Secret Service is a
Swedish new wave/
pop band, popular in the early 1980s. In 1979,
Ola Håkansson, former vocalist of
Ola & the Janglers and then a publishing manager at
Sonet Records, teamed up with Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg as
Ola+3 to write a few songs that they submitted to the
1979 Melodifestivalen, a popular contest which is the Swedish qualification to the Eurovision Song Contest. Ola+3 did not win but the members decided to continue working together and changed their band's name to Secret Service. Besides Ola Håkansson (vocals), Tim Norell and Ulf Wahlberg (keyboards), the original lineup also included Tony Lindberg (guitars), Leif Paulsen (bass) and Leif Johansson (drums).