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name: "Jacob Groth"
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tmdb_id: 19352
wikidata_id: "Q268976"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "12 May 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T21:28:02.079455+00:00"
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# Jacob Groth

## Identity

Jacob Groth

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jacob-groth
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jacob-groth
- **IMDb ID:** nm0343844
- **TMDB ID:** 19352
- **Wikidata ID:** Q268976
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Groth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19352

Composer. Born 12 May 1951 in København, Danmark.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 12 May 1951, København, Danmark
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Groth, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q268976, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0343844/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19352

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md) (75)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jacob Groth is a Danish film and television composer. Born on 12 May 1951 in Copenhagen, he began his career as a rock musician before turning to film scoring in the late 1970s, initially for student films at the Danish Film School. He has since composed for more than 30 films and numerous television series.

Groth is best known for his scores for the Millennium trilogy films: *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), *The Girl Who Played with Fire* (2009) and *The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest* (2009). He has maintained long-term collaborations with directors including Niels Arden Oplev and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, and has scored international productions such as *Dead Man Down* (2013) and the CBS series *Unforgettable*.

He has received two Danish Film Academy Awards and five International Emmy Awards. Groth is married to singer and songwriter Misen Groth, who has contributed vocals and lyrics to several of his works.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, jacobgroth.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), Fi1m 75, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)

## Complete filmography (31)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Butterfly Swing* (2020), Music
- *DNA* (2019), series, Music
- *Wisting* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Midnight, Texas* (2017), series, Original Music Composer
- *RE: European Stories* (2017), series, Author
- *Mercur* (2017), series, Music
- *Skin Trade* (2014), Music
- *Speed Walking* (2014), Music
- *Dead Man Down* (2013), Music
- *Millennium* (2010), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest* (2009), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Girl Who Played with Fire* (2009), Music
- *Headhunter* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2009), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2009.md)
- *The Protectors* (2009), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Worlds Apart* (2008), Music
- *The Black Pimpernel* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *The Ugly Duckling and Me!* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *We Shall Overcome* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Young Andersen* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Eagle: A Crime Odyssey* (2004), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Ketchup Effect* (2004), Music
- *Better Times* (2004), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Sweet Dreams* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Unit One* (2000), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Taxa* (1997), series, Music, Original Music Composer
- *Cirkus Ildebrand* (1995), Music
- *The Daughter of the Puma* (1994), Music
- *Svart Lucia* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Shower of Gold* (1988), Music
- *Otto Is a Rhino* (1983), Original Music Composer

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Composer 2009: European Film Award for Best Composer (nominated), for *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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