Laura Illeborg

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Laura Illeborg
Illeborg in 2021
Illeborg in 2021
Background information
Born
Anne Laura Illeborg[1]

(1969-01-08)8 January 1969[2]
Nørrebro, Denmark
Died1 October 2024(2024-10-01) (aged 55)
Østerbro, Denmark
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active19??–2024
Websitelaurailleborg.dk

Anne Laura Illeborg (8 January 1969 – 1 October 2024) was a Danish singer and songwriter.

Career

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Illeborg grew up on Nørrebro, Copenhagen, with her mother and younger brother, Jakob Illeborg (da).[3] She began her music career in the group Sold Out, which included her brother and Oliver Zahle (da).[4] Illeborg made her solo debut with her first studio album Lyv Mig Natten Lys in 1996,[5] which was received positively by Danish music critics.[4] The same was true with her follow-up album Sværger og Lover in 1998, which prompted a positive response from GAFFA writer Jan Opstrup Poulsen.[6] She saw commercial success with the release of her album Lidt in Love in 2002,[7] with the title song from the album used in several Danish-language films including Shake It All About.[8][9]

Next followed God Vagt in 2007,[10] before a number of group projects put Illeborg's solo releases on hold.[11] She resumed them in 2018 accompanied by Niels Dahl and Knud Møller on the album Det Går Tit Godt[12] and Exitstrategi in 2020.[13] That was followed in 2022 by Disse Kanter, which now included Rune Funch on guitar and Jesper Elnegaard on drums.[14] The albums spawned three nationwide tours from 2019 to 2022.[4]

Collaborations

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In conjunction with her solo projects, Illeborg was involved in several collaborative projects over the years. The first of these resulted in the duo album Hjertekamre with Jens Lysdahl in 2004.[15] Later, she teamed up with her longtime friend and singer Channe Nussbaum (da) in the project Illeborg & Nussbaum, which resulted in a self-titled album from 2012 and Månen Ligger På Gulvet from 2016.[16][17]

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Illeborg released the EP Syv Andre Sange, under the stage name Velur alongside Peter Hegård.[18] In her last years, she played concerts in the company of Bagkataloget, a newly started project, where she, together with radio host and debater Torben Steno, reworked songs from both musicians' discographies in a live format.[19] Her final album, Falder du, was released posthumously in March 2025. The album was released in collaboration with Frans Bak.[20][21]

Personal life and death

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Illeborg became a nurse in 2006[14][22] and began working at Rigshospitalet.[23] She was married to her husband, Jakob Kvist (da). The couple lived in Copenhagen and had three children.[24]

On 28 September 2024, Illeborg performed at a concert in Tisvilde alongside Niels Dahl.[25] During the show, Illeborg suffered a fall, resulting in a brain hemorrhage. She died on 1 October, announced on Facebook by her husband the following day.[24][9]

Discography

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Studio albums

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  • 6.09 C.E.T. (1995)[26]
  • Lyv Mig Nattan Lys (1996)
  • Sværger & Lover (1998)
  • Lidt in love (2002)
  • Hjertekamre (2004)
  • God vagt (2007)
  • Illeborg & Nussbaum (2012)
  • Månen Ligger På Gulvet (2016)
  • Det Går Til Godt (2018)
  • Exitstrategi (2020)
  • Disser Kanter (2022)
  • Sange fra Søerne (2024)
  • Falder du (2025)

References

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