Kim J. Henriksen

Kim Jan Henriksen is a Danish Esperantist singer-musician. From his Polish-born mother, Bogumiła Maria Henriksen, and Danish-born father, Kai L. Henriksen. He learned Esperanto as a child, becoming prominent in the Esperanto youth movement and in the world of Esperanto rock music in the 1980s and 1990s. Kim Henriksen and his Polish-born wife speak Esperanto at home and are raising their son as a second-generation Esperanto native speaker. Henriksen's enthusiastic musicianship on behalf of Esperanto and cross-cultural understanding through rock music has earned him popularity both in Europe and America.