Søren Torpegaard Lund Wins Denmark Eurovision 2026 with Før Vi Går Hjem
Søren Torpegaard Lund won Denmark Eurovision 2026 and will represent the country with the Danish-language song “Før Vi Går Hjem.” For Denmark, the result gives the contest a new face after a 2025 final that ended in 23rd place with 47 points.
Lund’s route to Eurovision
The 27-year-old from Gudme grew up in Oure in Svendborg Municipality, Denmark, and has been in musical theatre since he was 10 years old. At 17, he applied to The Danish National School of Performing Arts and became the youngest person ever accepted there, then moved into professional work as a singer, dancer and actor.
His credits include Tony in West Side Story, Angel in Kinky Boots and Romeo in Romeo & Juliet. He also entered Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2023 and did not advance, which makes this win a cleaner industry turn than a breakout from nowhere.
“Før Vi Går Hjem” and its team
“Før Vi Går Hjem” was written by Lund with Clara Sofie Fabricius, Thomas Meilstrup and Valdemar Littauer Bendixen, who also produced it. The song’s subject is a toxic relationship that cannot be walked away from, a darker frame than the usual Eurovision crowd-pleaser and one reason it has already attracted attention.
The track had nearly surpassed 6 million streams on Spotify alone, a scale that suggests the Danish selection has already done some of the work that national finalists usually hope for after the broadcast is over.
Denmark’s 31-year run
Denmark has taken part in the Eurovision Song Contest for 31 years and has won three times, but recent results have left more pressure on each new entry. The country failed to qualify for the final in 2024, then reached the grand final in 2025 and still ended up 23rd with 47 points for Sissal and “Hallucination.”
Lund now carries that record into the next contest, and his best argument is not his backstory but the numbers already attached to the song. He said: “I feel like I’m growing up a little bit during this as well. I talked with my therapist and she was like, it’s like your innocence is kind of gone. And that’s good and bad.”
