Per Fredrick Dawit "Putte" Nelsson, (born 5 December 1971) is a Swedish pianist and songwriter. He is best known for his work on the SVT show ''Så ska det låta'', winning the choir show ''Körslaget'' on TV4, and playing the piano during performances by several well-known international performers.

Early life

Putte Nelsson grew up in Umeå and

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and moved to

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in 1992. He is the adopted son of Roland Nelsson the former CEO of Erikshjälpen, and Gudrun Nelsson. Between 2000 and 2008, he was a member of the music collective Blacknuss.

Work

Nelsson started to freelance as a pianist and keyboardist in 1996 for different events and became a known name in the music industry. He writes and produces music and was the creator of the song "Äntligen" with Fre performed for Melodifestivalen 2004. He has worked with several Swedish singers and performers such as Carola Häggkvist, Jerry Williams,

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and

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. He has also backed up international performers including Ricky Martin,

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, Craig David, and Mary J Blige. He is perhaps best known as the team leader for one of the two competing teams on the SVT show '' Så ska det låta'' between 2006 and 2010. In September 2006, Nelsson won the television award Kristallen (The Crystal), along with the rest of the cast of ''Så ska det låta'', in the category TV-show of the Year. Between 2010 and 2012 Nelsson was the band leader when Robert Gustafsson celebrated his 25 years in the business; the show was played over 240 times at Rondo in Gothenburg, Admiralen in Malmö and

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in Stockholm. In 2006, Nelsson and Lasse Axelsson founded ''Sjung NU'', a project that combines singing lessons and participation in a choir, in Stockholm. The first year the choir had 600 people join the classes; by 2012 this number had grown to over a 1,000. In November 2017, Nelsson celebrated ten years working with choirs with two sold-out concerts at Berwaldhallen. Putte Nelsson and his choir won the 2012 season of ''

Körslaget Körslaget is a Swedish entertainment TV program on TV4. The format was developed by Friday TV and based on an idea from Caroline af Ugglas, Heinz Liljedahl and Patrik Hambraeus. A US version, ''Clash of the Choirs'', was broadcast on NBC in Decem ...

'', a TV competition for celebrity-led choirs, which was broadcast on TV4.

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