Nils Staffan Åkerström (born May 15, 1960) is a Swedo-Finnish musician and member of the electronica act Twelve.
Biography[]
Nils was born in Vårdö to Swedo-Finnish parents Staffan Tore Åkerström and Silvia Malmborg. He lived for two years in Helsinki on the Finnish mainland before returning to Vårdö.
Before his music career, Nils worked as a paper boy for Ålandstidningen.
Career[]
In 1988, Nils and Christian Sollander formed a rap/Hi-NRG crossover duo named Purse. Purse was active for half a year in Mariehamn before they met Gert Risberg and chose to merge Purse and Gert's solo act into a new band, Twelve. Stockholm-based rapper Captain V joined in 1991.