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Biography In Circles was found in 2013 by drummer Alexander Winberg and guitarist Simon Alfredsson. Shortly thereafter, pianist Nils Frändén joined, and they started writing the song Alaska.

In early 2014 they decided to compete with the song Alaska in Musik Direct. That's when bassist Simon Jämtgård joined the band. They won the 1st prize in their county as well as the Sweden finals, with the motivation: "So heavy - so tight - so obvious! Total magnetism and star quality that held oss in an iron grip that we never wanted to get out of".

This gave them the opportunity to continue competing in the international finals of the Imagine festival 2015 that took place in Brussels. There they won the first prize.

In autumn 2015 they released their first EP, Alaska, consisting of the three parts of the song Alaska. The release concert was held at Gamla Teatern in Östersund, Sweden. Later that year the band played at Yran Festival, which was a dream come true for all members.

In 2016 the band won the Roger Magnussons Memory scholarship, earlier won by artists like Jose Gonzalez and Laleh, with the motivation: "This is incomparably magically musically masterful. We travel together across the plains, we fly and dive, circling and landing with blissful smiles. Thank you Simon, Simon, Nils and Alexander for allowing us to come with you. We know Roger would have enjoyed ____ and made a high five over our choice of the Memorial Fund's very last scholar. A brilliant epic finale".

Later that year they played in Barcelona for the first time. Shortly thereafter they decided to take a break from the band in order to focus on studies.

In 2020 Simon Alfredsson and Alexander Winberg started writing music together again and decided to move forward as a duo.