Lukas Forchhammer

Lukas Forchhammer^[2] (born 18 September 1988) is a Danish-Irish singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,^{[citation needed]} and former actor. He is best known as the lead singer and multi-instrumentalist for the Danish band Lukas Graham. As a child, Forchhammer starred in the Danish family movie series Krummerne.^[3]

Lukas Forchhammer
Forchhammer performing in 2016
Born	(1988-09-18) 18 September 1988 (age 36)[1] Freetown Christiania, Denmark
Occupations	Singer songwriter multi-instrumentalist actor (formerly)
Years active	1991–1996 2011–present
Partner	Marie-Louise Schwartz
Children	3
Musical career
Genres	Pop soul blue-eyed soul funk
Instrument(s)	Vocals, keyboards, piano, bass, guitar, percussion
Labels	Copenhagen Warner Bros. Then We Take The World
Website	lukasgraham.com

Early life

Forchhammer grew up in Freetown Christiania. His father, Eugene Graham, was Irish, and he spent half of his childhood in Ireland in Donegal and Dublin. His grandfather was from Wicklow in Ireland.^[4] In September 2012, Eugene died of a heart attack at the age of 61.^[5]

At age 8, Forchhammer joined the Copenhagen Boys Choir and then developed an appreciation for classical music and a trained voice. He became fascinated with his father's Irish roots, the country's folk music, as well as hip-hop. "Dr. Dre's 2001 changed my life," he said. He related to rap lyrics as he grew up surrounded by a lot of crime and drugs in his neighborhood. After spending six months in Buenos Aires, Forchhammer returned to Christiania in 2010, where he joined the writing team Future Animals – Don Stefano and Morten Ristorp – and formed the band Lukas Graham with friends from high school. He played at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on 12 February 2017.^[6]

As a child, he also starred in the first three of the popular Danish movies Krummerne, where he played Grunk.

Personal life

In September 2016, Forchhammer and his girlfriend Marie-Louise “Rillo” Schwartz had their first child, daughter Viola. On January 16, 2019, Forchhammer and Schwartz publicly announced their engagement.^[7] In April 2020, their second daughter, Billie, was born. In September 2024, their third daughter was born.^[8]

Filmography

Film

• Krummerne (1991)
• Krummerne 2: Stakkels Krumme (1992)
• Krummerne 3 - fars gode idé (1994)
• 7 Years of Lukas Graham (2020)

Television

• Krummernes Jul (1996)