# Bo Christensen

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{{Short description|Danish film producer (1937–2020)}}
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| birth_date      = {{Birth date|df=yes|1937|8|24}}
| birth_place     = [Frederiksberg](/source/Frederiksberg), [Denmark](/source/Denmark)
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| occupation      = [Film producer](/source/Film_producer)
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| spouse          = Kirsten Hansen-Møller
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'''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](/source/Denmark) [film producer](/source/film_producer).

''Christensen'' is best known for producing ''[Babette's Feast](/source/Babette's_Feast)'' (1987), for which he won the Best Foreign Film [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards) and the [BAFTA](/source/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](/source/Olsen-banden)'' movies and is the producer of Denmark's most successful TV series ''[Matador](/source/Matador_(Danish_TV_series))'' (1978–1982).

==Selected filmography==
* 2003 - [Regel nr. 1](/source/Regel_nr._1)
* 1999 - ''Den eneste ene''
* 1992 - ''Sofie''
* 1991 - [Europa](/source/Europa_(1991_film))
* 1989 - ''[Miraklet i Valby](/source/The_Miracle_in_Valby)''
* 1988 - ''[Katinka](/source/Katinka_(film))''
* 1987 - ''[Babette’s Feast](/source/Babette%E2%80%99s_Feast)''
* 1976 - ''[The Olsen Gang Sees Red](/source/The_Olsen_Gang_Sees_Red)''
* 1969 - ''[We Are All Demons](/source/We_Are_All_Demons)''
* 1967 - ''[Story of Barbara](/source/Story_of_Barbara)''
* 1966 - ''[Relax Freddie](/source/Relax_Freddie)''
* 1966 - ''[Gift](/source/Gift_(1966_film))''
* 1964 - ''Døden kommer til middag''
* 1964 - ''[Summer in Tyrol](/source/Summer_in_Tyrol)''

==References==
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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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