# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benny-andersen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:08:12.542Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benny-andersen"
name: "Benny Andersen"
slug: "benny-andersen"
description: "Benny Andersen was a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist. He is often remembered for his collaboration with the singer Povl Dissing; together they released an album with Andersen's poems from the collection Svantes viser. This album and Andersen's book \"Svantes viser\" from 1972 were included by the Danish Ministry of Culture in the Danish Culture Canon in 2006, in the category \"Popular music\". Andersen's \"Samlede digte\" have sold more than 100,000 copies in Denmark."
tagline: "Danish songwriter, poet (1929-2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benny-andersen_DSC03905_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-11-07"
deathDate: "2018-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.027654252362423
  historical:           14.74370133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026092/"
    handle:    "nm0026092"
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    title: "Benny Andersen"
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    title: "Benny Andersen"
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    title: "Benny Andersen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump