De Nattergale is a Danish

Denmark

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 comedy band/act. They have made several CDs and three TV advent calendar

Advent calendar

An Advent calendar is a special calendar which is used to count or celebrate the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. Some calendars are strictly religious, whereas others are secular in content...

s on TV2, of which the most famous is The Julekalender

The Julekalender

The Julekalender was a Danish TV series that ran at Christmas 1991 . It was written and performed almost entirely by a trio of Danish comedy musicians called De Nattergale with financial and technical assistance from TV2, a Danish television company...

. The group consists of Viggo Sommer, Carsten Knudsen and Uffe Rørbæk Madsen.

'Nattergale' could be a pun - 'Nattergale' could mean both 'nightingale', as the group sing, but also 'Nattergale', as in "night-crazy" - 'lunatics'.

The group as it is now was formed in 1983, although Viggo and Carsten met each other as early as in 1979. The group published their first album in 1988 called Hva har vi da gjort ... siden vi ska' ha'et så godt. In 1989 they published their first hit-record entitled Nu ka' det vist ik bli' meget bedre which includes their two hit singles: "Uha-da-da" and "Gule ærter".

In later years they have had a comeback with their advent calendars: The Julekalender

The Julekalender

The Julekalender was a Danish TV series that ran at Christmas 1991 . It was written and performed almost entirely by a trio of Danish comedy musicians called De Nattergale with financial and technical assistance from TV2, a Danish television company...

, Canal Wild Card, and CWC World.