Svend Asmussen

Danish jazz violinist (1916-2017)

Person Human Q1338273

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: February 28, 1916
Date of death: February 7, 2017
Place of birth: Copenhagen
Place of death: Dronningmølle
Country of citizenship: Kingdom of Denmark^[11]
Occupation: actor, jazz musician, composer, violinist, singer, musician^[12]
Educated at: Metropolitanskolen^[13]
Award received: Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, Ben Webster Prize^[14]^[15]
Child: Claus Asmussen^[10]
Sibling: Des Asmussen^[27]
Genre: jazz^[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Danish^[24]
Family name: Asmussen^[19]
Given name: Svend, Harald, Christian^[20]^[21]^[22]
Instrument: jazz violin^[23]
Member of: Swe-Danes^[16]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark^[28]
Start of work period: 1930^[25]
Subject has role: centenarian^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

en Svend Asmussen ar سفيند اسموسين da Svend Harald Christian Asmussen ja スヴェンド・アスムッセン ko 스벤 하랄 크리스티안 아스무센 ko 스벤 아스무센 ru Свенд Асмуссен sv Asmussen sv Svend Harald Christian Asmussen zh 斯文·阿斯穆森

🔖 Identifiers · 62

ISNI: 0000000115574611
VIAF cluster ID: 100244469
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n83073204
GND ID: 131677861
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Svend Asmussen Se.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p403861
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000065094
American Film Institute person ID: 531133
Behind The Voice Actors person ID: Svend-Asmussen
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 13890935z
DDB person (GND) ID: 131677861
Danish National Filmography person ID: 1605

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Dansk Biografisk Leksikon ID: Svend_Asmussen
Dansk Forfatterleksikon ID: ASvendAsmussen
Danskefilm person ID: 925
Danskfilmogtv person ID: 10540
Deezer artist ID: 130340
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 131677861
Discogs artist ID: 95459
Elonet person ID: 934353
Europeana entity: agent/base/154223
FAST ID: 1457648
Freebase ID: /m/05yprd
Geni profile ID: 6000000054029221903
Gravsted.dk ID: svendasmussen
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Svend_Asmussen
Grove Music Online ID: J500500
Gyldendals Teaterleksikon ID: Svend_Asmussen
HAND ID: 61AD-73A1-3F03-2677-6581
IMDb ID: nm0039577
IdRef ID: 118938053
J9U entity ID: 987007349689205171
JRC Names ID: 1130363
KANTO ID: 000187908
Kinobox person ID: 1400340
Kinopoisk person ID: 473538
LdiF person ID: 53832
Lex ID: Svend_Asmussen
Libris-URI: 20dhpw6l4n7vrgn
LyricsTranslate ID: svend-asmussen-lyrics.html
MusicBrainz artist ID: ced70c77-94de-4220-b590-ee0f98d41b94
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 84184
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000082960
NE.se ID: svend-asmussen
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810622446405606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1461041
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 09603579X
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803095428925
Runeberg author ID: asmussve
SBN author ID: UM1V024725
SELIBR ID: 359658
SNAC ARK ID: w6bh65r9
Sceneweb artist ID: 96526
Scope.dk person ID: 51319
Spotify artist ID: 52by2zEnqIhLTfdC3x7GMp
Swedish Film Database person ID: 63002
TMDB person ID: 928902
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme): a1116502
WikiTree person ID: Asmussen-110
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJyRt4hrtkc8ykq64m9v73
Yale LUX ID: person/29e38e00-fc9c-47c1-8c5a-19c79ee40206
ČSFD person ID: 291454

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🔗 Connections

Given name 3

Harald, Christian, Svend

Occupation 3

actor, composer, jazz musician

Mb:performer of 2

European Encounter, Svingin' with Svend

← Cast member 2

Pippi Longstocking, Kispus

Country of citizenship 1

Kingdom of Denmark

Educated at 1

Metropolitanskolen

Family name 1

Asmussen

Genre 1

jazz

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Danish

Mb:member of band 1

Swe-Danes

Mb:parent 1

Claus Asmussen

Place of birth 1

Copenhagen

Place of death 1

Dronningmølle

Sex or gender 1

male

Subject has role 1

centenarian

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Summary

Svend Asmussen was born on February 28, 1916^[1], in Copenhagen^[2]. He died on February 7, 2017^[3], in Dronningmølle^[4]. He worked as an actor^[5], jazz musician^[6], composer^[7], violinist^[8], and singer^[9].

FAQs

Where was Svend Asmussen born?

Svend Asmussen's place of birth was Copenhagen^[2].

Where did Svend Asmussen die?

Svend Asmussen died in Dronningmølle^[4].

What did Svend Asmussen do for work?

Svend Asmussen worked as an actor^[5], jazz musician^[6], composer^[7], violinist^[8], and singer^[9].

Where did Svend Asmussen go to school?

Svend Asmussen was educated at Metropolitanskolen^[13].

What awards did Svend Asmussen receive?

Honors received include Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog^[14] and Ben Webster Prize^[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Svend Asmussen — place of birth (P19): Copenhagen. Great Norwegian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-11-30. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Svend Asmussen — place of death (P20): Dronningmølle. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Svend Asmussen — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Svend Asmussen — country of citizenship (P27): Kingdom of Denmark. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Svend Asmussen — child (P40): Claus Asmussen. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Svend Asmussen — educated at (P69): Metropolitanskolen. Retrieved 2024-11-30. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): actor. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): jazz musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): composer. Retrieved 2019-06-14. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): violinist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Svend Asmussen — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Svend Asmussen — genre (P136): jazz. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Svend Asmussen — award received (P166): Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. Retrieved 2024-11-30. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Svend Asmussen — award received (P166): Ben Webster Prize. Retrieved 2024-11-30. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Svend Asmussen — member of (P463): Swe-Danes. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Svend Asmussen — date of birth (P569): February 28, 1916. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-17. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Svend Asmussen — date of death (P570): February 7, 2017. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2026-10-18. politiken.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Svend Asmussen — family name (P734): Asmussen. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Svend Asmussen — given name (P735): Svend. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Svend Asmussen — given name (P735): Harald. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Svend Asmussen — given name (P735): Christian. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Svend Asmussen — instrument (P1303): jazz violin. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Svend Asmussen — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Danish. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Svend Asmussen — start of work period (P2031): 1930. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Svend Asmussen — subject has role (P2868): centenarian. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Svend Asmussen — sibling (P3373): Des Asmussen. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Svend Asmussen — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark. wikidata.org.

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