Håkan Hellström (Swedish
IPA: ) (born
April 2,
1974, in Älvsborg,
Gothenburg) is a
Swedish musician. He made his big break in Sweden in the year 2000 with the song "Känn ingen sorg för mig
Göteborg" ("Don't feel sorry for me, Gothenburg"). In 2005, Hellström released his fourth album, Nåt gammalt, nåt nytt, nåt lånat, nåt blått (literally: Somethin' old, somethin' new, somethin' borrowed, somethin' blue), which is a collection of old material that never made it onto any of his albums, a few new songs and cover. In 2006, following the birth of his son, he announced that he would take a break from touring and recording for a while. Despite this, he still plays occasional
gigs. Most recently, (
July 8,
2006) he held a concert on the Swedish
Peace & Love festival, in
Borlänge, to an audience of roughly 12,000 people, in a way taking a break from this break.
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