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'''Per Fredrick Dawit "Putte" Nelsson''', (born 5 December 1971) is a Swedish pianist and songwriter.<ref name="körslaget">{{cite news|access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=19 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232326/https://www.tv4.se/artikel/5045c1e004bf724b9a000012/putte-nelsson-en-pianist-och-latskrivare |language=sv |publisher=TV 4 |title=Putte Nelsson - en pianist och låtskrivare |url=http://www.tv4.se/k%C3%B6rslaget/artiklar/putte-nelsson-en-pianist-och-latskrivare-5045c1e004bf724b9a000012 |url-status=live}}</ref> He is best known for his work on the SVT show ''Så ska det låta'', winning the choir show ''Körslaget'' on TV4, and playing the piano during performances by several well-known international performers.
==Early life== Putte Nelsson grew up in Umeå and Vetlanda and moved to Stockholm in 1992.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news|access-date=20 December 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821095256/https://nojestorget.se/putte-nelsson.html |language=sv |title=Putte Nelsson på Nöjestorget |url=https://nojestorget.se/putte-nelsson.html |url-status=live |website=Nöjestorget}}</ref> He is the adopted son of Roland Nelsson the former CEO of Erikshjälpen, and Gudrun Nelsson.<ref name="körslaget"/> Between 2000 and 2008, he was a member of the music collective Blacknuss.<ref name="auto1"/>
==Work== Nelsson started to freelance as a pianist and keyboardist in 1996 for different events and became a known name in the music industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berwaldhallen.se/konsert/varkonsert-med-team-putte-och-gastartist-jessica-andersson/|language=sv|title=Vårkonsert med Team Putte och gästartist Jessica Andersson - Berwaldhallen|website=berwaldhallen.se|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232328/https://www.berwaldhallen.se/konsert/varkonsert-med-team-putte-och-gastartist-jessica-andersson/|url-status=live}}</ref> He writes and produces music and was the creator of the song "Äntligen" with Fre performed for Melodifestivalen 2004.<ref name="auto1"/> He has worked with several Swedish singers and performers such as Carola Häggkvist, Jerry Williams, Lisa Nilsson, Eric Gadd and Dr Alban.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.tv4.se/k%C3%B6rslaget/artiklar/putte-nelsson-en-pianist-och-l%C3%A5tskrivare-5045c1e004bf724b9a000012|title=Putte Nelsson - en pianist och låtskrivare - Körslaget - med Lottodragningen|website=tv4.se|access-date=20 December 2019|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905163123/https://www.tv4.se/k%C3%B6rslaget/artiklar/putte-nelsson-en-pianist-och-l%C3%A5tskrivare-5045c1e004bf724b9a000012|archive-date=5 September 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also backed up international performers including Ricky Martin, Mariah Carey, Craig David, and Mary J Blige.<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.svt.se/kultur/nya-lagledare-i-sa-ska-det-lata-1|title=Nya lagledare i Så ska det låta|language=sv|date=2 July 2005|website=SVT Nyheter|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232327/https://www.svt.se/kultur/nya-lagledare-i-sa-ska-det-lata-1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/ngy9PL|title=De blir de nya pianisterna i "Så ska det låta"|language=sv|website=Aftonbladet|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232327/https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/ngy9PL|url-status=live}}</ref>
He is perhaps best known as the team leader for one of the two competing teams on the SVT show ''Så ska det låta'' between 2006 and 2010.<ref name="auto"/> In September 2006, Nelsson won the television award Kristallen (The Crystal), along with the rest of the cast of ''Så ska det låta'', in the category TV-show of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berwaldhallen.se/konsert/team-putte-konsert/|title=Team Putte konsert - Berwaldhallen|website=berwaldhallen.se|access-date=20 December 2019|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516211649/http://www.berwaldhallen.se/konsert/team-putte-konsert/|archive-date=16 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Between 2010 and 2012 Nelsson was the band leader when Robert Gustafsson celebrated his 25 years in the business; the show was played over 240 times at Rondo in Gothenburg, Admiralen in Malmö and Cirkus in Stockholm.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/noje/tv/robert-gustafsson-forbjuds-att-prata-om-sin-show-i-svt/|title=Robert Gustafsson förbjuds att prata om sin show i SVT|language=sv|newspaper=Expressen|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232328/https://www.expressen.se/noje/tv/robert-gustafsson-forbjuds-att-prata-om-sin-show-i-svt/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2006, Nelsson and Lasse Axelsson founded ''Sjung NU'', a project that combines singing lessons and participation in a choir, in Stockholm.<ref name="auto"/> The first year the choir had 600 people join the classes; by 2012 this number had grown to over a 1,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desires.se/2009/03/20/koren-sjung-nu-7/|title=Kören "Sjung Nu" – desires|website=desires.se|language=sv|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232329/https://www.desires.se/2009/03/20/koren-sjung-nu-7/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In November 2017, Nelsson celebrated ten years working with choirs with two sold-out concerts at Berwaldhallen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welma.se/team-putte-10-arskalas|title=Team Putte 10-årskalas|website=Welma – din guide till Stockholms kulturutbud|language=sv|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232331/https://www.welma.se/team-putte-10-arskalas|url-status=live}}</ref>
Putte Nelsson and his choir won the 2012 season of ''Körslaget'', a TV competition for celebrity-led choirs, which was broadcast on TV4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gp.se/1.658536|title=Team Putte vann Körslaget|date=20 October 2012|language=sv|work=Göteborgs-Posten|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=19 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319232330/https://www.gp.se/kultur/kultur/team-putte-vann-k%C3%B6rslaget-1.658536|url-status=live}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Nelsson, Putte}} Category:Swedish songwriters Category:Swedish pianists Category:Living people Category:1971 births