Per Oscarsson

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Per Oscarsson
Per Oscarsson 1948.jpg
Oscarsson in 1948
Born
Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson

(1927-01-28)28 January 1927
Stockholm, Sweden
Died31 December 2010(2010-12-31) (aged 83)
Skara, Sweden
OccupationActor
Years active1944–2009
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1954; div. 1960)​
Bärbel Krämer
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(m. 1962; div. 1973)​
Kia Östling
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(m. 1989; died 2010)​
Children6

Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010)[1] was a Swedish actor. He is best known for his role in the 1966 film Hunger, which earned him a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor.

Early life[]

Oscarsson was born, along with his twin brother Björn, on 28 January 1927 on Kungsholmen, Stockholm, to parents Einar Oscarsson, an engineer, and Therèse, née Küppers. The twins had two elder siblings. Their mother, who was German, died of cancer in 1933.[2]

Career[]

Oscarsson was best known for his role as Pontus, a starving writer, in the social realism drama Hunger, based on the Knut Hamsun novel by the same name, a role for which he won the 1966 Bodil, the Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role[3] and the 1966 Cannes Film Festival best actor awards. His most recent film role was as Holger Palmgren, the character Lisbeth Salander's publicly appointed guardian, in the 2009 movies The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, based on Stieg Larsson's famous novels.[4]

Death[]

A fire started in the house of Per Oscarsson and his wife Kia Östling on the night of 30–31 December 2010. On 31 December, a relative found the house burned to the ground with only the foundations and chimney remaining.[5] Oscarsson had not been heard from since the fire. A body was discovered in the ruins of the house on 2 January 2011, and was presumed by police to be either the body of Oscarsson or that of his wife.[6] A second body was discovered on 3 January, which increased the possibility that both Oscarsson and his wife had perished in the fire.[7] On 5 January, the deaths of Oscarsson and his wife were confirmed through dental records by Swedish police.[8][9] Oscarsson died four weeks before his 84th birthday.

Selected filmography[]

  •  [sv] (1944) - Young Man (uncredited)
  • Prince Gustaf (1944) - Prince August
  • Flickor i hamn (1945) - Young Man (uncredited)
  • Den allvarsamma leken (1945) - Filip Stille, Lydia's Brother (uncredited)
  • Kristin Commands (1946) - Jan Westman (uncredited)
  • (1946) - Stickan
  • (1947) - Tomas Isakson
  • Gatan (1949) - Åke Rodelius
  •  [id; sv] (Storm Warning) (1949) - Rolf Bakken
  •  [no; sv] (1949) - Helmer Wallberg
  • Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951) - Per
  •  [sv] (1952) - Robert
  • (1952) - Rolf Thörner
  • Barabbas (1953) - Boy
  • Vi tre debutera (We Three Debutantes) (1953) - Lillebror Brummer
  • Karin Månsdotter (1954) - Anders
  • Wild Birds (1955) - Nisse Bortom
  •  [sv] (Ingen så tokig som jag) (1955) - Oskar Ölander
  • Fröken April (Miss April) (1958) - Sverker Ek
  • Ljuvlig är sommarnatten (1961) - Lars-Ove Larsson
  •  [sv] (1962) - Freddo Rossi
  •  [it; no; sv] (The Doll) (1962) - Lundgren
  •  [no; sv] (1963) - Hans Treve
  •  [sv] (Adam and Eve) (1963) - Reverend Helge Kall
  • (1963, TV Movie)
  •  [sv] (1964) - Man without character
  • (1965, TV Movie) - Galg-Lasse
  • (1966, TV Movie) - Blaise Couture
  • Syskonbädd 1782 (My Sister My Love) (1966) - Jacob / Brother
  • (1966, TV Movie)
  • Hunger (1966) - Pontus
  • (1966) - Guest
  • (1966, TV Movie) - Joe Meng
  • ABC Stage 67 (1966, TV Series) - Olaf Helton
  • Here's Your Life (1966) - Niklas
  • (1967, TV Movie) - Andreas Blek af Nosen
  • Drottningens juvelsmycke (1967, TV Mini-Series) - Richard Furumo
  • (1967, TV Movie) - Jodelet
  • Ghosts (1967, TV Movie) - Osvald Alving
  • Who Saw Him Die? (1968) - Sören Mårtensson
  • A Dandy in Aspic (1968) - Pavel
  • Doctor Glas (1968) - Dr. Glas
  • Vindingevals (1968) - The Baptiser
  • An-Magritt (1969) - Hedström
  •  [sv] (Between Us, Close to the Wind) (1969) - Per Olofsson
  • La Madriguera (Honeycomb) (1969) - Pedro
  •  [sv] (1969) - Jonne
  • Love Is War (1970) - Mann med ønskekvist
  • The Last Valley (1971) - Father Sebastian
  • The Night Visitor (1971) - Dr. Anton Jenks
  • Secrets (1971) - Raoul Kramer
  • The New Land (1972) - Pastor Törner
  • Endless Night (1972) - Santonix
  •  [sv] (1973, TV Movie) - August Strindberg
  • The Blockhouse (1973) - Lund
  •  [de] (Dream Town, Dream City) (1973) - Florian Sand
  • The Blue Hotel (1973, TV Movie) - The Swede
  •  [sv] (1973) - Ebon Lundin
  • Gangsterfilmen (A Stranger Came by Train) (1974) - Johan Gustavsson
  •  [sv] (1976) - Managing Clerk
  • Dagny (1977) - August Strindberg
  • Terror of Frankenstein (aka Victor Frankenstein) (1977) - The Monster
  • Uppdraget (The Assignment) (1977) - Sixto
  • The Brothers Lionheart (1977) - Orvar
  • The Adventures of Picasso (1978) - Apollinaire
  • Chez nous (1978) - Schrenk
  • Kristoffers hus (Christopher's House) (1979) - Kräftan
  • Charlotte Löwensköld (1979) - Pontus Friman
  • (1979)
  •  [sv] (1980)
  •  [sv] (Outrage) (1980) - Doctor
  •  [sv] (, ) (1980) - Gustav Leonard Vinkelhjern Klosterhjerta / Jean Louis VIII / Karl Brecht der Stärkste und der Grösste / Wilfred Himmelthrill XIII
  • The Sleep of Death () (1980) - Col. Gaillard
  • Montenegro (1981) - Dr. Aram Pazardjian
  • Kallocain (1981, TV Mini-Series) - Försöksperson nr 135
  • Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? (1981) - Ulf Svensson
  •  [sv] (1981, TV Movie) - Georg
  •  [sv] (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson
  • (1983, Short) - Narrator (voice)
  • Master Olof (1983, TV Mini-Series) - Hans Windrank
  • (1983) - Einar
  • (1984, TV Movie) - Arnold Wolf
  •  [sv] (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson
  • Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984) - Borka
  • (1985) - Eino
  • Hud (1986) - The Vicar
  •  [no] (1986) - With
  • (1986, TV Movie) - Fogden
  •  [sv] (1986, TV Mini-Series)
  •  [sv] (1987, TV Movie) - The Estate Owner
  •  [no] (1988, TV Mini-Series) - With
  • (1988, TV Movie) - Brodern
  •  [sv] (1988) - Erlandson, Vraket
  •  [sv] (1988, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson
  •  [id; sv] (1988, TV Mini-Series) - Himself
  • Ingen rövare finns i skogen (1988, Short) - Fiolito
  • 1939 (1989) - Isak
  • (1990) - Personell [sic?] Manager Lindroth
  •  [sv] (1990) - The poet
  •  [sv] (1991, TV Mini-Series) - Larsson
  • House of Angels (1992) - Erik Zander
  • Kejsarn av Portugallien (1992-1993, TV Mini-Series) - Ol-Bengtsa
  •  [sv] (1993, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson
  • Dreaming of Rita (1993) - Bob
  • Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (1994) - Pianostemmeren
  • Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994, TV Movie) - Nils
  •  [sv] (TV mini-series) (1996)
  • (1996) - Harry's Father
  • Juloratoriet (Christmas Oratorio) (1996) - Fälldin
  • Germans () (1996) - Prof. Sonnenbruch
  • (1997) - Skrælling
  •  [sv] (1997) - Vilhelm
  •  [da] (1997, Short) - Dansedommeren
  •  [da] (1998) - Dansedommer
  • Stormen (1998, TV Movie) - Gonzalo
  • White Water Fury (2000) - Åke
  •  [sv] (2000, TV Mini-Series) - Herr von Hancken
  •  [sv] (2001, TV Mini-Series) - Elof
  •  [da] (Send More Candy) (2001) - Rasmus
  • (2002, TV Mini-Series) - Berra
  • Midsommer (Midsummer) (2003) - Persson
  •  [da] (The Bouncer, The Man Behind the Door) (2003) - Karl
  •  [sv] (2004, TV Movie) - Allan
  • Young Andersen (Young Andersen) (2005) - H.C. Andersens farfar
  • (2006, TV Movie) - Pappan
  • The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) - Holger Palmgren
  • The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009) - Holger Palmgren (uncredited)
  • Tysta leken (2011) - Oscar (final film role)

References[]

  1. ^ Roxborough, Scott (5 January 2011). "Swedish Police Identify Per Oscarsson's Remains". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  2. ^ Per Oscarsson - Bakom rubrikerna och replikerna ("Per Oscarsson - Behind headlines and lines") TV-interview with Agneta Bolme Börjefors from 1998.
  3. ^ "Svält (1966)". Swedish Film Institute. 1 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Cinema giant may have burned to death". The Age. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  5. ^ "Per Oscarsson befaras död i brand". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). 1 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Swedish actor Per Oscarsson feared dead in house fire". BBC News Online. 2 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  7. ^ Roxborough, Scott (3 January 2011). "Second body found at Swedish film actor's house". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  8. ^ Edblom, Kristina; Bergfeldt, Carina (5 January 2011). "Kropparna är identifierade". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 7 January 2011.
  9. ^ "Swedish actor confirmed dead in house fire". The Local. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

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