Sebastian

December 26, 2024

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It was not many seconds after Sebastian first heard The Beatles blare from an open window in Goslar, Germany, in 1964, that he knew. “I simply got hit,” he says. “This is what I have to investigate, this is what I have to deal with, and this is what I have to create my relationship with other people through.” Born Knud Grabow Christensen in 1949, Sebastian spent his first eighteen months in a hospital with rickets, lost his mother to cancer shortly after, and grew up with a stepmother in a home that did not work. By the time he reached a strict Danish choir school, he already felt like a “social loser” among wealthier classmates. That early distance from any stable community—what host Sørine Godfredsen calls an outsider position—became the ground from which his music grew.

The outsider who communicates through song

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What you'll learn

1 (00:44) **Early Life and Loss** - Sebastian (born Knud Graborg Christensen) describes his difficult start: born with rickets, spent first 1.5 years in hospital, mother died of cancer shortly after his discharge.
2 (02:10) **Prejudice: The Outsider** - Sørine reads a prejudice: "You are a person who has always seen himself as an outsider, but who most people have taken to themselves."
3 (06:30) **Childhood Loneliness and a Secret World** - Sebastian reflects on his early isolation and the creation of an inner world.
4 (09:29) **The Musical Awakening** - Sebastian describes the exact moment music "hit" him on a confirmation trip to Goslar in 1964.
5 (12:21) **The Social Loser at Choir School** - Sebastian describes the strict, segregated choir school where he was labeled a "social loser."
6 (15:58) **The Mission: A Grundtvigian Lift** - Sørine quotes Grundtvig's diary about being "lifted up" by love. Sebastian confirms the feeling.
7 (20:26) **The Name "Sebastian"** - Sebastian explains how he got his stage name—a radio promotion event forced it on him.

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Guests on this episode

Sørine Godfredsen

Show Notes

Musikeren Sebastian har skrevet Sørines yndlings julesang, derfor har hun inviteret ham i studiet til en særudgave af Sørine & Livskraften. Hør hans historie om, at skulle stå på egne ben før han lærte at gå. Han var syg det første halvandet år af sit liv, og da han endelig blev udskrevet, døde hans mor. I stedet voksede han op hos sin far og en stedmor, som han ikke kunne lide. Det er historien om den evige outsider, der med sine smukke sange endte med at synge sig ind i hjertet på en hel befolkning.