Swe-Danes, 1958-1961, Danish

Denmark

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-Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 jazz

Jazz

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 and entertainment trio consisting of Svend Asmussen

Svend Asmussen

Svend Asmussen is a jazz violinist from Denmark, known as "The Fiddling Viking". Asmussen grew up in a musical family, starting violin lessons at age 7. At age 16 he first heard recordings by jazz violin great Joe Venuti and began to emulate his style...

 (violin), Ulrik Neumann

Ulrik Neumann

Ulrik Neumann was a Danish film actor and musician. He appeared in 19 films between 1940 and 1966. Ulrik Neumann was an accomplished guitar player. From 1959 to 1961 he was a member of the trio Swe-Danes with the Swedish singer Alice Babs and the Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen.He was born in...

 (guitar and occasionally vocals) and Alice Babs

Alice Babs

Alice Babs is a singer and actor from Kalmar in Sweden. While she has worked in a wide number of genres - e.g. Swedish folklore, Elizabethan songs and opera - she is best known internationally as a jazz singer...

 (singing).

Swe-Danes participated in the revue

Revue

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 "Evergreens" in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 and raised international attention. In 1958-1961 they showed up in the big scenes in Scandinavian, England and Germany as well as in the USA, among other at Coconut Grove in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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Popular records are Scandinavian Shuffle (1960) and Swe-Danes på Berns (1961). The Trio was dissolved in 1961.