- His breakthrough movie Katariina ja Munkkiniemen kreivi (1943) was such a huge success in Finland that also Hollywood got interested in him. The MGM company contacted Wager's agent and asked for a copy of the film. This was sent, but the ship carrying the film reels was torpedoed on the Atlantic and Wager eventually stayed in Finland.
- Wrote his memoirs, "Hävyttömän hieno elämä" (A Shamelessly Fine Life), in 2000.
- His father was singer and painter Lars Wager, and mother was reporter Elsa Killengreen. He was first child of Wager and Killengreen.
- Studied in Lycée Montaignessa, Paris. After that he went to school back in Helsinki, and studied theater in Oslo.
- Work in National Theather of Finland between 1975-1989.
- Recorded many songs, includes classic song "Romanssi".
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