Hello Saferide is a

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band fronted by songwriter Annika Norlin. According to Norlin's MySpace, 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,

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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 album under the band name Säkert!Säkert!
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awards in 2008, for best female pop act and best lyrics. She was chosen by

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to perform at the edition of the

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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

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Discography

Albums

;as Hello Saferide ;as Säkert!

EP/Singles

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Notes

External links

Hello SaferideHello Saferide
on MySpace
Razzia Records

Last.fmHello Saferide
at The Indie Music Database Hello Saferide Swedish indie pop groups {{Sweden-band-stub