Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor, died from a fire he was , 83

 Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson ^[1] was a Swedish film actor died from a fire he was , 83.

(28 January 1927 – 30 December 2010)

Early life

Oscarsson was born, along with his twin brother, on 28 January 1927 on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The twins had two elder siblings. Their mother, who was German, died in 1933.^[2]

Career

Oscarsson was best known for his role as Pontus, a starving writer, in the social realism drama Hunger (Sult), based on the Knut Hamsun novel by the same name, a role for which he won both the 1966 Bodil and Cannes Film Festival best actor awards. His most recent movie 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.^[3]

Death

On the evening of 30 December 2010, a fire started in the house of Oscarsson and his wife Kia Östling. On 31 December, a relative found the house burned to the ground with only the foundation and chimney remaining.^[4] 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.^[5] A second body was discovered on 3 January, which increased the possibility that both Oscarsson and his wife perished in the fire.^[6] On 5 January, the deaths of Oscarsson and his wife were confirmed through dental records by Swedish police.^[7][8]

Filmography

• Örnungar (1944) (uncredited)
• Den allvarsamma leken (1945) (uncredited)
• Kristin Commands (1946)
• Youths in Danger (1946)
• The Most Beautiful on the Earth (1947)
• Son of the Sea (Storm Warning) (1949)
• Vi flyger på Rio (1949)
• Leva på 'Hoppet' (1951)
• Möte med livet (1952)
• Defiance (1952)
• Barabbas (1953)
• Vi tre debutera (We Three Debutantes) (1953)
• Karin Månsdotter (1954)
• Wild Birds (1955)
• Kärlek på turné (Ingen så tokig som jag) (1955)
• Fröken April (Miss April) (1958)
• Ljuvlig är sommarnatten (1961)
• Ticket to Paradise (1962)
• Vaxdockan (The Doll) (1962)
• Det är hos mig han har varit (1963)
• Adam och Eva (Adam and Eve) (1963)
• Någon av er (1963)
• Är du inte riktigt klok? (1964)
• Bödeln (1965)
• Asmodeus (1966)
• Syskonbädd 1782 (My Sister My Love) (1966)
• Doktor Knock (1966)
• Hunger (1966)
• Myten (1966)
• Patrasket (1966)
• Noon Wine (1966)
• Here's Your Life (1966)
• Trettondagsafton (1967)
• Drottningens juvelsmycke (TV mini-series) (1967)
• De Löjliga preciöserna (1967)
• Ghosts (1967)
• Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
• A Dandy in Aspic (1968)
• Doctor Glas (1968)
• Vindingevals (1968)
• An-Magritt (1969)
• Oss emellan (Between Us, Close to the Wind) (1969)
• Miss and Mrs Sweden (1969)
• La Madriguera (Honeycomb) (1969)
• Love Is War (1970)
• The Last Valley (1970)
• The Night Visitor (1971)
• The New Land (1972)
• Endless Night (1972)
• Ebon Lundin (1973)
• Inferno (as August Strindberg) (1973)
• The Blockhouse (1973)
• Traumstadt (Dream Town, Dream City) (1973)
• The Blue Hotel (1973)
• Gangsterfilmen (A Stranger Came by Train) (1974)
• The Metamorphosis (1976)
• Victor Frankenstein (Terror of Frankenstein) (1977)
• Dagny (as August Strindberg) (1977)
• Uppdraget (The Assignment) (1977)
• The Brothers Lionheart (1977)
• The Adventures of Picasso (1978)
• Chez nous (1978)
• Kristoffers hus (Christopher's House) (1979)
• Charlotte Löwensköld (1979)
• Hello Sweden (1979)
• Tvingad att leva (1980)
• Attentatet (Outrage) (1980)
• Sverige åt svenskarna (Battle of Sweden, Sweden for the Swedes) (1980)
• Hans Christian och sällskapet (1981)
• Montenegro (1981)
• The Sleep of Death (The Inn of the Flying Dragon) (1981)
• Kallocain (TV mini-series) (1981)
• Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen? (1981)
• Historien om lilla och stora kanin (voice) (1982)
• Polisen som vägrade svara (TV mini-series) (1982)
• Master Olof (TV mini-series) (1983)
• Henrietta (1983)
• Vargen (1984)
• Polisen som vägrade ge upp (TV mini-series) (1984)
• Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984)
• Da Capo (1985)
• Flykten (TV mini-series) (1986)
• Hud (1986)
• Nattseilere (1986)
• Bödeln och skökan (1986)
• Ondskans år (1987)
• Nattseilere (TV mini-series) (1988)
• Oväder (1988)
• Polisen som vägrade ta semester (1988)
• Venus 90 (1988)
• Kråsnålen (TV mini-series) (1988)
• 1939 (1989)
• Kurt Olsson - The Film About My Life as Myself (1990)
• Bulan (1990)
• Fasadklättraren (1991)
• Kejsarn av Portugallien (1992)
• House of Angels (1992)
• Polisen och domarmordet (TV mini-series) (1993)
• Dreaming of Rita (1993)
• Cross My Heart and Hope to Die (1994)
• Kan du vissla Johanna? (1994)
• Polisen och pyromanen (TV mini-series) (1996)
• Harry och Sonja (1996)
• Juloratoriet (Christmas Oratorio) (1996)
• Ogginoggen (1997)
• The Last Viking (1997)
• Rika barn leka bäst (1997)
• Forbudt for børn (1998)
• Germans (Jubilee, the Darkest Hour) (1998)
• Stormen (1998)
• White Water Fury (2000)
• Herr von Hancken (TV mini-series) (2000)
• Anderssons älskarinna (TV mini-series) (2001)
• Send mere slik (Send More Candy) (2001)
• Stora teatern (TV mini-series) (2002)
• Midsommer (Midsummer) (2003)
• Manden bag døren (The Bouncer, The Man Behind the Door) (2003)
• Att sörja Linnea (2004)
• Unge Andersen (Young Andersen) (2005)
• Those Who Whisper (2006)
• The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009)
• The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest (2009)

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