Solo Albums and Other Projects
On February 28, 2007, Helena Josefsson's first solo album, Dynamo, was released by EMI and Per Gessle's own company, Elevator Entertainment. The album, produced and mixed by Christoffer Lundquist at Aerosol Grey Machine Studios during 2006, was backed by the singles "By Your Side", "Never Never (My Dynamo)" and "Where Does the Unused Love Go?" Dynamo spent two weeks on the album Swedish Charts. (#23, 2007.03.08)
Helena Josefsson toured with her own band in 2007 in order to promote Dynamo in Sweden and Germany. Since September 2007, she has been working in a new solo album. Helena Josefsson released her first single in Swedish, Fen & Jag, in October 2009. She also released a new video with her song Kyss mig, in February 2010.
Helena has also taken part in some live bands playing famous covers of other artists.
- Ludde, Hella & Göken (a.k.a. Mikael Gökinan Trio: Mikael Gökinan - acoustic guitar and backing vocals, Helena Josefsson - vocals, and Ludvig Wennström - contrabass and backing vocals) played soul and jazz, influenced by Jeff Buckley, Kate Bush and Kent, in 2006-2007.
- Sommardis (Martinique Josefsson - vocals and guitar, Helena Josefsson - vocals, and Christoffer Andersson - piano) play acoustic covers from Taube to Metallica in Swedish churches. They begin this project in the Summer 2008.
- Malin Nilsson's magic show: Helena Josefsson sings in these shows in Sweden, premiered in November 2009 and that will continue from Spring 2010.
- Helena Josefsson also sang in Tribute Concerts in Sweden: Dolly Parton's Dollykollot (Stockholm, 6.08.2005 and 16.03.2007), En afton med ... Dusty Springfield (Malmö, 28.12.2007), En afton med ... Michael Jackson (Malmö, 25.12.2009), ...
- Helena ended her part on the World Tour with Roxette in December 2011 to concentrate on new things, shortly after her departure news came that she and her husband Martin were expecting a second child in 2012!
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