Helena Josefsson

Helena Josefsson
Josefsson on 14 July 2021
Josefsson on 14 July 2021
Background information
Birth nameHelena Marianne Josefsson
Born (1978-03-23) 23 March 1978 (age 46)
OriginKalmar, Sweden
GenresPop, indie-pop
Occupations
InstrumentVocals
Years active1999–present
LabelsEMI,
Elevator Entertainment
WebsiteOfficial Website
(from archive)

Helena Marianne Josefsson (born 23 March 1978) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist in the band Sandy Mouche and has collaborated with Per Gessle, Roxette, Arash Labaf, The Ark and various other Swedish musical projects as a backing vocalist. Josefsson toured with Roxette during 2011 on their Neverending World Tour and also toured with Gessle, most notably during his 2018 Per Gessle's Roxette tour around Europe, where she was lead singer in a number of songs.[1] In 2015 she recorded a jazz-covers album Happiness with Swedish trio Kontur,[2] as well as cooperating with Roxette's bass guitarist Magnus Börjesson in a "jazz electronique" project.[3] In addition to Happiness she has released three other solo albums, Dynamo (2007), Kyss Mej (Kiss me 2011) and Beauty Love Anything (2019).[4]

  1. ^ Andre Paine (October 15, 2018). "We are playing 85% Roxette tracks': Per Gessle talks one-off UK show". Music Week. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  2. ^ Stockholm, P4 (October 30, 2015). "Helena Josefsson med jazzinfluenser" [Helena Josefsson with jazz influences]. Sveriges Radio. Retrieved January 17, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Goodnight Sun 2018". Goodnight Sun. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  4. ^ "Helena Josefsson Discogs listing". Discogs. Retrieved January 17, 2020.