Anders Peter Svensson is a
Swedish
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record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is the main songwriter and guitarist of the band
the Cardigans
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.
He started playing guitar at the age of eight, and in his teens he went on to play with local bands. After meeting bass player
Magnus Sveningsson, they formed The Cardigans in 1992. Peter Svensson is credited with writing the music and melodies for almost all of the group's original songs.
In 1998, he released a side/solo project called
Paus. All songs were co-written together with
Joakim Berg from the band
Kent
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. The drums were played by The Cardigans' drummer
Bengt Lagerberg.
In 1999,
the Paus album and Svensson’s work on The Cardigans' fourth album,
Gran Turismo, earned him a Swedish Grammy as Composer of the Year.
Svensson co-wrote (again with Joakim Berg) Swedish singer
Titiyo
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’s album, ''Come Along''.
The single, "
Come Along", was a big hit in 2001 and was awarded a Grammy for Song of the Year in Sweden.
Since the last album with The Cardigans,
Super Extra Gravity, Svensson has written and produced songs for numerous international artists such as
The Weeknd
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,
Ariana Grande
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,
Ellie Goulding
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and
One Direction
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.
Production and Songwriting discography
References
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1974 births
Living people
Swedish guitarists
Male guitarists
Swedish songwriters
The Cardigans members
People from Huskvarna
21st-century guitarists
Swedish male musicians