Petter

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 . He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. 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 Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011.

Discography Studio albums

Compilation albums

EPs 2019: Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna 2025: Petter med Getter

Singles

Featured singles Single Year Peak chart positions Album SWE NOR "Crossing Borders" 1999 — — 9 "Stockholm–Helsinki" 2000 — 1 — "Städer när jag blöder" 30 — — "Fatta förstå" — — — "Vår stil" — — — "Vill ha!" 2001 38 — — Hela vägen ut "Giftig" 2007 2 — — Känslan kommer tillbaks "Inga problem" (remix) — — — "Håbet" 2009 — — — Perspektivet "Sanna min ord" 2011 — — — Playlist "Over" 2018 — — — Contakt Vol. 2 "Kivijalka" — — — "Sjel" — — —

Other charted songs Song Year Peak positions Album SWE okokokokokokok "Lev nu dö sen" 39 Lev nu "Faller av" — 9818 "Ikväll" 71 Dö sen "Barnängens ängar" 2020 — Varholmsgatan "Hälsa Stockholm" 2022 — Hälsa Stockholm "Glatta livet" —