Halfdan E
Illustration — Halfdan E. Halfdan E (Halfdan E Nielsen, born November 21, 1965) is a Danish film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Robert Awards. His music for the television series Borgen has also won the 2011 FIPA prize.
Also recorded as Halfdan E Nielsen
Halfdan E

Halfdan E. Nielsen · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1965 · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- composer · record producer
- Fields
- experimental
- Languages
- Danish
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Illustration — Halfdan E. Halfdan E (Halfdan E Nielsen, born November 21, 1965) is a Danish film composer. His work has won two Danish Grammy Awards and three Danish Robert Awards. His music for the television series Borgen has also won the 2011 FIPA prize.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Note VALÉORINE
Halfdan E (born 1965) is a Danish composer and record producer. The composer was born in Copenhagen.
Genres include experimental. Languages used include Danish.
Composed from admitted, traceable facts · 01 October 2026
VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Halfdan E. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q64602 · wikipedia · Halfdan E
In this article
Biography
Biography
Halfdan E was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. After stints as a session bass player in many different rock bands in the 1980s and early 1990s, followed by a degree from the Academy of Music in Copenhagen, Halfdan E collaborated with Danish poet Dan Turèll on the crossover project "Pas På Pengene", resulting in two CD recordings, which both won Danish Grammy awards. He continued to compose for film and television, working with film directors such as Per Fly and Hans Petter Moland, and to work as a pop and rock producer. He wrote the score for Per Fly's TV-series Forestillinger. Halfdan E has been awarded three Danish Robert Awards out of five nominations. In 2012, he composed a new four-tone notification sound for the Banedanmark Danish state railway, replacing the three-tone sound composed by Niels Viggo Bentzon and used since the early 1980s.
Filmography
Filmography
• Seaside Hotel (TV Series; 2013-2022) • Apple Tree Yard (2017) • Borgen (2010) • En ganske snill mann (2010) • Lotto (2006) • Drabet (2005) • Popular Music (2004) • Arven (2003) • Okay (2002) • Monas Verden (2001) • The Bench (2000) • Prop & Berta (2000)
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1965
Halfdan E born at Copenhagen.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Borgen vinder to priser i Frankrig. DR. 2011-01-30.
- 2.Madsen, Bine. Borgens musikalske bagmand vafo.dk. vafo.dk. 2010-10-05.
- 3.Halfdan E. filmmusic.dk.
- 4.Robert Awards 2013. www.dfi.dk.
- 5.Jensen, Jorn Rossing. 'Inheritance' takes 9 Robert noms. Variety. 2004-01-14.
- 6.Banedanmark skifter lydspor: Nye toner på perronen. DR. 2012-12-05.
- 7.Halfdan E - Filmography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com. The New York Times. 2011-05-19.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 17 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Music memorabilia
42,307 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Half Note RecordsOrganisation
- Half PintPerson
- Halfcut RecordsOrganisation
- Halfdan ClevePerson
- Halfdan KjerulfPerson
- Halid BešlićPerson
- Halim El-DabhPerson
- Halim El-RoumiPerson
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Halfdan E?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.