Per Håkan Gessle (born January 12, 1959) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. He was born in Halmstad, Sweden. He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1979, and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, started the successful band Roxette in 1986. He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys. ...show more

Per Håkan Gessle (born January 12, 1959) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. He was born in Halmstad, Sweden. He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1979, and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, started the successful band Roxette in 1986. He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys.

As of 2012, he has released seven solo albums: * Per Gessle (1983) * Scener (1985) * The World According To Gessle (1997) * Mazarin (2003) * Son of a Plumber (2005) * En händig man (2007) * Party Crasher (2008). ...show less