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Grethe Ingmann (née Clemmensen; 17 June 1938 – 18 August 1990) was a Danish singer.

Grethe Ingmann
Grethe Ingmann at the Danish preselection for the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 1963
Background information
Birth name	Grethe Clemmensen
Born	(1938-06-17)17 June 1938 Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	18 August 1990(1990-08-18) (aged 52) Frederikssund, Denmark
Occupation(s)	Singer

She started her career at 17, when she temporarily performed as a singer of the Malihini Hawaiians pop quartet. Soon after she sang with the Danish guitarist Jørn Grauengaard and his trio.

In 1955 she met her future husband, guitarist Jørgen Ingmann. The couple married in 1956 and performed as the duet Grethe og Jørgen Ingmann. Together they won the Eurovision Song Contest 1963 representing Denmark with the jazz waltz "Dansevise" (Dancing tune) with music by Otto Francker and lyrics by Sejr Volmer-Sørensen.[1][2] It was the first entry performed by a duo to win the Contest and also the first Scandinavian winner.

In 1965 she entered the German Schlager Contest with the song "Sommerwind". She dropped out in the preliminaries, but the song's English version, written by Johnny Mercer in 1966 and sung by Frank Sinatra, became an international hit.

Grethe and Jørgen Ingmann continued their musical career until they divorced in 1975. As a solo singer, Grethe participated in several Danish pre-selections for the Eurovision Song Contest, unsuccessfully. The couple remarried in the 1980s. Grethe died of cancer on 18 August 1990, aged 52, becoming the first Eurovision winner to die.[3]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ellen Winther with "Vuggevise"	Denmark in the Eurovision Song Contest 1963	Succeeded by Bjørn Tidmand with "Sangen om dig"
Preceded by Isabelle Aubret with "Un premier amour"	Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1963	Succeeded by Gigliola Cinquetti with "Non ho l'età"

References

External links

• Grethe Ingmann at IMDb
• Grethe Ingmann in the film database danskefilm.dk (in Danish)

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На других языках

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- [en] Grethe Ingmann

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[es] Grethe Ingmann

Grethe Clemmensen (Copenhague, 17 de junio de 1938 - Copenhague, 18 de agosto de 1990), conocida como Grethe Ingmann, fue una cantante danesa.

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[ru] Ингманн, Грета

Грета Ингманн (дат. Grethe Ingmann, урожд. Клемменсен дат. Clemmensen, 17 июня 1938 — 18 августа 1990) — датская певица , в дуэте с мужем — гитаристом Юргеном Ингманном победившая на конкурсе песни Евровидение 1963 года.

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