Per Gessle thought of this album as his little side project but it turned out to be a huge success, gaining five × platinum status in his home country. He even played some of the songs from it on the Gyllene Tider Finn 5 fel! tour in 2004, despite the fact that they were not Gyllene Tider songs.

En händig man (A handy man) is a Swedish language album released by Swedish pop-rock singer and composer Per Gessle. The title track "En händig man" was the first single, followed by the Promo / Digital-only single, "Jag skulle vilja tänka en underbar tanke", while the last single was "Pratar med min müsli".