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Helene Blum
Person · female · Kingdom of Denmark · born 1979 · recording since 2006
Danish folk singer and musician
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Also known as 헬레네 블룸
Timeline
10 events▣ Album 8◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: En sød og liflig klang
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography271 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1357136240
Biography
Helene Blum (born 1979) is a Danish singer and musician who specializes in folk music. Since 2005, when she won the Danish Music Awards Folk prize for her album En sød og liflig klangEn sød og liflig klangSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Glade jul3:202Velkommen igen Guds engle små4:523Kimer i klokker2:444Maria gennem torne går3:155Her kommer Jesus dine små4:276Mit hjerte altid vanker4:527Der er ingenting i verden så stille som sne3:168En rose så jeg skyde2:199En rose så jeg skyde (instrumental)1:4610Dejlig er jorden3:0011Et lidet barn så lysteligt1:4712En sød og liflig klang / Liflig polonaise5:13, she has performed widely in Denmark, North America and Germany, frequently appearing with her husband Harald Haugaard.
Biography
Born in 1979 in Gelsted on the Danish island of Funen, Helene Blum was the first singer to graduate from the folk music department at the Carl Nielsen Academy of Music in Odense when she received her diploma in 2004. Together with her husband, the fiddler Harald Haugaard, she has given over 700 performances in Denmark, Germany and North America. Composing most of her songs herself, she combines folk, pop and chanson.
Singing soprano, Blum has also performed in the ballet Medea at the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landestheater in Flensburg and in the opera Konsuma in Odense. The composer, Rasmus Zwicki, wrote a special part for her. She went on to perform in the Helene Blum & Harald Haugaard Quintet, singing and playing the violin. The other players are Kristine Elise Pedersen (cello), Mattias Perez (guitar), and Sune Rahbek (percussion). In 2017, the Helene Blum and Harald Haugaard Band also included Mikkel Grue (guitar) and Mathæus Bech (bass). Now averaging a hundred concerts a year, they have performed together in Germany, the United States, Austria, Norway, Canada, Japan and Denmark.
The Daily Telegraph included her Men med åbne øjne as one of the best folk music albums of 2013. Calling the album "an unexpected treat", the critic Martin Chilton praised Blum's "haunting voice", even if nearly all the lyrics were in Danish.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:51
1Glade jul3:202Velkommen igen Guds engle små4:523Kimer i klokker2:444Maria gennem torne går3:155Her kommer Jesus dine små4:276Mit hjerte altid vanker4:527Der er ingenting i verden så stille som sne3:168En rose så jeg skyde2:199En rose så jeg skyde (instrumental)1:4610Dejlig er jorden3:0011Et lidet barn så lysteligt1:4712En sød og liflig klang / Liflig polonaise5:132009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 43:42
1Vil du som jeg3:192En gang og altid3:203Når jeg lukker øjnene3:434En sømand har sin enegang / Sømanden og havet4:145Mit hjerte3:376Om kvælden4:287Sømandsenken3:568Kongebørn3:579Du gav os de blomster3:2110Jeg er din2:3911Urtegården3:3312I danmark er jeg født3:352010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:06
1Liden sol2:152Gennem marv og ben3:373Spurven sidder stum bag kvist3:154Der er noget i luften3:105Fryd dig, du Kristi brud2:126Decembernat4:067Julevise3:168Julefest3:349Overture (Det er hvidt herude)4:3910Sneflokke kommer vrimlende1:022012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:41
1Du som Har levet3:162Når først vi har sagt farvel5:143Isfuglens Skrig4:304Lœber Åbnes2:485I Marts3:586Hjertet Ved4:137Gådevisen4:278Syrenprinsessen3:399Storken3:4210Høst3:2111Jeg sover men Mit hjerte våger2:332016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 38:18
1Julerosen3:362Et lidet barn så lysteligt (live)3:023Hjemlige jul1:564December Polonaise3:325Fålen (live)2:556Julevise 18623:217Maria gennem torne går (live)3:508Sorte Stær4:399Sikken voldsom trængsel og alarm3:1010Polskor (live)5:3311Kimer i klokker2:442017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:13
1En lille dråbe blod3:022Friheden Station3:323Vores historie4:264Barn rødkindet4:135Din fod skal gå4:086Lad våren komme3:277Tusind tanker4:208Som stjernerne på himlens blå5:059Et øjebliks stilhed4:0610Det haver så nyligen regnet4:3711Solen er så rød mor3:172020 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:13
1Over havet3:492Strømmen5:253Så mange forskellige hænder3:404Boy Under Lime Tree3:495Angst3:296Carls vals3:547Vær tålmodig4:068Dansevise3:059Den hvide hjort2:3010Den første sne - den sidste vinter5:1111En yndig og frydefuld sommertid3:4012Stranden4:352023 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 40:37
1Velkommen her4:022Sander2:573Blandt de skygger der falder3:584Anna Læser3:405Jeg gik mig ud en sommerdag/Sommerdagen1:526Den store sommer4:317The Garden4:128Den elskedes død4:409Elverhøj3:5210Mosen2:1311Leise Sprache2:4512Sov sødt, du lille Sonja1:55
EP · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Men med åbne øjne (But With My Eyes Open)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 12:571Når først vi har sagt farvel (radio edit)4:27 2Når først vi har sagt farvel (album version)5:14 3Du som Har levet3:16 | 4 March 2013 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Helene Blum head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 10 | 86.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 17 | 39.7th |
| Genres | 0 | 0th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karen + Helene(band) | — | present | eponymous,original |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Helene_Blum_-2973.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc6567bc-f906-4941-a73d-e9513c85db08discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dc6567bc-f906-4941-a73d-e9513c85db08core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12315992seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Blumbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helene_Blum
Why this artist is in the database
- List of folk musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Harald Krichel · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q12315992 · MusicBrainz: dc6567bc-f906-4941-a73d-e9513c85db08