bo Christensen | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|8|24}} | birth_place = Frederiksberg, Denmark | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2020|4|11|1937|8|24|mf=y}} | death_place = | alma_mater = | occupation = Film producer | years_active = | spouse = Kirsten Hansen-Møller | children = | relatives = }}
'''Bo Christensen''' (24 August 1937 – 11 April 2020)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://navne.politiken.dk/annonce/5e98e4d97705f/bo-hjgaard-christensen |title=Bo Højgaard Christensen |access-date=2020-04-23 |archive-date=2020-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200427100435/https://navne.politiken.dk/annonce/5e98e4d97705f/bo-hjgaard-christensen |url-status=dead }}</ref> was a Danish film producer.
''Christensen'' is best known for producing ''Babette's Feast'' (1987), for which he won the Best Foreign Film Oscar and the BAFTA Best Foreign Film award in 1988.
He acted in five films, and produced or co-produced some 60 movies over the years and continued to be busy as a producer. He has produced most of the ''Olsen-banden'' movies and is the producer of Denmark's most successful TV series ''Matador'' (1978–1982).
==Selected filmography== * 2003 - Regel nr. 1 * 1999 - ''Den eneste ene'' * 1992 - ''Sofie'' * 1991 - Europa * 1989 - ''Miraklet i Valby'' * 1988 - ''Katinka'' * 1987 - ''Babette’s Feast'' * 1976 - ''The Olsen Gang Sees Red'' * 1969 - ''We Are All Demons'' * 1967 - ''Story of Barbara'' * 1966 - ''Relax Freddie'' * 1966 - ''Gift'' * 1964 - ''Døden kommer til middag'' * 1964 - ''Summer in Tyrol''
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0159734}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120226132405/http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/nationalfilmografien/nfperson.aspx?id=55 Danish Film Institute profile]
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