Petter (rapper)
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Petter
| image = Petter Askergren Roskilde 2009.JPG
| caption = Petter opening Orange Scene on Roskilde Festival 2009
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Petter Alexis Askergren
| alias = Petter
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|5|25}}
| birth_place = Sweden
| death_place =
| origin = Stockholm, Sweden
| instrument =
| occupations = {{hlist|Rapper|singer}}
| genre = Hip hop
| years_active =
| associated_acts =
| label =
| website = {{URL|http://www.petter.nu}}
}}
Petter Alexis Askergren (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a Swedish rapper from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken ({{langx|en|The Banana Republic}}). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time.{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}} He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy.
In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala.
Personal life
Discography
= Studio albums =
class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="2"| Peak ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Certification |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|SWE {{Cite web|url=https://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Petter|title=Discography Petter|website=swedishcharts.com|access-date=9 May 2021}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|NOR |
scope="row"| Mitt sjätte sinne
|1998 | 5 || — |
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scope="row"| Bananrepubliken
|1999 | 1 || 34 |
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scope="row"| Petter
|2001 | 16 || — |
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scope="row"| Ronin
|2004 | 5 || 37 | |
scope="row"| P
|2006 | 1 || — |
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scope="row"| God Damn It
|2007 | 12 || — | |
scope="row"| En räddare i nöden
|2010 | 11 || — | |
scope="row"| Början på allt
|2013 | 5 || — | |
scope="row"| Mitt folk
|2015 | 12 || — | |
scope="row"| Skeppsholmen
|2016 | 3 || — | |
scope="row"| Lev nu
|rowspan="3"|2018 | 6 || — | |
scope="row"| 9818
| 17 || — | |
scope="row"| Dö sen
| 9 || — | |
scope="row"| Varholmsgatan
| 2020 | 24 || — | |
scope="row"| Hälsa Stockholm
| 2022 | 34 || — | |
scope="row"| Vart trött sen 98
| 2023 | 14 | |
= Compilation albums =
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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;"|SWE |
scope="row"| X – Greatest Hits
| 2008 | 31 |
scope="row"| 3 Original Album Classics
| 2009 | — |
scope="row"| Samlar ut den
| 2010 | 3 |
scope="row"| Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva)
| 2013 | 29 |
scope="row"| Lev nu dö sen
| 2019 | — |
= Remix albums =
= EPs =
- 2019: Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna{{Cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/s%C3%A5-mycket-b%C3%A4ttre-tolkningarna-ep/1488618045|title=Så mycket bättre - Tolkningarna - EP by Petter on Apple Music|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=9 May 2021}}
- 2025: Petter med Getter{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/petter-tillbaka-med-ny-musik-stolt-over-det-har-projektet|title=Petter tillbaka med ny musik: ”Stolt över det här projektet”|date=4 April 2025|lang=sv|publisher=Sveriges Radio|access-date=6 April 2025|first=Tanja|last=Ulriksson}}
=Singles=
= Featured singles =
= Other charted songs =
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scope="col" rowspan="2"| Song
! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |
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scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE |
scope="row"| "Fyrverkeri" {{small|(Tjuvjakt featuring Petter)}} | rowspan="4"| 2018 | —{{efn-ua|"Fyrverkeri" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2018&dspp=24|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 24, 2018|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=9 May 2021}}}} | okokokokokokok |
scope="row"| "Lev nu dö sen" {{small|(featuring Vargas & Lagola)}} | 39 | Lev nu |
scope="row"| "Faller av" {{small|(featuring Thomas Rusiak, PeeWee and Eye-N-I)}} | —{{efn-ua|"Faller av" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2018&dspp=36|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 36, 2018|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=9 May 2021}}}} | 9818 |
scope="row"| "Ikväll" {{small|(featuring Ana Diaz)}} | Dö sen |
scope="row"| "Barnängens ängar" {{small|(featuring Joel Alme)}} | 2020 | —{{efn-ua|"Barnängens ängar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2020&dspp=25|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 25, 2020|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=9 May 2021}}}} | Varholmsgatan |
scope="row"| "Hälsa Stockholm" {{small|(featuring Molly Hammar)}} | rowspan="2"| 2022 | —{{efn-ua|"Hälsa Stockholm" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2022&dspp=38|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 38, 2022|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=23 September 2022}}}} | rowspan="2"| Hälsa Stockholm |
scope="row"| "Glatta livet" {{small|(featuring Titiyo)}} | —{{efn-ua|"Glatta livet" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/215?dspy=2022&dspp=43|title=Veckolista Heatseeker, vecka 43, 2022|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=28 October 2022}}}} |
Notes
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Petter Askergren}}
- {{official website|http://www.petter.nu}}
- {{musicbrainz artist|id=798d2454-7c77-47b9-8891-ccc140b82796|name=Petter}}
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