| Petter | |
| Background: | solo_singer |
| Birth Name: | Petter Alexis Askergren |
| Alias: | Petter |
| Birth Date: | 1974 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sweden |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
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 (English: The Banana Republic). 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.
Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011.[1]
| Album | Year | Peak positions | Certification | ||
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| SWE [2] | NOR [3] | ||||
| Mitt sjätte sinne | 1998 | 5 | — |
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| Bananrepubliken | 1999 | 1 | 34 |
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| Petter | 2001 | 16 | — |
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| Ronin | 2004 | 5 | 37 | ||
| P | 2006 | 1 | — |
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| God Damn It | 2007 | 12 | — | ||
| En räddare i nöden | 2010 | 11 | — | ||
| Början på allt | 2013 | 5 | — |
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| Mitt folk | 2015 | 12 | — | ||
| Skeppsholmen | 2016 | 3 | — | ||
| Lev nu | 2018 | 6 | — | ||
| 9818 | 17 | — | |||
| Dö sen | 9 | — | |||
| Varholmsgatan | 2020 | 24 | — | ||
| Hälsa Stockholm | 2022 | 34 | — | ||
| Vart trött sen 98 | 2023 | 14 [5] | — | ||
| Album | Year | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| X – Greatest Hits | 2008 | 31 | |
| 3 Original Album Classics | 2009 | — | |
| Samlar ut den | 2010 | 3 | |
| Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva) | 2013 | 29 | |
| Lev nu dö sen | 2019 | — |
| Single | Year | Peak positions | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||||
| "Vinden har vänt" | 1998 | 6 |
| Mitt sjätte sinne | |
| "Du vet att jag gråter" | 51 | ||||
| "Mikrofonkåt" | 1999 | 53 | |||
| "Saker & ting" | 2 |
| Bananrepubliken | ||
| "Så klart | " | 2000 | 6 |
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| "Rulla med oss" | 34 | ||||
| "Tar det tillbaka" | 2001 | 13 | Petter | ||
| "Ey yo" | 35 | ||||
| "En sonett till dig" | 2002 | — | |||
| "Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd" | 2004 | 11 | Ronin | ||
| "Repa skivan" | 28 | ||||
| "Tidens tempo"[11] | — | ||||
| "Det går bra nu" | 2006 | 3 |
| P | |
| "Storstadsidyll" | — | ||||
| "God Damn It" | 2007 | 14 | God Damn It | ||
| "Logiskt" | 10 | ||||
| "Reflexion 07"[13] | — | ||||
| "Goda dagars magi"[14] | 2008 | — | |||
| "Min click"[15] | — | X – Greatest Hits | |||
| "Slag under bältet"[16] | 2009 | — | En räddare i nöden | ||
| "Fri nu"[17] | — | rowspan="2" | |||
| "För alla dom" | 21 | ||||
| "Fast för evigt"[18] | 2010 | — | En räddare i nöden | ||
| "Gör min dag" | 47 | ||||
| "Längesen" | 2 [19] |
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| "Stockholm i mitt hjärta" | 9 | Samlar ut den | |||
| "Dansa din djävul" | 33 | ||||
| "En tuff brud i lyxförpackning" | 24 | ||||
| "Hjärtats ensamma slag"[21] | — | ||||
| "Satellites"[22] | — | ||||
| "Fulla för kärlekens skull"[23] | — | ||||
| "Baksmälla" | 3 |
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| "Krafter"[24] | 2011 | — | En räddare i nöden | ||
| "Måste vidare"[25] | — | ||||
| "Håll om mig" | 2013 | 25 [26] |
| Början på allt | |
| "2013Live"[28] | — | ||||
| "King"[29] | — | Början på allt | |||
| "Början på allt"[30] | — | ||||
| "Kul på vägen" | 2015 | 67 | Mitt folk | ||
| "Leva & dö" | — | ||||
| "Vi är" | 68 | ||||
| "Mitt folk" | — | ||||
| "Svarta rävar" | — | ||||
| "Följer mig"[31] | — | ||||
| "Cityljus"[32] | — | ||||
| "Pris på mitt huvud" | 2016 | 75 [33] | |||
| "Skärvor på mitt golv"[34] | — | ||||
| "Då var då, nu är nu" | — | ||||
| "Se på mig nu" | 5 [35] | Skeppsholmen | |||
| "Toppen av ett berg" | 2018 | 4 [36] |
| Lev nu | |
| "En grej i taget" | 97 [38] | ||||
| "Regnet" | 29 [39] | ||||
| "Brevet" | — | Dö sen | |||
| "Blommorna" | 2019 | — | |||
| "Kung för en dag" | 23 [40] | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna | |||
| "Stockholm" | 42 [41] | ||||
| "Sanningen" | 31 | ||||
| "Jag lovar" | 29 | ||||
| "Bonfire" | — | ||||
| "Astronaut" | 2020 | 82 [42] | |||
| "Astronaut" (Varholmsgatan version) | 68 [43] | Varholmsgatan | |||
| "Dom får mig aldrig levande" | 35 | ||||
| "Ögonblick" | — | rowspan="3" | |||
| "Bara för bra"[44] | 2021 | 37 | |||
| "Förutom dig"[45] | 57 [46] | ||||
| "Hundratusen" | 2022 | — | Hälsa Stockholm | ||
| "Komma över dig" | 23 [47] | ||||
| "Tar det tillbaka igen" | 2023 | 26 [48] | Vart trött sen 98 | ||
| "Längesen (Epilog)" | 28 [49] | ||||
| "Skimmer" | 2024 | — |
| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | FIN [50] | NOR [51] | ||||
| "Crossing Borders" | 1999 | — | — | 9 | ||
| "Stockholm–Helsinki" | 2000 | — | 1 | — | ||
| "Städer när jag blöder" | 30 | — | — | rowspan="3" | ||
| "Fatta förstå"[52] | — | — | — | |||
| "Vår stil" | — | — | — | |||
| "Vill ha | " | 2001 | 38 | — | — | Hela vägen ut |
| "Giftig" | 2007 | 2 | — | — | Känslan kommer tillbaks | |
| "Inga problem" (remix)[53] | — | — | — | |||
| "Håbet"[54] | 2009 | — | — | — | Perspektivet | |
| "Sanna min ord"[55] | 2011 | — | — | — | Playlist | |
| "Over"[56] | 2018 | — | — | — | Contakt Vol. 2 | |
| "Kivijalka"[57] | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "Sjel"[58] | — | — | — | |||
| Song | Year | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE | |||
| "Fyrverkeri" | 2018 | — | okokokokokokok |
| "Lev nu dö sen" | 39 | Lev nu | |
| "Faller av" | — | 9818 | |
| "Ikväll" | 71 [59] | Dö sen | |
| "Barnängens ängar" | 2020 | — | Varholmsgatan |
| "Hälsa Stockholm" | 2022 | — | Hälsa Stockholm |
| "Glatta livet" | — |
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