Bent Jacobsen - Denmark's Most Dangerous Record

In 1975, Bent Jacobsen released the album Bøsse with the text "I am gay, and I am proud of it!" - a courageous statement at a time when homosexuality was still classified as a mental illness. The cover featured a drawing of two naked men embracing, and record stores refused to stock it, claiming it was pornography. For many gay people, it became a turning point: proof that they were not alone.

In 2025, Bøsse turns 50, and Kultur Samler marks the occasion with the book Danmarks Farligste Plade (Denmark's Most Dangerous Record), a reissue of the album on LP and CD, plus a talk with singer Bent Jacobsen and journalist Cathrine Errboe.

Using the book and LP as a starting point, Bent Jacobsen tells the story of this groundbreaking record's creation, life as a gay man in 1970s Copenhagen, the dance ban, the police's obscenity patrols, and the Gay Liberation Front. He also discusses political theatre, gay activism, and the consequences of the AIDS epidemic - and draws lines to 50 years of queer struggle in Denmark. Along the way, songs from Bøsse, recorded with Anders Koppel, Kasper Winding, Jens Rugsted, and Nils Tuxen, are played. At the end, there is an opportunity for questions from the audience.

The book has been reviewed with five stars in Out & About and four stars in GAFFA, and the Danish Library's assessment describes it as "a lovely, inspiring rock music book - well-written and well-presented, including relevant photographs and reproductions of texts."