Petter Alexis Askergren (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a

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, is a Swedish rapper from

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, rapping in

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. 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 (). He also studied

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for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer

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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

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Personal life

Petter was diagnosed with

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in 2011.

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

Remix albums

* 2007: ''Skruvat och choppat av Afasi''

EPs

* 2019: ''Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna'' * 2025: ''Petter med Getter''

Singles

Featured singles

Other charted songs

Notes

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1974 births Living people Petter Uppsala University alumni Swedish-language singers Musicians from Stockholm People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder