Per Håkan Gessle is the male member of Roxette, a very talented musician: he's a singer, but also a song-writer. He was born in 12 January, 1959 in the Swedish town of Halmstad. Before forming Roxette with Marie Fredriksson in 1986, he had been involved in several musical projects. He was the lead singer, song writer and guitarist of Gyllene Tider, a major band in the beginning of the 80s in Sweden. After several successful albums, the band split.

Per released two solo albums in Swedish, called "Per Gessle" and "Scener" (Stages) - with far less success than he had with Gyllene Tider. Roxette provided him quite a lot of work during the following years, so he neglected his solo career for a while.

In 1993 Per married Åsa Nordin.

In 1995 Gyllene Tyder reunited and the following year, they released a new EP and a greatest hits album ("Halmstads pärlor" - The Pearls Of Halmstad). They became very successful, they were the biggest musical event in Sweden that year. The albums were followed by a tour, called "Återtåget" (Retreat) around the country, after which, Gyllene Tider split for the second time.

In 1997, Per released his third solo album, this time, in English. "The World According To Gessle" features the singles "Kix", "Do You Wanna Be My Baby?" and "I Want You To Know". The videos to these songs were directed by Jonas Åkerlund, one of today's top music video directors. Also in this year, Åsa gave birth to their son, Gabriel.

After writing songs for Roxette for a couple of years again, Gessle was involved in a tribute project to The Ramones. Per recorded 3 songs from The Ramones, namely "I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend", "Sheena Is A Punk Rocker" and "Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment". The songs were released on a CD and a vinyl single.

In 2003, Per released his fourth solo album, "Mazarin" (Cupcake), this time, in Swedish. The album became gold before it was released, and turned platinum on the week of its relerase. In the summer of 2003, Per was on tour in Sweden.

In 2004 Gyllene Tider celebrated their 25th anniversary with a brand new studio album called "Finn Fem Fel" (Find Five Mistakes) and a summer tour throughout Sweden.