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Per Gessle
Swedish musician and songwriter (born 1959)
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| Birth name | Per Håkan Gessle |
| Born | (1959-01-12) 12 January 1959 (age 66) Halmstad, Sweden |
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| Years active | 1976–present |
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Musical artist
Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈpæːrˈhôːkanˈɡɛ̂sːlɛ]ⓘ; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish singer, songwriter and guitarist.
He is best known as the male half and primary songwriter of the pop rock duo Roxette, which he formed with Marie Fredriksson in 1986 and which was disbanded after her death in 2019. The duo achieved international success in the late 1980s and early 1990s with their albums Look Sharp! (1988) and Joyride (1991), and topped the charts in the US four times, most notably with "It Must Have Been Love" which was featured in the film Pretty Woman.
Prior to the formation of Roxette, he had a successful career in his native Sw