Flemming Jørgensen#Discography

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Flemming Jørgensen

| image = Bamse2.jpg

| alt = Bamse performing at Langelandsfestivalen 2006

| caption = Bamse performing at Langelandsfestivalen 2006

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| birth_name = Flemming Duun Jørgensen

| alias = Bamse

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1947|2|7}}

| birth_place = Randers, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2011|1|1|1947|2|7}}

| death_place = Egå, Denmark

| origin =

| instrument = Bass guitar

| genre = Pop music

| occupation = Singer, songwriter, musician

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| associated_acts = Bamses Venner

| website = {{URL|bamsesvenner.dk}}

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Flemming "Bamse" Duun Jørgensen (7 February 1947{{spaced ndash}}1 January 2011) was a Danish pop singer and actor, best known as lead singer of the band Bamses Venner (Teddy (Bear)'s Friends). During the recent years he also released some solo albums, the latest being Tæt på (Close-up) from 2010. Bamse was part of the Danish music scene for more than 35 years, and sold more than 3.5 million albums.{{cite news |last=Blak |first=Poul |title=Portræt: Vennernes Bamse |url=http://kpn.dk/popmusik/article2292484.ece |newspaper=Jyllands-Posten |language=Danish |accessdate=1 January 2011 |date=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110105061827/http://kpn.dk/popmusik/article2292484.ece |archive-date=5 January 2011 |url-status=live }}

Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen occasionally worked as an actor and in 1986 he received a Robert Award for best male supporting actor of the year in the movie Ofelia kommer til byen (Ophelia comes to town).{{cite news |last=Christensen |first=Uffe |title=En musikkens arbejdsmand er død |url=http://kpn.dk/popmusik/article2292472.ece |newspaper=Jyllands-Posten |language=Danish |accessdate=1 January 2011 |date=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110102224418/http://kpn.dk/popmusik/article2292472.ece |archive-date=2 January 2011 |url-status=live }} Flemming "Bamse" Jørgensen died at age 63 in the early hours of New Year's Day 2011 of a cardiac arrest in his home in Egå, a suburb to Aarhus.{{cite web |title=Musikeren Flemming Bamse er død – Danmark |url=http://www.berlingske.dk/danmark/musikeren-flemming-bamse-er-doed |work=Ritzau |publisher=Berlingske Tidende |language=Danish |accessdate=1 January 2011 |date=1 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103021639/http://www.berlingske.dk/danmark/musikeren-flemming-bamse-er-doed |archive-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=live }}

One of his first and biggest hits was Vimmersvej (originally "Wimmersvej") was from 1975 and it was based on The Lion Sleeps Tonight. On 13 September 2018, a road in Thisted named "Kronborgvejs Sidevej" was changed to "Vimmersvej".Thisted har fået landets første Vimmersvej. Limfjorden Update 14. september 2018 [http://www.limfjordupdate.dk/thisted-har-faaet-landets-foerste-vimmersvej] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215223959/https://www.limfjordupdate.dk/thisted-har-faaet-landets-foerste-vimmersvej |date=15 February 2020 }}