{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=March 2012}} {{BLP primary sources|date=March 2012}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Annika Norlin | honorific_suffix = | image = Annika Norlin at Gröna Lund.jpg | image_size = 200px | landscape = | alt = | caption = Norlin performing at [[Gröna Lund]] in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2011 | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|11|22}} | birth_place = [[Östersund]], Sweden | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | genre = [[indie pop]] | occupation = Journalist, singer, songwriter | instrument = Guitar | years_active = 1999–present | label = | website = | module = | module2 = | module3 = }}
[[File:Annika Norlin.jpg|thumb|Norlin performing at [[Mosebacke]] in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2012]]
'''Annika Norlin''' (born 22 November 1977) is a Swedish musician, journalist<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.svd.se/annika-norlin-har-inte-alla-svar|title=Annika Norlin har inte alla svar|newspaper=Svenska Dagbladet|language=Swedish|first=Andreas | last=Rosander|date=20 August 2010|access-date=28 December 2015}}</ref> and author<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weylerforlag.se/forfattare/annika-norlin/|title = Annika Norlin – Weyler förlag}}</ref> who makes music under the names [[Hello Saferide]] (in English) and Säkert! (in [[Swedish language|Swedish]]).<ref>[http://www.dn.se/livsstil/livsstilsreportage/annika-norlin-sakert-ostersund-1.926653 Annika Norlin: Osäker i Östersund blev Säkert!] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912174624/http://www.dn.se/livsstil/livsstilsreportage/annika-norlin-sakert-ostersund-1.926653 |date=12 September 2009 }}, [[Dagens Nyheter]] 9 August 2009 {{in lang|sv}}</ref>
She released her first book, ''Texter'' (Lyrics), in 2014, which was a collection of her lyrics – both Swedish and English – for every song she had released so far, and to a few previously unreleased songs.
She released her second book, ''Jag ser allt du gör'' (I see everything you do), in 2020. The book is a collection of eight short stories written by Norlin.<ref>{{cite web | title=Annika Norlins debutbok är drastisk och briljant | work=Dagens Nyheter | date=23 March 2020 | url=https://www.dn.se/kultur-noje/annika-norlins-debutbok-ar-drastisk-och-briljant/ }}</ref> It was shortlisted for the 2021 [[Borås Tidnings debutantpris]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Han får Borås Tidnings debutantpris | date=11 March 2021 | url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/a/mB3lK0/han-far-boras-tidnings-debutantpris | work=[[Aftonbladet]] | agency=TT }}</ref>
Her first novel, ''[[The Colony (novel)|Stacken]]'' was published in 2023 in Sweden and released in a Europa Edition as ''[[The Colony (novel)|The Colony]]'' in the United States in 2025. It was a bestseller in Sweden and won the Vi Literature Award and Swedish Radio's Novel Prize.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Norlin |first1=Annika |title=The Colony |date=2025 |publisher=Europa Editions |isbn=979-8-88966-082-8 |page=cover}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Hello Saferide=== ;Albums * 2005 – ''Introducing...Hello Saferide'' * 2006 – ''Introducing...Hello Saferide'' – vinyl with ''The Quiz'' as a bonus track * 2008 – ''More Modern Short Stories from Hello Saferide'' * 2014 – ''The Hunter, the Fox and Hello Saferide''
;EP * 2006 – ''Long Lost Penpal EP'' * 2006 – ''Would You Let Me Play This EP 10 Times A Day?''
;CDs * 2005 – ''My Best Friend'' * 2005 – ''If I Don't Write This Song Someone I Love Will Die'' * 2007 – ''I Was Definitely Made for These Times / The Quiz'' * 2008 – ''Anna'' * 2009 – ''Arjeplog''
;Part of collection * 2004 – Jeans & Summer 2, track 5, ''Highschool Stalker'' * 2006 – Oh No It's Christmas Vol. 1, track 2 ''iPod X-mas'' * 2008 – There's A Razzia Going On, track 1, ''I Was Definitely Made for These Times'' * 2009 – There's A Razzia Going On vol. 2, track 1, ''I Fold''
===Säkert!=== ;Albums * 2007 – ''Säkert!'' * 2010 – ''Facit'' * 2011 – ''På engelska'' * 2017 – ''Däggdjur''
;EPs * 2017 – ''Inte jag heller'' * 2018 – ''Arktiska oceanen''
;CDs * 2007 – ''Vi kommer att dö samtidigt'' * 2007 – ''Allt som är ditt'' * 2008 – ''Det kommer bara leda till nåt'' * 2010 – ''Fredrik'' * 2010 – ''Dansa, fastän''
;Part of collection * 2007 – ''Poem, ballader och lite blues/Återbesöket'', spår 2 ''Generalens visa '' * 2008 – ''There's a Razzia Going On, vol 1'', spår 8 ''3 månader sen idag'' * 2009 – ''Retur Waxholm'', spår 3 ''Jag vill inte suddas ut'' * 2009 – ''There's a Razzia Going On, vol 2'', spår 10 ''Min hemstad''
===Annika Norlin=== * 2022 – ''Mentor''
===Other collaborations=== * 2006 – Färjemansleden (with Annika Norlin), "Vapnet", from their album ''Jag vet hur man väntar'' * 2016 – [[Garmarna]] (with Annika Norlin), "Ingen" from the album ''[[6 (Garmarna album)|6]]'' * 2019 – ''Correspondence'', collaboration with [[Jens Lekman]] * 2024 – ''Tid att riva sönder'', collaboration with [[Jonas Teglund]]
==Bibliography== * ''Texter'' (Lyrics), [[Teg Publishing]], Luleå 2014, {{ISBN|978-91-979115-8-0}}. * ''Jag ser allt du gör'' (I see everything you do), [[Weyler förlag]], Stockholm 2020, {{ISBN|978-91-27-16735-3}}. * ''Stacken'' (''[[The Colony (novel)|The Colony]]''), [[Weyler förlag]], Stockholm 2023, Europa Editions March 2025 in USA {{ISBN|979-8-88966-082-8}}.
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