Per Gessle

Birthday: 1/12/1959
Place of birth: Halmstad, Hallands län, Sweden
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Per Håkan Gessle, Gyllene Tider, Roxette

Biography

Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson (Gessle being the chief songwriter in both bands). With Fredriksson's illness in 2002, he went back to recording solo albums, reformed Gyllene Tider in 2004 and became a successful artist in his native Sweden, selling multi-platinum albums.