Timo Räisänen (born 25 July 1979) is a Swedish musician. He has been part of Håkan Hellström's band, and has also played in the band Her Majesty. In 2004, he started his solo career.
Early life Räisänen was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. His mother tongue is English. His mother was born in India, the daughter of an Anglo-Indian mother and a Swedish father. His father was born in Finland to Finnish parents and raised in Brazil. His parents had met in Sweden, where they also started a family. The title of his 2006 album, I'm Indian refers to his mother's ancestry.
Career In 2007, Räisänen received the P3 Guld award, where he was named best male artist of 2007.
In 2008, Räisänen received another P3 Guld award, where he was named best live artist of 2008.
Räisänen frequently features songs written by other artists on the B-side of his singles. In 2008, he released an album titled ...And Then There Was Timo consisting of a handful of newly recorded covers.Skivrecension - Timo Räisänen And then there was Timo Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
In 2009, he sang live along with In Flames, on their song "Alias". Räisänen has also made his own acoustic cover version of In Flames' "The Mirror's Truth".
Räisänen performed on the National Day of Sweden in 2009 and in the celebration LOVE Stockholm 2010 which was dedicated to Crown Princess Victoria's marriage to Prince Daniel.
In 2016, his friend Martin Schaub suggested Räisänen make a record of 70's late folk-pop artist Ted Gärdestad covers. Räisänen at first thought his friend had gone mad, but eventually made the record, to much success and he claims it made him start writing songs in Swedish. The following year, he released "Tro, Hat, Stöld" (Faith, Hate, Theft), an album consisting of songs in the Swedish language.Tro, Hat, Stöld Both albums resulted in large successful Swedish tours.
He participated in Melodifestivalen 2026 with the song "Ingenting är efter oss".
Discography
Albums 2005 - Lovers Are Lonely #22 SWE 2006 - I'm Indian #17 SWE 2007 - Love Will Turn You Around #3 SWE 2008 - ...And Then There Was Timo #13 SWE 2010 - The Anatomy of Timo Räisänen #5 SWE 2012 - Endeavor 2016 - Timo sjunger Ted 2017 - Tro, hat, stöld
Singles 2004 - "Lovers Are Lonely" 2005 - "Don't Let the Devil Ruin it All" 2005 - "Pussycat" 2006 - "Let's Kill Ourselves a Son" 2007 - "Sweet Marie" 2007 - "My Valentine" 2008 - "Sixteen" 2008 - "Spill Your Beans" (download only) 2008 - "About You Now" 2009 - "Creep" 2010 - "Numbers" 2010 - "Outcast" 2010 - "Hollow Heart" 2012 - "Second Cut"
Charting singles Title Year Peak chart positions Album SWE"Fear No Darkness, Promised Child" 2006 15 rowspan="2" "Ingenting är efter oss" 2026 48
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