---
name: "Frans Helmerson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frans-helmerson"
fi1m_id: "frans-helmerson"
imdb_id: "nm0375701"
tmdb_id: 46874
wikidata_id: "Q370286"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "3 November 1945"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T23:36:53.822274+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Frans Helmerson

## Identity

Frans Helmerson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frans-helmerson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frans-helmerson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0375701
- **TMDB ID:** 46874
- **Wikidata ID:** Q370286
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Helmerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46874

Composer. Born 3 November 1945 in Falköping.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 3 November 1945, Falköping
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Helmerson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370286, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46874

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Fanny and Alexander*](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md) (92)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Frans Helmerson is a Swedish cellist, pedagogue and conductor. Born on 3 November 1945 in Falköping, he began playing the cello at the age of eight and studied in Gothenburg, Rome and London, including with Mstislav Rostropovich.

Helmerson performed as a musician on Ingmar Bergman’s *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), playing Benjamin Britten’s Suite No. 2 for Cello Solo. He has also contributed to the soundtracks of *Good Evening, Mr. Wallenberg* (1990), *Sunday’s Children* (1992) and *The End of the Affair* (1999). In 2002 he co-founded the Michelangelo String Quartet. He has taught at institutions including the Hochschule für Musik Köln and the Kronberg Academy, and received the Litteris et Artibus award in 1989.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, sv.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmbladet.se.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Fi1m 92, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fanny and Alexander* (1982), Music — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/fanny-and-alexander.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Litteris et Artibus 1989: Litteris et Artibus (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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