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Alexander Hagman

Raised Fist's singer since 1993, Alexander Hagman trained privately with Rener Gracie in Los Angeles before opening a Gracie jiu-jitsu school in Luleå.

Biography

Alexander Hagman has been the singer of the Swedish band Raised Fist since it formed in 1993, and in 2015 he opened a Gracie jiu-jitsu school in Luleå, the Swedish city he comes from. Hagman was born on 11 February 1975. According to Swedish Wikipedia, he played in several local punk and hardcore groups in Luleå before starting Raised Fist with childhood friends. Of the band's members, only he and the bassist Andreas Johansson have been there since the start. Swedish Wikipedia describes him as a singer, musician, producer and entrepreneur, and also as a martial arts practitioner. In August 2015 the Luleå newspaper Norrbottens-Kuriren reported that Hagman made trips to the United States to train at the Gracie Academy under Rorion Gracie, and that he trained privately there with Rorion's son Rener Gracie, whom the paper described as the academy's head instructor. Wikipedia lists Hagman as a certified instructor under Rener and Ryron Gracie through Gracie University in Los Angeles. The same newspaper article announced that Hagman would open a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Luleå that September, and called it the first of its kind in the Nordic countries. Hagman told the reporter that the style was going to become big, called it one of the largest martial arts in the United States, and stressed that anyone could train it, whatever their age, sex or physical shape. Wikipedia records that he opened the school in 2015 and describes it as Scandinavia's first training center certified by Gracie University. The club Nordic Fighters says on its website that when it restarted under new management in 2014 and 2015, Gracie Jiu Jitsu Luleå, led by Hagman, was responsible for its grappling and jiu-jitsu section. The club lists him among its instructors as a black belt under Rener and Ryron Gracie and calls him their highest-ranked instructor in the Nordic countries. It adds that he often tours the world with his band and runs an IT company. Hagman is also named as head instructor of the club's Gracie Bullyproof classes, a self-defense program for children created by Rener and Ryron Gracie. The club says Rener Gracie hand-picked him, and that its school is the only one in the Nordic countries certified directly under the Los Angeles headquarters. In the classes, which take children aged 5 to 12, the club says pupils learn to stand up for themselves with words and to rely on non-violent jiu-jitsu control and escape techniques rather than striking.

Sources for this profile

  • Wikipedia, article Alexander Hagman, infobox (page last edited 26 December 2025).(opens in a new tab)

    • Alexander Hagman was born on 11 February 1975 and comes from Luleå, Sweden.

      Where in the source: Infobox, born line: "Born 11 February 1975"; origin line names Luleå.

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    • Hagman is the vocalist of the Swedish band Raised Fist; he and bassist Andreas Johansson are the only two members who have been in the group since it formed in 1993.

      Where in the source: Lead sentence of the article: "vocalist of the Swedish band".

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    • Wikipedia states that Hagman is a certified instructor under Rener and Ryron Gracie through Gracie University in Los Angeles, and that in 2015 he opened the first Gracie University certified training center in Scandinavia.

      Where in the source: Lead paragraph, final sentences: "certified training center in Scandinavia".

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  • Swedish Wikipedia, article Alexander Hagman, lead paragraph.(opens in a new tab)

    • Swedish Wikipedia describes Hagman as a Swedish singer, musician, producer, entrepreneur and martial arts practitioner.

      Where in the source: Opening sentence of the article: "svensk sångare, musiker, producent".

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    • According to Swedish Wikipedia, Hagman started Raised Fist in 1993 with childhood friends, and before that played in several local punk and hardcore groups in Luleå.

      Where in the source: Second paragraph: "startade Raised Fist 1993"; "lokala punk och hardcoregrupper".

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  • Norrbottens-Kuriren (Daniel Engberg), report on the planned Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Luleå, published 12 August 2015.(opens in a new tab)

    • In an article of 12 August 2015, the newspaper Norrbottens-Kuriren reported that Hagman would open a Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy in Luleå in September that year, which it called the first of its kind in the Nordic countries.

      Where in the source: Headline: "Nordens första Gracie Jiu-Jitsu Academy"; the lead says it opens in September.

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    • The 2015 article says Hagman used to travel to the United States to train at the Gracie Academy in Los Angeles under Rorion Gracie, and trained privately there with Rorion's son Rener Gracie, described as head instructor at the academy.

      Where in the source: First paragraph: "brukar åka till USA"; "privat med Rorions son Rener Gracie".

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    • Hagman told the paper that Gracie jiu-jitsu would become big, called it one of the largest martial arts in the United States, and stressed that anyone can train it regardless of age, sex or physical shape.

      Where in the source: Quote in the third paragraph: "Det här kommer bli stort".

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  • Nordic Fighters (club website), About page, club history section.(opens in a new tab)

    • The club Nordic Fighters says that when its activity restarted in 2014-2015 under new management, Gracie Jiu Jitsu Luleå, led by Hagman, was in place and responsible for the grappling and jiu-jitsu section.

      Where in the source: Club history section, 2014-2015 restart: "ansvariga för grappling och Jiu Jitsu-sektionen".

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    • Nordic Fighters lists Hagman among its instructors and describes him as a black belt under Rener and Ryron Gracie and their highest-ranked instructor in the Nordic countries; it adds that he often tours the world with his band and runs an IT company.

      Where in the source: Instructor list, entry for Alexander Hagman: "högst graderade instruktör i Norden".

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  • Nordic Fighters (club website), Gracie Bullyproof program page.(opens in a new tab)

    • The club's Gracie Bullyproof page, a children's self-defence program created by Rener and Ryron Gracie, names Hagman as head instructor, says he was hand-picked by Rener Gracie, and says the school is the only one in the Nordic countries certified directly under the Los Angeles headquarters.

      Where in the source: Closing paragraph of the program text: "handplockad av Rener Gracie".

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    • According to the club, its Bullyproof classes for ages 5 to 12 teach children to assert themselves verbally and to use non-violent jiu-jitsu control and escape techniques rather than striking.

      Where in the source: Program text: "icke-våldsamma bjj-tekniker"; age groups 5-7 and 8-12.

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