Håkan Hellström

Seemingly out of nowhere, H+Ñkan Hellstr+¦m arrived with his smash hit debut single "K+ñnn Ingen Sorg F+¦r Mig G+¦teborg" in the spring of 2000. Although this was his debut as a solo artist, Hellstr+¦m 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, Hellstr+¦m 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 previou...