Axel Ehnström
Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter and musician. He is known for writing songs for artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies and Alle Farben. He participated as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
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Axel Ehnström

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- Name
- Axel Ehnström
- Birthplace
- Kirkkonummi, Finland
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter
- Born
- 1990 · Kirkkonummi.
- Nationality
- Finland
- Fields
- traditional folk · pop
- Languages
- Swedish · Finnish · English
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Axel Ehnström is a Finnish songwriter and musician. He is known for writing songs for artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies and Alle Farben. He participated as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011.
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• Name — Axel Ehnström • Birth Name — Axel Ehnström • Birthplace — Kirkkonummi, Finland • Genre — Pop, Folk, folk pop, Electronic, Rock • Occupation — Singer-songwriter • Years Active — 2011–present • Label — Elements Music, Sony/ATV • Instruments — Vocals, Guitar, Piano
Songwriting career
Songwriting career
Axel Ehnström has been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artists such as Phoebe Ryan, Lost Frequencies, Isac Elliot, Anna Abreu, Christopher, Alle Farben, RAF Camorra, Dennis Kruissen, Madeline Juno and Kasmir. Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by Elements Music since 2013. In 2014, he co-wrote Sofi De La Torre's song "Vermillion", which Billboard declared one of the best songs of the year. Ehnström's recent notable credits include a feature on Lost Frequencies' single All Or Nothing, Deepend's Woke up in Bangkok and the co-writing of Alle Farben'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. 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
Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Ehnström represented Finland as Paradise Oskar in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" placing 21st in the finals held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Ehnström received the Marcel Bezençon 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
Personal life
Ehnström's family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. He lives in Evitskog, Kirkkonummi. He adopted the name Paradise Oskar from author Astrid Lindgren's children's book "Rasmus and the Vagabond", where Paradise Oskar is a vagabond who plays the accordion.
Albums
Albums
• Album Title — Album details — Chart positions • FIN • Sunday Songs — *Released: 2 May 2011 *Label: Warner Music *Format: CD, Digital download — 4
Songwriting credits
Songwriting credits
• Year — Single — Peak chart position — Album — Artist • FIN — SE — NO — AUT — GER — BEL — SWI • 2011 — Da Da Dam — 6 — – — – — 64 — 46 — – — – — Sunday Songs — Paradise Oskar • Sunday Everyday — – — – — – — – — – — – — – • 2013 — New Way Home — 1 — – — 14 — – — – — – — – — Wake Up World — Isac Elliot • 2014 — Wowwowwow — 4 — – — – — – — – — – — – — AMK Dropout — KASMIR • 2015 — Bandana — 5 — – — – — – — – — – — – — Sensuroimaton Versio — Anna Abreu • 2016 — Mein Leben — – — – — – — 12 — 3 — – — – — Ghost — RAF Camora • 2016 — Bad Ideas — – — – — – — 4 — 7 — – — 79 — Music is my best friend — Alle Farben • 2016 — All or Nothing — – — – — – — – — – — 9 — – — Less Is More — Lost Frequencies • 2017 — Superman — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — Non-album single — Pretty Pink • 2017 — James Has Changed — – — – — – — – — – — – — – — James — Phoebe Ryan • 2018 — Woke up in Bangkok — – — 48 — – — – — – — – — – — Non-album single — Deepend
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Suomen musiikkialan talous ja vienti 2016. Music Finland.
- 2.Suomen musiikkialan talous ja vienti 2017. Music Finland.
- 3.Axel Ehnström palkittiin vuoden vientitekona. Music Finland.
- 4.Schacht, Andreas. Finland wins the Marcel Bezençon Press Award. Eurovision.
- 5.Evitskog laulaen maailmankartalle Verkkonummi 2011
- 6.finnishcharts.com/ Hung Medien. Paradise Oskar – Finnish Charts.
- 7.Hung, Steffen. swedishcharts.com – Swedish Charts Portal. swedishcharts.com.
- 8.austriancharts.at/ Hung Medien. Paradise Oskar – Austrian Charts.
- 9.charts.de/ Media Control. charts.de – Paradise Oskar.
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