Per Håkan Gessle (Swedish pronunciation: [pɛːr ˈɡɛs.ˈlɛ]; born 12 January 1959) is a Swedish pop singer-songwriter, guitarist, and harmonicist. He is the lead singer of the Swedish pop group Gyllene Tider and formed Roxette with Marie Fredriksson (Gessle being the chief songwriter in both bands). With Fredriksson's illness in 2002, he went back to recording and became a successful solo artist in his native Sweden, selling multi-platinum albums.