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Axel Ehnström

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Axel Ehnström

| image =

| birth_name = Axel Ehnström

| alias =

| birth_date =

| birth_place = Kirkkonummi, Finland

| genre = Pop, Folk, folk pop, Electronic, Rock

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 2011–present

| label = Elements Music, Sony/ATV

| instruments = Vocals, Guitar, Piano

}}

Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter and musician. He is known for writing songs for artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies and Alle Farben. He participated as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.

Songwriting career

Axel Ehnström has been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies, Isac Elliot, Anna Abreu, Christopher, Alle Farben, RAF Camorra, Dennis Kruissen, Madeline Juno and Kasmir. Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by Elements Music since 2013. In 2014, he co-wrote Sofi De La Torre's song "Vermillion", which Billboard declared one of the best songs of the year. Ehnström's recent notable credits include a feature on Lost Frequencies' single All Or Nothing, Deepend's Woke up in Bangkok and the co-writing of Alle Farben's hugely successful song Bad Ideas, which was the most played song on the German radio for four weeks in a row.

Both the 2016 and 2017 Finnish music industry reports by Music Finland, showed that Ehnström had more international songwriting cuts than any other Finnish songwriter in 2016 and 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://musicfinland.fi/fi/tutkimukset/musiikkialan-talous-ja-vienti-2016|title=Suomen musiikkialan talous ja vienti 2016|website=Music Finland|language=en-us|access-date=10 November 2017}}{{Cite news|url=https://musicfinland.fi/fi/tutkimukset/musiikkialan-talous-ja-vienti-2017|title=Suomen musiikkialan talous ja vienti 2017|work=Music Finland|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-us}} In 2018, the Finnish Music Publishers association awarded Ehnström with the music export award of the year for his work in the German music market.{{Cite news|url=https://musicfinland.fi/fi/kuulumisia/axel-ehnstroem-palkittiin-vuoden-vientitekona|title=Axel Ehnström palkittiin vuoden vientitekona|work=Music Finland|access-date=28 September 2018|language=en-us}}

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Ehnström represented Finland as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" placing 21st in the finals held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ehnström received the Marcel Bezençon Press Award given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the 2011 Eurovision event.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKNMLLba8P4|title=Finland wins the Marcel Bezençon Press Award.|last=Schacht|first=Andreas|publisher=Eurovision|access-date=14 May 2011}} Paradise Oskar's debut album Sunday Songs was released via Warner Music Finland on 2 May 2011.

Personal life

Ehnström's family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He lives in Evitskog, Kirkkonummi. He adopted the name Paradise Oskar from author Astrid Lindgren's children's book "Rasmus and the Vagabond", where Paradise Oskar is a vagabond who plays the accordion.[http://verkkonummi.fi/kirkkonummi/kylat/843-evitskog-laulaen-maailmankartalle.html Evitskog laulaen maailmankartalle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006042647/http://verkkonummi.fi/kirkkonummi/kylat/843-evitskog-laulaen-maailmankartalle.html |date=6 October 2015 }} Verkkonummi 2011 {{in lang|fi}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"| Album Title

! rowspan="2"| Album details

! colspan="1"| Chart positions

style="width:20px;"|{{small|FIN}}
{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com|title=Paradise Oskar – Finnish Charts|publisher=finnishcharts.com/ Hung Medien}}
scope="row" | Sunday Songs

|

  • Released: 2 May 2011
  • Label: Warner Music
  • Format: CD, Digital download

| style = "text-align:center;"| 4

=Songwriting credits=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="7" scope="col" | Peak chart position

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Artist

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FIN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"|SE
{{Cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deepend+&+Younotus+feat.+Martin+Gallop&titel=Woke+Up+In+Bangkok&cat=s|title=swedishcharts.com – Swedish Charts Portal|last=Hung|first=Steffen|website=swedishcharts.com|access-date=22 November 2018}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" |NO

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| AUT
{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Paradise+Oskar|title=Paradise Oskar – Austrian Charts|publisher=austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=paradise+oskar&x=6&y=4&cat=s&country=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204153627/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=paradise+oskar&x=6&y=4&cat=s&country=de|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 December 2014|title=charts.de – Paradise Oskar|publisher=charts.de/ Media Control}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| BEL

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWI

rowspan="2"|2011

! scope="row"| Da Da Dam

| 6

|–

–6446––

|rowspan="2"| Sunday Songs

|rowspan="2"| Paradise Oskar

scope="row"| Sunday Everyday

| –

|–||–|| –|| –|| – || –

rowspan="1"|2013

! scope="row"| New Way Home

| 1

|–

14––––

|rowspan="1"| Wake Up World

|rowspan="1"| Isac Elliot

rowspan="1"|2014

! scope="row"| Wowwowwow

| 4

|–

–––––

|rowspan="1"| AMK Dropout

|rowspan="1"|KASMIR

rowspan="1"|2015

! scope="row"| Bandana

| 5

|–

–––––

|rowspan="1"| Sensuroimaton Versio

|rowspan="1"| Anna Abreu

rowspan="1"|2016

! scope="row"| Mein Leben

| –

|–

–123––

|rowspan="1"| Ghost

|rowspan="1"| RAF Camora

rowspan="1"|2016

! scope="row"| Bad Ideas

| –

|–

–47–79

|rowspan="1"| Music is my best friend

|rowspan="1"| Alle Farben

rowspan="1"|2016

! scope="row"| All or Nothing

| –

|–

–––9–

|rowspan="1"| Less Is More

|rowspan="1"| Lost Frequencies

2017

! scope="row"|Superman

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|Non-album single

|Pretty Pink

2017

! scope="row"|James Has Changed

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|James

|Phoebe Ryan

2018

! scope="row"|Woke up in Bangkok

|–

|48

|–

|–

|–

|–

|–

|Non-album single

|Deepend

References

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External links

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{{succession box

| before = Kuunkuiskaajat
with "Työlki ellää"

| title = Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

| years = 2011

| after = Pernilla Karlsson
with "När jag blundar"

}}

{{s-end}}

{{Paradise Oskar}}

{{Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest|state=collapsed}}

{{Eurovision Song Contest 2011|state=collapsed}}

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Category:1990 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Kirkkonummi

Category:Swedish-speaking Finns

Category:21st-century Finnish male singers

Category:Finnish male songwriters

Category:Eurovision Song Contest entrants