Hello Saferide is a Swedish

Sweden

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 twee pop band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin

Annika Norlin

Annika Norlin , of Östersund, Sweden, is a Swedish pop artist who makes music under the names Hello Saferide and Säkert! .-Albums:*2005 - Introducing...Hello Saferide...

. According to Norlin's MySpace

MySpace

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, the stage name "Hello Saferide" was "inspired by an intelligent bus driver in a drug-addicted small town, don't ask." The Swedish-language version of the band's biography identifies the town as Willimantic

Willimantic, Connecticut

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, Connecticut

Connecticut

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Based on the Internet success of the song "Highschool Stalker," Hello Saferide was signed to Razzia Records in 2005.

In 2007, Norlin released a Swedish-language

Swedish language

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 album under the band name Säkert! ("Yeah, right!"). The album won her two Grammis

Grammis

The Grammis Awards are the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The awards ceremony is generally held each year in February in Stockholm.The awards were established in 1969 and awarded until 1972 when they were cancelled....

 awards in 2008, for best female pop act and best lyrics. It was announced that she was chosen by Matt Groening

Matt Groening

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 to perform at the edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties

All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)

All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....

 festival he was curating in May 2010 in Minehead, England.

Annika Norlin is a journalist, and has worked for several newspapers in Sweden. She has also hosted different radio shows at Sveriges Radio P3.

Albums

• 2005 - Introducing...Hello Saferide
• 2007 - Säkert! (as Säkert!)
• 2008 - More Modern Short Stories From Hello Saferide (Cover art)
• 2010 - Facit (as Säkert!)
• 2011 - Säkert! på engelska (as Säkert! Swedish songs translated into English)

EP/Singles

• 2005 - If I Don't Write This Song Someone I Love Will Die
• 2005 - My Best Friend
• 2006 - Would You Let Me Play This EP 10 Times a Day?
• 2006 - Long Lost Penpal
• 2007 - Allt som är ditt (released as Säkert!)
• 2007 - Vi kommer att dö samtidigt (released as Säkert!)
• 2007 - I Was Definitely Made for These Times
• 2008 - Anna
• 2010 - Fredrik

External links

• Hello Saferide
• Hello Saferide on MySpace
  MySpace
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• Razzia Records
• Last.fm
• Hello Saferide at The Indie Music Database