# Petter (rapper)

Petter Alexis Askergren (born 25 May 1974), who simply uses his given name Petter as a stage name, is a Swedish rapper from Stockholm, Sweden, rapping in Swedish. He debuted in 1998 with the album Mitt sjätte sinne (My Sixth Sense), which became a success and started the Swedish hip hop boom in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He owns a record company called Bananrepubliken (English: The Banana Republic). He also studied art history at Uppsala University for some time. He has also worked with the famous Norwegian rap producer Tommy Tee several times in his career. Petter also frequently works with Swedish disk jockey Patrik Elofsson who goes by the stage name DJ Sleepy.
In 2014 he hosted Musikhjälpen in Uppsala.

## Personal life

Petter was diagnosed with ADHD in 2011.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Album | Year | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certification |
| Album | Year | SWE | NOR | Certification |
| Mitt sjätte sinne | 1998 | 5 | — | GLF: 2× Platinum |
| Bananrepubliken | 1999 | 1 | 34 | GLF: 3× Platinum |
| Petter | 2001 | 16 | — | GLF: Gold |
| Ronin | 2004 | 5 | 37 | |
| P | 2006 | 1 | — | GLF: Gold |
| God Damn It | 2007 | 12 | — | |
| En räddare i nöden | 2010 | 11 | — | |
| Början på allt | 2013 | 5 | — | GLF: Gold |
| Mitt folk | 2015 | 12 | — | |
| Skeppsholmen | 2016 | 3 | — | |
| Lev nu | 2018 | 6 | — | |
| 9818 | 2018 | 17 | — | |
| Dö sen | 2018 | 9 | — | |
| Varholmsgatan | 2020 | 24 | — | |
| Hälsa Stockholm | 2022 | 34 | — | |
| Vart trött sen 98 | 2023 | 14 | — | |

### Compilation albums

| Album | Year | Peak positions |
| Album | Year | SWE |
| X – Greatest Hits | 2008 | 31 |
| 3 Original Album Classics | 2009 | — |
| Samlar ut den | 2010 | 3 |
| Mitt sjätte sinne (Jubileumsutgåva) | 2013 | 29 |
| Lev nu dö sen | 2019 | — |

### Remix albums

* 2007: Skruvat och choppat av Afasi

### EPs

* 2019: Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna

### Singles

| Single | Year | Peak positions | Certification | Album |
| Single | Year | SWE | Certification | Album |
| "Vinden har vänt" | 1998 | 6 | GLF: Gold | Mitt sjätte sinne |
| "Du vet att jag gråter" (with Kaah [sv]) | 1998 | 51 | | Mitt sjätte sinne |
| "Mikrofonkåt" | 1999 | 53 | | Mitt sjätte sinne |
| "Saker & ting" (featuring Eye N' I [sv]) | 1999 | 2 | GLF: Gold | Bananrepubliken |
| "Så klart!" (featuring Eye N' I) | 2000 | 6 | GLF: Gold | Bananrepubliken |
| "Rulla med oss" (featuring Timbuktu, PeeWee [sv] and Eye N' I) | 2000 | 34 | | Bananrepubliken |
| "Tar det tillbaka" | 2001 | 13 | | Petter |
| "Ey yo" (featuring ADL [sv]) | 2001 | 35 | | Petter |
| "En sonett till dig" (featuring Luckz and Governor Andy [sv]) | 2002 | — | | Petter |
| "Fredrik Snortare och Cecilia Synd" | 2004 | 11 | | Ronin |
| "Repa skivan" (featuring AFC) | 2004 | 28 | | Ronin |
| "Tidens tempo" (featuring Timbuktu) | 2004 | — | | Ronin |
| "Det går bra nu" | 2006 | 3 | GLF: Gold | P |
| "Storstadsidyll" | 2006 | — | | P |
| "God Damn It" | 2007 | 14 | | God Damn It |
| "Logiskt" (featuring Säkert!) | 2007 | 10 | | God Damn It |
| "Reflexion 07" (featuring Anna Ternheim) | 2007 | — | | God Damn It |
| "Goda dagars magi" | 2008 | — | | God Damn It |
| "Min click" (featuring Kihlen) | 2008 | — | | X – Greatest Hits |
| "Slag under bältet" | 2009 | — | | En räddare i nöden |
| "Fri nu" | 2009 | — | | Non-album single |
| "För alla dom" (with Ison & Fille and Mogge) | 2009 | 21 | | Non-album single |
| "Fast för evigt" | 2010 | — | | En räddare i nöden |
| "Gör min dag" (featuring Magnus Carlson) | 2010 | 47 | | En räddare i nöden |
| "Längesen" (featuring Veronica Maggio) | 2010 | 2 | GLF: Platinum | En räddare i nöden |
| "Stockholm i mitt hjärta" | 2010 | 9 | | Samlar ut den |
| "Dansa din djävul" | 2010 | 33 | | Samlar ut den |
| "En tuff brud i lyxförpackning" | 2010 | 24 | | Samlar ut den |
| "Hjärtats ensamma slag" | 2010 | — | | Samlar ut den |
| "Satellites" | 2010 | — | | Samlar ut den |
| "Fulla för kärlekens skull" | 2010 | — | | Samlar ut den |
| "Baksmälla" (with September) | 2010 | 3 | GLF: Platinum | Samlar ut den |
| "Krafter" (featuring Adolphson & Falk) | 2011 | — | | En räddare i nöden |
| "Måste vidare" | 2011 | — | | Non-album single |
| "Håll om mig" (with Daniel Adams-Ray) | 2013 | 25 | GLF: Platinum | Början på allt |
| "2013Live" (with Ison & Fille) | 2013 | — | | Non-album single |
| "King" (with Lilla Namo) | 2013 | — | | Början på allt |
| "Början på allt" (featuring Eye-n-I) | 2013 | — | | Början på allt |
| "Kul på vägen" (featuring Sam-E and Sara Zacharias [sv]) | 2015 | 67 | | Mitt folk |
| "Leva & dö" (featuring Daniel Boyacioglu [sv]) | 2015 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Vi är" | 2015 | 68 | | Mitt folk |
| "Mitt folk" (featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) | 2015 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Svarta rävar" (featuring Linnea Olsson) | 2015 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Följer mig" (featuring Rosh [sv]) | 2015 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Cityljus" (featuring Yasin and Blen [sv]) | 2015 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Pris på mitt huvud" (featuring Daniel Adams-Ray) | 2016 | 75 | | Mitt folk |
| "Skärvor på mitt golv" | 2016 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Då var då, nu är nu" (featuring Mauro Scocco) | 2016 | — | | Mitt folk |
| "Se på mig nu" (featuring Linnea Henriksson) | 2016 | 5 | | Skeppsholmen |
| "Toppen av ett berg" (featuring Madi Banja) | 2018 | 4 | GLF: Platinum | Lev nu |
| "En grej i taget" (featuring Mapei and MagnusTheMagnus) | 2018 | 97 | | Lev nu |
| "Regnet" (featuring Molly Sandén and Sami) | 2018 | 29 | | Lev nu |
| "Brevet" (featuring David Jassy) | 2018 | — | | Dö sen |
| "Blommorna" (with Miss Li) | 2019 | — | | Non-album single |
| "Kung för en dag" (featuring Magnus Uggla) | 2019 | 23 | | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna |
| "Stockholm" (featuring Tjuvjakt) | 2019 | 42 | | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna |
| "Sanningen" (featuring Linnea Henriksson) | 2019 | 31 | | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna |
| "Jag lovar" | 2019 | 29 | | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna |
| "Bonfire" | 2019 | — | | Så mycket bättre – Tolkningarna |
| "Astronaut" (featuring OBLX) | 2020 | 82 | | Non-album single |
| "Astronaut" (Varholmsgatan version) (featuring Maja Francis) | 2020 | 68 | | Varholmsgatan |
| "Dom får mig aldrig levande" (featuring Thomas Stenström) | 2020 | 35 | | Varholmsgatan |
| "Ögonblick" (with Imenella [sv]) | 2020 | — | | Non-album singles |
| "Bara för bra" (featuring Myra Granberg) | 2021 | 37 | | Non-album singles |
| "Förutom dig" | 2021 | 57 | | Non-album singles |
| "Hundratusen" (featuring Gammal) | 2022 | — | | Hälsa Stockholm |
| "Komma över dig" (featuring Benjamin Ingrosso) | 2022 | 23 | | Hälsa Stockholm |
| "Tar det tillbaka igen" (with Adaam) | 2023 | 26 | | Vart trött sen 98 |
| "Längesen (Epilog)" (with Simon Superti) | 2023 | 28 | | Vart trött sen 98 |
| "Skimmer" (featuring Reyn) | 2024 | — | | Non-album single |

### Featured singles

| Single | Year | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Album |
| Single | Year | SWE | FIN | NOR | Album |
| "Crossing Borders" (Tommy Tee featuring Petter and Diaz) | 1999 | — | — | 9 | Norske byggeklosser [no] |
| "Stockholm–Helsinki" (Fintelligens featuring Petter and PeeWee) | 2000 | — | 1 | — | Renesanssi [fi] |
| "Städer när jag blöder" (Saska featuring Thåström and Petter) | 2000 | 30 | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Fatta förstå" (Ayo [sv] featuring Petter) | 2000 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Vår stil" (DJ Sleepy [sv] featuring Petter and Eye-n-I) | 2000 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Vill ha!" (Feven featuring Petter) | 2001 | 38 | — | — | Hela vägen ut |
| "Giftig" (Mange Schmidt featuring Petter) | 2007 | 2 | — | — | Känslan kommer tillbaks |
| "Inga problem" (remix) (Snook featuring Veronica Maggio and Petter) | 2007 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Håbet" (Dee Pee [da] featuring Petter and Patrick B) | 2009 | — | — | — | Perspektivet |
| "Sanna min ord" (Stress featuring Petter and Johnel) | 2011 | — | — | — | Playlist |
| "Over" (Madcon featuring Petter) | 2018 | — | — | — | Contakt Vol. 2 |
| "Kivijalka" (Fintelligens featuring Petter) | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album single |
| "Sjel" (Adam Falk featuring Petter) | 2018 | — | — | — | Non-album single |

### Other charted songs

| Song | Year | Peak positions | Album |
| Song | Year | SWE | Album |
| "Fyrverkeri" (Tjuvjakt featuring Petter) | 2018 | — | okokokokokokok |
| "Lev nu dö sen" (featuring Vargas & Lagola) | 2018 | 39 | Lev nu |
| "Faller av" (featuring Thomas Rusiak, PeeWee and Eye-N-I) | 2018 | — | 9818 |
| "Ikväll" (featuring Ana Diaz) | 2018 | 71 | Dö sen |
| "Barnängens ängar" (featuring Joel Alme) | 2020 | — | Varholmsgatan |
| "Hälsa Stockholm" (featuring Molly Hammar) | 2022 | — | Hälsa Stockholm |
| "Glatta livet" (featuring Titiyo) | 2022 | — | Hälsa Stockholm |
Notes
* ↑ "Leva & dö" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number two on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Mitt folk" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 18 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Svarta rävar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number eight on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Då var då, nu är nu" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Brevet" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 17 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Blommorna" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number one on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Bonfire" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Ögonblick" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Hundratusen" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number 15 on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.
* ↑ "Skimmer" did not enter the Swedish Singellista Chart, but peaked at number two on the Swedish Heatseeker Chart.
* ↑ "Fyrverkeri" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 11 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Faller av" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number six on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Barnängens ängar" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number five on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Hälsa Stockholm" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number seven on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.
* ↑ "Glatta livet" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number 14 on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.