Halfdan E is one of Denmark’s premier film composers and divides his time between Copenhagen and London.

With an immediately recognisable signature style, Halfdan has scored in excess of 40 films and almost 10 prime time tv series. Most recent credits include the Netflix Original series 'Ragnarok' (2020), crime series 'Below The Surface' II (2019), Finnish feature 'Ihmisen Osa' (2018) and the ever- popular Danish series 'Badehotellet' (Seaside Hotel) which broadcasts to huge audiences in all the Nordic countries and is now available to watch in the UK on C4's streaming channel Walter Presents.

A multi-award winning composer, Halfdan burst onto the international scene with his iconic music for all 3 series' of the best-ever political drama 'Borgen', a series that ignited a global hunger for Scandinavian influenced drama and is still screened all over the world.

In 2017 Halfdan delivered and award-worthy score for BBC1's highly acclaimed, psychological thriller 'Apple Tree Yard', directed by Jessica Hobbs for Kudos Film & TV, starring Emily Watson and Ben Chaplin.

Halfdan started his career in popular music; a bass player in many different bands before joining the group 'Laid Back' whose international hits included 'Sunshine Reggae', 'Bakerman' and 'White Horse'. He later teamed up with the world-renowned and controversial Danish poet Dan Turèll and together they recorded 2 hit albums, winning 2 Danish Emmys.
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Halfdan earned his degree at Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory majoring in performance, composition, orchestration, arranging and sound engineering.

In addition to feature and drama composing, Halfdan is the chairman of the Danish Guild of Media Composers BFM, playing a vital part of the Nordic Film Composers’ Network. He proudly cares for his wonderful family with three children, a cat and a rabbit. And, as you would expect from our Danish friend, he travels by bike at every opportunity and takes ice baths whenever time allows.