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Anton Hård af Segerstad

Swedish songwriter

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ621139 ↗
Source-derived summary

Anton Hård af Segerstad (earlier Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad) (born 28 December 1985) is a Swedish songwriter and producer, part of the production team "The Family" with Joy Deb and Linnea Deb.

His catalogue includes multiple award-winning songs and productions with artists like Iggy Azalea, Fifth Harmony, JoJo, MiC LOWRY, Dada Life, Nause, Loreen and Kim Cesarion.

Hård af Segerstad has also co-written several Melodifestivalen entries, the best known being "Heroes", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw, which won Melodifestivalen 2015 and the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Anton Hård af Segerstad” as swedish songwriter. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1985, 2015—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1985-12-28. The account is most persuasive where Anton, Hård and Segerstad can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as swedish songwriter. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q621139. VIAF identifies the subject as 3870154592512743370001. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1985 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Anton Hård af Segerstad” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.