Jari Haapalainen (born 1971) is a Finnish-Swedish

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'' 23 May 2009 He was born to

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immigrant parents. Haapalainen resides in

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. He played lead

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for

The Bear Quartet The Bear Quartet was a cult indie rock Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term b ...

, and used to be a member in the pop combo Heikki. Jari has produced several artists during the past twenty years, among others

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, The Loveable Tulips and

The Concretes The Concretes are a Swedish indie pop band from Stockholm, composed of eight members. History The Concretes began with Victoria Bergsman, Maria Eriksson, and Lisa Milberg. Since their formation in 1995, they have grown into an eight piece band. ...

As a producer (selection)

* A Taste of Ra: * Avantgardet: Smile and Wave *

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: '' Ditt Hjärta Är En Stjärna'' *

: 15 albums *

: '' Let's Get Out of This Country'', ''

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'', '' Hey Trouble'' *

Nicolai Dunger Nicolai Dunger (born 4 February 1968) is a Swedish singer and acoustic songwriter from Piteå in Sweden. He has released twelve EPs and albums, singing primarily in English, and collaborated notably with Will Oldham, the Esbjörn Svensson jazz ...

: six albums * Eldkvarn: five albums * Anna Maria Espinosa: '' Glowing With You'' *

Kajsa Grytt Karin Johanna (''Kajsa'') Grytt (born 20 June 1961) is a Swedish punk-rocker, guitarist, singer and songwriter. She was between 1979 and 1985 guitarist in the band Tant Strul and 1985 to 1988 and around 1996 a member of the duo Kajsa och Malena. ...

: '' Brott & Straff - historier från ett kvinnofängelse'', '' En kvinna under påverkan'', ''Jag ler, jag dör'' *

: ''Strangers'', ''The Beautiful Lie'' * Heikki: ''Heikki'', ''Heikki II'' *

Honey Is Cool Honey Is Cool were a Swedish indie rock band from Gothenburg, formed in 1994. The band's final line-up consisted of Karin Dreijer (vocals, guitar), John Jern (guitar), Staffan Larsson (bass), Tina Weibull (keyboards, synthesisers), and Fredrik W ...

: '' Bolero!'', '' Early Morning Are You Working?'', '' Baby Jane'' *

Frida Hyvönen Frida Hyvönen (born Anna Frida Amanda Hyvönen; 30 December 1977) is a Swedish singer-songwriter. Personal life Hyvönen grew up in Robertsfors, located outside Umeå in the north of Sweden (which is also the hometown of her cousin Josephine ...

: three albums * ngenting Tomhet, Idel Tomhet *

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: two albums *

Johnossi Johnossi is a rock duo from Saltsjöbaden, Stockholm County, Sweden, consisting of songwriter, singer, guitarist John Engelbert and drummer, percussionist, singer Oskar "Ossi" Bonde. History Engelbert and Bonde first met when they were 12 and ...

: '' All They Ever Wanted'' * Siri Karlsson - three albums *

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: Rastlöst Blod *

: four albums *

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: ''Bandages For The Heart'' *

Eric Malmberg Eric Malmberg is a musician from Sweden. Previously a member of the duo Sagor & Swing ("Fairytales & Swing"), in 2005 he released his first solo album, '' Den gåtfulla människan'' ("The Enigmatic Human"). The album consists only of sounds ...

: '' Verklighet & Beat'' *

Moneybrother Anders Olof Wendin (born 16 March 1975, Norrtälje, Sweden) is a Swedish rock musician, best known for his solo project Moneybrother. Career After the split-up of his ska-punk band Monster, Wendin took a new direction and released Moneybrother ...

: four albums * The Plan: '' Walk For Gold'' *

Sahara Hotnights Sahara Hotnights are a Swedish rock band from Robertsfors, Sweden. Their style incorporates elements of garage rock, power pop and punk. History The band formed sometime around 1991/1992, "due to boredom". While in Australia, Josephine Forsman b ...

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'' * : Jorden Var Rund * Stella Rocket: ''Stella Rocket'' * The Tiny: '' Starring: Someone Like You''
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Rebecka Törnqvist Rebecka Törnqvist (born 26 April 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish jazz and pop vocalist. Her debut album '' A Night like This'' was released in 1993 and sold over 100,000 copies. This was followed by '' Good Thing'' in 1995. Most of the alb ...

: Scorpions *

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& Hidden Truck - two albums
Vega
two albums * Vånna Inget: Ingen Botten

As a musician

* 2016 - Fusion Machine (with JH3-Jari Haapalainen Trio)JH3-Jari Haapalainen Trio
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Fusion Madness
(with ari Haapalainen Trio)

References

1971 births Living people Swedish rock guitarists The Bear Quartet members Swedish people of Finnish descent 21st-century guitarists {{Sweden-guitarist-stub