Dan Folke (March 11, 1906 – September 16, 1954) was a Danish composer, lyricist, publisher, and theater director.
[1] He enrolled at Frederiksberg High School in 1924, by which time he had already written several melodies for the Copenhagen revues Scala Revyen, Co-Optimisterne, and the Apollo Theater.
At Egmont, it was especially magazine publication that he was responsible for, and it was Folke who, among other things, introduced Reader's Digest and Disney comics (1948) to the Danish market.
[1][2][3] Together with Arvid and Børge Müller, Folke wrote the lyrics for "Glemmer du"[1] and "Gå med i lunde.
"[2] Folke disappeared from his home in Hellerup, Copenhagen on September 10, 1954, and his body was found six days later in Svanemølle Bay.