Bifrost is a Danish

Denmark

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 rock band

Rock Band

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 that was considered one of the last of the Danish flower power

Flower power

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 revolution bands. The band is best known for the songs Hej Maria (Hello, Maria) and Det er morgen (translated: "It's Morning"), both written and sung by keyboardist Tom Lundén

Tom Lundén

Tom Lundén is a Danish composer and music producer. Lunden was the leader and keyboardist of the flower power rock band Bifrost. His two top hits with Bifrost were Hej Maria and Det er morgen...

. While leading Bifrost, Lundén also wrote the 1976 protest song I kan ikke slå os ihjel (translated: "You cannot kill us") as an anthem for the revolutionary hippie

Hippie

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 commune of Christiania

Freetown Christiania

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. Founded in 1974, the band consisted of Tom Lundén, Ida Klemann, Finn Jensen, Torben Andersen, Asger Skjold-Rasmussen, Mogens Ficher as well as the singer Peter Gundorph better known as Annapurna. Between 1976 and 1987, Bifrost released seven albums on the CBS

CBS Records

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 and Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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labels.

Discography

• Bifrost, 1976 (CBS Records) - rereleased on CD by Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Til En Sigøjner, 1977 (CBS Records) - rereleased on CD by Sony BMG Music Entertainment
• Læn Dem Ikke Ud, 1979 (CBS Records)
• Bifrost's Bedste, 1980 (CBS Records)
• Kassen & Hjertet, 1981 (Mercury Records)
• En Tro Kopi, 1982 (Mercury Records)
• Bifrost, 1984 (Mercury Records)
• Vand Jeg Kan Gå På, 1987 (It's Magic)
• Hjerte Til Salg, 1996 (Elap Music) - a double CD rerelease of Kassen & Hjertet and En Tro Kopi
• Alle Tiders Bifrost - Rippet & Flået, 2008, (Universal Music)