Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter and musician (born on 23 October 1990 in

Kirkkonummi Kirkkonummi (; sv, Kyrkslätt, , Sweden ) is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of inhabitants () in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "''Kirkkonummi''" and "''Kyrkslätt''" in English language, English is "church heath". ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

). He is known for writing songs for artists such as

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and

Alle Farben Frans Zimmer (born 5 June 1985), better known by his stage name Alle Farben (meaning ''All Colours'' in German) is a German DJ and producer. Since 2014 Zimmer is signed to the record label Guesstimate/b1 Recordings and the publishing house Budde ...

. He participated as Paradise Oskar in the

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Songwriting career

Axel Ehnström has been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artists such as

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, RAF Camorra, Dennis Kruissen,

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and Kasmir. Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by

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since 2013. In 2014, he co-wrote Sofi De La Torre's song "Vermillion", which ''

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'' declared one of the best songs of the year. Ehnström's recent notable credits include a feature on

' single ''All Or Nothing'',

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's ''Woke up in Bangkok'' and the co-writing of

's hugely successful song Bad Ideas, which was the most played song on the German radio for four weeks in a row. Both the 2016 and 2017 Finnish music industry reports by Music Finland, showed that Ehnström had more international songwriting cuts than any other Finnish songwriter in 2016 and 2017 respectively. In 2018, the Finnish Music Publishers association awarded Ehnström with the music export award of the year for his work in the German music market.

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Ehnström represented Finland as Paradise Oskar in the

with the song "

Da Da Dam Finland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" written by Axel Ehnström. The song was performed by Paradise Oskar, which is the artistic name of singer Axel Ehnström. The Finnish broadcaster Yleisradio (Yle) ...

" placing 21st in the finals held in

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, Germany. Ehnström received the

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Press Award given to the best entry as voted on by the accredited media and press during the 2011 Eurovision event. Paradise Oskar's debut album '' Sunday Songs'' was released via Warner Music Finland on 2 May 2011.

Personal life

Ehnström's family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He lives in

Evitskog Evitskog is a village of approximately 600 inhabitants in Kirkkonummi municipality. It is situated in western Uusimaa region, southern Finland, just outside the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Distance to Helsinki is 30 km, and to Kirkkonummi town ce ...

. He adopted the name Paradise Oskar from author

Astrid Lindgren Astrid Anna Emilia Lindgren (; ; 14 November 1907 – 28 January 2002) was a Swedish writer of fiction and screenplays. She is best known for several children's book series, featuring Pippi Longstocking, Emil of Lönneberga, Karlsson-on- ...

's children's book "Rasmus and the Vagabond", where Paradise Oskar is a

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who plays the accordion.Evitskog laulaen maailmankartalle
Verkkonummi 2011

Discography

Albums

Songwriting credits

References

External links

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