Anders Sunesen in the Battle of Lyndanisse 1219

Anders Sunesen (also Andreas, Suneson, Sunesøn, Latin: Andreas Sunonis) (c. 1167 – 1228) was a Danish archbishop of Lund, Scania, from 21 March 1201, at the death of Absalon, to his own death in 1228. He is the author of the Latin translation of the Scanian Law and was throughout his life engaged in integrating a Christian worldview into the old legislature. He managed to introduce tithe (taxation benefiting the church) despite the resistance this measure had met from the population of Scania during Absalon's time,^[1] but his efforts to convince the priests of his day about the merits of celibacy was based mostly on his own example and relied on oratory rather than legal maneuvering.^[2] To educate the priests and to forward his ideas, especially about the integration between church and state, he wrote a didactic poem, Hexaëmon, consisting of 8,040 verses of Latin hexameter.

A nephew of Absalon and a member of the religious and political elite, Sunesen was well-traveled, having received his education in theology and philosophy in Paris, France, and his legal education in Bologna, Italy and at Oxford, England. His encounter with ideas from the European continent about Christian Crusades were incorporated into his thinking and during the early 13th century, he lobbied the Pope for a crusade against the Baltic nations. He eventually received permission to install a bishop in Reval, and in 1219, he accompanied Valdemar II in his war against Estonia. According to an old Danish myth supportive of the Danish imperial expansion, the Danish flag Dannebrog appeared in the sky and fell into the hands of Valdemar II as Sunesen raised his arms and prayed for a Danish victory during the decisive battle.

He lived his last years in northeastern Scania, where he died in 1228 on Ivö Island in Ivö Lake, Scania's largest lake. It has been speculated that his death may have been attributed to leprosy.^[2] He is buried in a sarcophagus in Lund Cathedral.

Notes and references[link]

External links[link]

• Ivö Church and The Bishop's Cellar, the ruins of Anders Sunesen's castle on Ivö Island. Part of a Nature Trail information site by the non-profit organization Humleslingan.

Kim Larsen, Nibe Festival 2009.

Kim Melius Flyvholm Larsen (born October 23, 1945 in Copenhagen) is a Danish rock musician.

Inspired by The Beatles and rock and roll, Larsen began as a songwriter and guitarist. In 1969 he met Franz Beckerlee and Wili Jønsson, and the three founded Gasolin' which, later joined by drummer Søren Berlev, became one of the most successful Danish rock bands. The band dissolved in the late 1970s and has always refused to reform although they remain very popular decades after their seventies heyday, which has contributed to their myth and magic. In 2006, the documentary movie Gasolin' directed by Anders Østergaard, gave the history of the band and became a big hit in Denmark.

In the 1970s, following trends found in North America and the United Kingdom, Danish popular music styles began to diverge and audiences fragment. Many rock musicians in Denmark began to compose music and texts that reflected more realistic Danish social settings and ideals. Danish musicologist Charlotte Rørdam Larsen states that in the 1970s, Danish groups such as Kim Larsen's Gasolin' gave Danish music a special Danish rhythm and significance, linguistically, if not wholly distinct musically from international styles.

Kim Larsen released a number of solo albums in the eighties, topping in 1983 with the album Midt om natten (In the Middle of the Night), which became the most sold Danish music album in history, with more than 532,000 copies sold. In 1986, he founded the band Kim Larsen & Bellami and released four albums until 1992, when the band broke up. He then released another solo album, Hvem kan sige nej til en engel (Who Can Say No To An Angel). In 1995, Larsen moved to Odense, the main city of the island of Funen, and found new success with his new band, Kim Larsen & Kjukken and the Swedish producer Max Lorentz.

Kim Larsen has had a number of successful album releases throughout the 80s, 90s and 00s and is possibly the most successful artist in Danish popular music history. As a solo artist, Larsen has sold approximately 3 million records, a remarkable feat considering Denmark's total population of approximately 5.4 million people (as of 2005). In the 2000s Larsen remains a top concert draw and continues to be very popular in Denmark and elsewhere in Scandinavia.

Protest singer[link]

Larsen has many times voiced his opposition to the established society and instead advocated the right to be different from the mainstream: The album and movie Midt om natten revolves around this subject as does the album 231045-0637. The title for this last album is Kim Larsens social security number which is strictly personal. Larsen was against the big database of every citizen, implied by this title.

As a heavy smoker, he paid in August 2008 an advertising campaign which showed the text "Tillykke med rygeforbudet - Gesundheit macht frei !!!". The first sentence means "Congratulations on the smoking ban" in Danish, the second sentence means "health makes free" in German. Whilst smoking bans are allegedly not made to protect smokers, but non-smokers, Kim Larsen constructed a connection between smoking bans and such Nazi phrases as Arbeit macht frei.^[1]

Albums[link]

Gasolin'

• Gasolin' (1971)
• Gasolin' 2 (1972)
• Gasolin' 3 (1973)
• Stakkels Jim (1974) (en: Poor Jim)
• Gas 5 (1975)
• Efter endnu en dag (1976) (en: After Another Day)
• Gør det noget (1977) (en: Does it matter?)
• Killin' Time (1978)

Note: Compilation and live records not included

Kim Larsen solo (1st period)

• Værsgo (1973) (en: There you go or Like that)
• Kim Larsen og Yankee drengene (1978) (en: Kim Larsen and the Yankee boys)
• Starfuckers: Vogt Dem for efterligninger (1978) (en: Beware of imitations)
• 231045-0637 (1979) (Kim Larsen's personal identification number)
• Jungle Dreams (1981)
• Sitting On A Time Bomb (1982)
• Fem Eiffel (1983) (ep)
• Midt om natten (1983) (en: In the Middle of the Night)
• Kim i Cirkus (1985) (live-record) (en: Kim at the Circus)
• Hvem kan sige nej til en engel (1994) (en: Who can say no to an angel?)

Kim Larsen & Bellami

• Forklædt som voksen (1986) (en: Disguised as an adult)
• Yummi yummi (1988)
• Kielgasten (1989)
• Wisdom Is Sexy (1992)

Kim Larsen & Kjukken

• Kim Larsen & Kjukken (1996)
• Luft under vingerne (1998) (en: Air below the wings)
• Weekend Music (2001)
• Sange fra glemmebogen (2001) (en: Forgotten songs)
• Det var en torsdag aften (2002) (live-record) (en: It was a Thursday evening)
• 7-9-13 (2003)
• Sange fra glemmebogen - Jul & nytår (2004) (en: Forgotten songs - Christmas and New Year)
• Gammel Hankat (2006) (en: Old Tomcat)

PS Compilation albums not included

Kim Larsen solo (2nd period)

• En lille pose støj (2007; live)
• Mine damer og herrer (2010)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Kim Larsen's website
• Kim Larsen's record company