Håkan Hellström

Seemingly out of nowhere, Håkan Hellström arrived with his smash hit debut single "Känn Ingen Sorg För Mig Göteborg" in the spring of 2000. Although this was his debut as a solo artist, Hellström had been a musician for years. As a member of indie pop/rock cult heroes Broder Daniel and Honey Is Cool -- featuring the Knife's Karin Dreijer -- he had already recorded several albums as a bass player and drummer. In 1999, Hellström asked some of his musician friends to be the backing band on a demo tape he was going to record. Though he hadn't written songs for his previous bands...