Education
Ehnström studied vocals at the popular and jazz Conservatory in the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
Ehnström studied vocals at the popular and jazz Conservatory in the Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences.
He is most famous for representing Finland in the in Düsseldorf, Germany with the song "Da Da Dam". Ehnström"s family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. Before Eurovision, he adopted the name Paradise Oskar from author Astrid Lindgren"s children"s book "Rasmus and the Vagabond" and used it as a pseudonym when releasing music on the internet.
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Ehnström participated in the Finnish national selection Euroviisut 2011 with the song "Da Da Dam" to represent Finland in the which was held in Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2011.
The song was written by himself and arranged together with Leri Leskinen. Ehnström participated in the second semi-final of the national selection, and qualified for the final along with two other artists.
In the final after the 10 artists performed their songs, Oskar along with Father McKenzie and Saara Aalto went through to the second round known as the "Super Final". Editorial
Paradise Oskar signed a record deal with Finland’s leading record company Warner Music Finland.
Paradise Oskar"s debut album Sunday Songs was released digitally on May 2 across Europe.
All songs on the album are written and composed by Paradise Oskar himself. The producer for the album is Leri Leskinen who has worked with major superstars in Finland. The executive producer was Warner Music Finland´s newly appointed A&R manager Lasse Kurki.
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After Eurovision, Ehnström has worked as a songwriter published by Elements Music.
He"s been involved with several gold and platinum certified albums and has worked with artist such as Isac Elliot, Anna Abreu, Christopher, Noize Generation, Elaiza and Kasmir. Recently, Axel has worked in Germany for example with Blitzkids, Philipp Leu and I Heart Sharks and in the United States with, for example, the Grammy nominated producers Kadis & Sean.
He has also workded with Sofi De Louisiana Torre, of which the song ‘Vermillion’ is noted on Billboard as one of the best tracks of 2014. Axel has also worked with artists such as Madeline Juno and ROMN.