{{Short description|Danish composer and singer}} {{Expand Danish|topic=bio|date = May 2015}} {{infobox musical artist | name = Jodle Birge | birth_name = Birge Lønquist Hansen | birth_place = Denmark | birth_date = {{birth date|1945|11|6}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2004|08|27|1945|11|6}} | occupation = Composer, singer | genre = Country Music, yodelling }} '''Birge Lønquist Hansen''' (6 November 1945 – 27 August 2004), better known as '''Jodle Birge''', was a Danish composer and singer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jodle Birge blev fyret på slagteri: Røg ud i dyb depression |url=https://www.avisen.dk/jodle-birge-blev-fyret-paa-slagteri-roeg-ud-i-dyb-de_418566.aspx |access-date=2022-12-30 |website=www.avisen.dk|date=3 December 2016 }}</ref> His most famous tracks were "Rigtige Venner" (Real Friends) from the Norwegian singer/songwriter Håkon Banken<ref>{{Cite web |title=Balladen om Håkon Banken (3:4) Riktige venner - Historier fra virkeligheten |url=https://radio.nrk.no/podkast/radiodokumentaren/l_815b3496-7f6b-4b88-9b34-967f6b7b8802 |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=NRK Radio |language=no}}</ref> and "Tre hvide duer" (Three white doves). Jodle Birge sold over two million CDs. From 1992 to 2001 there was a museum for Jodle Birge in Silkeborg in Denmark.<br> A new and larger museum was opened on 22 July 2005.
==See also== *List of Danish composers
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== Further reading == * [https://books.google.com/books?id=bep1DwAAQBAJ Jodle Birge by Jørgen de Mylius]
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