Asser Fagerström (27 July 1912, Helsinki - 6 October 1990) was a Finnish pianist,

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

and actor. Fagerström studied music and appeared in a number of jazz bands in Finland before acting and first appeared in film in 1935. He made a number of appearances in Finnish film between then and the 1980s always appearing as a pianist or organist in films such as the Rauni Mollberg historical film ''

Aika hyvä ihmiseksi ''People Not as Bad as They Seem'' ( fi, Aika hyvä ihmiseksi) is a 1977 Finnish historical film directed by Rauni Mollberg, based on the novels by Aapeli. The film premiered on 7 October 1977 in Finland and Sweden on 17 March 1978. It was screene ...

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1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

to which he also composed the soundtrack to. In the 1950s he released a number of albums. He died in Helsinki in 1990.

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