Tom Lundén
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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 (Hello, Maria) and Det er morgen ("It's Morning"). Lundén also wrote the 1976 protest song
I kan ikke slå os ihjel (English: "You cannot kill us") as an anthem for the revolutionary hippie
commune of Christiania
.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
composer and music producer. Lunden was the leader and keyboardist of the flower power
Flower power
Flower power is a slogan used by the American counterculture movement during the late 1960s and early 1970s as a symbol of passive resistance and non-violence ideology. It is rooted in the opposition movement to the Vietnam War. The expression was coined by the American Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in...
rock band Bifrost
Bifrost (band)
Bifrost is a Danish rock band that was considered one of the last of the Danish flower power revolution bands. The band is best known for the songs Hej Maria and Det er morgen , both written and sung by keyboardist Tom Lundén...
. His two top hits with Bifrost were Hej Maria (Hello, Maria) and Det er morgen ("It's Morning"). Lundén also wrote the 1976 protest song
Protest song
A protest song is a song which is associated with a movement for social change and hence part of the broader category of topical songs . It may be folk, classical, or commercial in genre...
I kan ikke slå os ihjel (English: "You cannot kill us") as an anthem for the revolutionary hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
commune of Christiania
Freetown Christiania
Not to be confused with Christiania, Norway, another name for Oslo.Christiania, also known as Freetown Christiania is a self-proclaimed autonomous neighbourhood of about 850 residents, covering 34 hectares in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital Copenhagen...
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