It is said that "every child" in Schleswig-Holstein knows his legendary mood hit.
Schlager star Sven Jenssen has now died.
Kiel – An obituary that appeared in mid-January confirms: Sven Jenssen is dead. He died a month earlier on December 14, 2022 at the age of 88.
The
Kieler Nachrichten
and the
NDR
are now also reporting on it.
The sad news, as can be seen from the Facebook post by the band "Gebrueder Graf" on January 2, had apparently already spread in his environment and among his fans.
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The obituary notice from trauer-anzeige.de.
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Schlager star Sven Jenssen is dead: he actually first learned to be a car mechanic
Born in Kiel, he was a hit star of the old school and conquered countless hearts, especially in northern Germany.
The NDR writes: “'Danz op de Deel' - how often was this hit hit played at parties in northern Germany!
And you can say it was 'his' song: Sven Jenssen.”
The Bear Family label outlines Jenssen's career on its website.
Some key data: He first learned the trade of car mechanic.
In the middle of further training as a naturopath and chiropractor, when he was in his late 20s, his life took a spectacular turn - thanks to his voice.
Jenssen started singing on bigger and bigger stages.
"Contessa" was his first hit, at the ARD New Year's Eve gala he performed with "Now the nice years are coming".
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Cars were Sven Jenssen's passion - but for these photos from the 1960s he preferred his bike.
© Heinz Browers/United Archives/Imago
Numerous other TV appearances followed.
"Many, many years ago I was able to turn one of my hobbies, music, into a career," he enthused.
Another passion of Jenssen: cars.
He used the money he earned to buy a Porsche Speedster.
Jenssen should also be well known to fans of Peter Alexander: in 1965 he sang the duet with the Austrian legend “A leather trousers need no creases”.
According to the
official
charts.de, the song climbed to number 24 in the German charts.
With "Amigo that's life" the northern lights scored in the southern neighboring country: According to
austrancharts.at
, the track made it to number 19 in the Austrian hit list in 1967.
Schlager star Sven Jenssen is dead: "Danz op de Deel" knows "every child" in Schleswig-Holstein
"Danz op de Deel" has survived the decades and is still a true North German classic.
“Every child in Schleswig-Holstein knows this,” writes
schmusa.de
.
Jenssen co-wrote the piece.
First Carla Lodders landed a hit with it, later it became inseparable from Jenssen, who also sang it himself.
"Singer and musician with body and soul" can be read in the obituary directly under his name.
And about it: “Your voice is silent.
Your beautiful singing will be there forever and will ring in our hearts.” Schlager fans also recently had to say goodbye to Matthias Carras.
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