Efter stormen

 Efter stormen (After the Storm) is the third studio album by Swedish singer songwriter Marie Fredriksson, released on 12 October 1987 by EMI Sweden. Her first release since Roxette's commercial breakthrough in Sweden, the album was a massive success, peaking at number one on the Swedish Albums Chart and selling over 50,000 copies within a month of release. It has since been certified platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association for shipments in excess of 100,000 units. The title track preceded the album as its first and only commercial single, although "Bara för en dag" was also a top ten hit on the Swedish Airplay Chart. The record won Best Swedish Album at the 1987 Rockbjörnen awards, where Fredriksson won the award for Best Swedish Female. It also received a nomination at the 1988 Grammis Awards, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards. The album was remastered and reissued in 2003 with three bonus tracks.

Following the release of Fredriksson's previous album – Den sjunde vågen – in February 1986, she formed pop duo Roxette with Per Gessle, who released their first album – Pearls of Passion – later that same year. Both records were commercially successful in Sweden,  Efter stormen was recorded over two separate sessions at EMI Studios in May and September 1987. Gessle initially argued against Fredriksson returning to her solo work, saying that any solo album and resulting tour would negatively impact the duo's chances of achieving international success. Despite these objections, she returned to EMI Studios in September to finish recording  Efter stormen, with Gessle using any excess studio time to record demos for Roxette's second album, Look Sharp!.#tag:ref|Gessle, Clarence Öfwerman and several engineers would – with limited participation from Fredriksson – record Roxette demos at EMI Studio 1 while Fredriksson and Lasse Lindbom finalised  Efter stormen using the mixing console at the adjoining EMI Studio 2. Roxette demos recorded in this manner include "Dressed for Success", "Sleeping Single", "Dangerous", "Never Is a Long Time", "Silver Blue", "One Is Such a Lonely Number" and "From Head to Toe". The album's second track, "Om du såg mej nu" ("If You Saw Me Now"), was written by Fredriksson in dedication to her father, who died in 1981, prior to her achieving any form of commercial success as a recording artist. The album was a commercial success upon release on 12 October 1987, At the beginning of 1988, "Bara för en dag" became a top ten hit on the Swedish Airplay Chart, and Fredriksson was nominated in the Pop/Rock—Female category at the 1988 Grammis Awards, the Swedish equivalent of the Grammy Awards.

All songs written by Marie Fredriksson and Lasse Lindbom, except "Aldrig som främlingar" written by Ulf Schagerström.

Region Date Format Label Catalog # Ref. (References) Sweden 12 October 1987 Gramophone record, LP, Compact Cassette, Cassette, CD EMI7484572 June 2002 Remastered 24 bit HDCD: Kärlekens guld box set Capitol Records7243 5 40199 2 0 5 March 2003 CD