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Axel Ivar "Rune" Öfwerman (born December 24, 1932 in Stockholm ; † December 13, 2013 ibid) was a Swedish jazz pianist , band leader and arranger who also worked as a film composer under the pseudonym Gregor Vein .

Live and act

Öfwerman founded the boogie Bop Six in 1948 together with Lasse Bagge and Georg Riedel . He then directed his quintet and his skolorkester . In the next few years Öfwerman appeared with Tony Mason (from 1952), with the orchestra of Carl-Henrik Norin (1954–1956), with Hacke Björksten and with the sextet of Gunnar Almstedt and Ove Lind . Then he founded his own trio, which Egil Johansen was a part of. He has also appeared with Tony Scott (1957), Ulf Wakenius , Lars Gullin , Chet Baker , Stan Getz and Eric Dolphy . He also accompanied Siw Malmkvist and Lill-Babs , and from 1969 to 1990 then Sylvia Vrethammar , his temporary wife, for whom he also worked as a manager. He also worked as a producer for Tommy Körberg , Janne Önnerud and Sivuca .

With his trio he recorded records for Sonet , Polygram and Gazell ; he also recorded various film scores .

His sons Clarence (* 1957) and Staffan Öfwerman (* 1962) also work as rock musicians for Roxette .

Ericson Uno, Engström Class : Myggans nöjeslexikon: ett uppslagsverk om underhållning . tape 14 : Talm – Över . Bra böcker, Höganäs 1993, ISBN 91-7752-272-9 , p. 235 .

Öfwerman, AI Rune . In: Hans Uddling, Katrin Paabo (ed.): Vem är det. Svensk biografisk handbok 1993 . 41. Vol. PA Norstedt & Söners Förlag, Stockholm 1992, ISBN 91-1914072-X , p. 1239 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).

personal data
SURNAME	Öfwerman, rune
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Öfwerman, Axel Ivar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swedish jazz pianist, band leader and arranger
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH	December 13, 2013
Place of death	Stockholm