Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) 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 Einar Oscarsson, an engineer, and Therèse, née Küppers. The twins had two elder siblings. Their mother, who was German, died of cancer in 1933.Per Oscarsson - Bakom rubrikerna och replikerna ("Per Oscarsson - Behind headlines and lines") TV-interview with Agneta Bolme Börjefors from 1998.

Career Oscarsson was best known for his role as Pontus, a starving writer, in the social realism drama Hunger, based on the 1890 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 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.

Death A fire started in the house of Per Oscarsson and his wife Kia Östling on the night of 30–31 December 2010. On , a relative found the house burned to the ground with only the foundations and chimney remaining. Oscarsson had not been heard from since the fire. A body was discovered in the ruins of the house on , and was presumed by police to be either the body of Oscarsson or that of his wife. A second body was discovered on , which increased the possibility that both Oscarsson and his wife had perished in the fire. On , the deaths of Oscarsson and his wife were confirmed through dental records by Swedish police. Oscarsson died at age 83.

Selected filmography

Eaglets (1944) - Young Man (uncredited) Prince Gustaf (1944) - Prince August Flickor i hamn (1945) - Young Man (uncredited) The Serious Game (1945) - Filip Stille, Lydia's Brother (uncredited) Kristin Commands (1946) - Jan Westman (uncredited) Youth in Danger (1946) - Stickan The Loveliest Thing on Earth (1947) - Tomas Isakson The Street (1949) - Åke Rodelius Son of the Sea (1949) - Rolf Bakken Vi flyr på Rio (1949) - Helmer Wallberg Living on 'Hope' (1951)- Per Encounter with Life (1952) - Robert Defiance (1952) - Rolf Thörner Barabbas (1953) - Boy Vi tre debutera (We Three Debutantes) (1953) - Lillebror Brummer Karin Månsdotter (1954) - Anders Wild Birds (1955) - Nisse Bortom (Ingen så tokig som jag) (1955) - Oskar Ölander Fröken April (Miss April) (1958) - Sverker Ek Lovely Is the Summer Night (1961) - Lars-Ove Larsson Ticket to Paradise (1962) - Freddo Rossi (The Doll) (1962) - Lundgren (1963) - Hans Treve (Adam and Eve) (1963) - Reverend Helge Kall Någon av er (1963, TV Movie) (1964) - Man without character Bödeln (1965, TV Movie) - Galg-Lasse Asmodeus (1966, TV Movie) - Blaise Couture Syskonbädd 1782 (My Sister My Love) (1966) - Jacob / Brother Doktor Knock (1966, TV Movie) Hunger (1966) - Pontus Myten (1966) - Guest Patrasket (1966, TV Movie) - Joe Meng ABC Stage 67 (1966, TV Series) - Olaf Helton Here's Your Life (1966) - Niklas Trettondagsafton (1967, TV Movie) - Andreas Blek af Nosen Drottningens juvelsmycke (1967, TV Mini-Series) - Richard Furumo De Löjliga preciöserna (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 (Between Us, Close to the Wind) (1969) - Per Olofsson La Madriguera (Honeycomb) (1969) - Pedro (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 (1973, TV Movie) - August Strindberg The Blockhouse (1973) - Lund Dream City (1973) - Florian Sand The Blue Hotel (1973, TV Movie) - The Swede (1973) - Ebon Lundin Gangsterfilmen (A Stranger Came by Train) (1974) - Johan Gustavsson (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 Hello Sweden (1979) (1980) (Outrage) (1980) - Doctor (Battle of Sweden, Sweden for the Swedes) (1980) - Gustav Leonard Vinkelhjern Klosterhjerta / Jean Louis VIII / Karl Brecht der Stärkste und der Grösste / Wilfred Himmelthrill XIII The Sleep of Death (The Inn of the Flying Dragon) (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 (1981, TV Movie) - Georg (1982, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson Historien om lilla och stora kanin (1983, Short) - Narrator (voice) Master Olof (1983, TV Mini-Series) - Hans Windrank Henrietta (1983) - Einar Vargen (1984, TV Movie) - Arnold Wolf (1984, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson Ronia, the Robber's Daughter (1984) - Borka Da Capo (1985) - Eino Hud (1986) - The Vicar (1986) - With Bödeln och skökan (1986, TV Movie) - Fogden (1986, TV Mini-Series) (1987, TV Movie) - The Estate Owner (1988, TV Mini-Series) - With Oväder (1988, TV Movie) - Brodern (1988) - Erlandson, Vraket (1988, TV Mini-Series) - Gustav Jörgensson (1988, TV Mini-Series) - Himself Ingen rövare finns i skogen (1988, Short) - Fiolito 1939 (1989) - Isak Kurt Olsson - The Film About My Life as Myself (1990) - Manager Lindroth (1990) - The poet (1991, TV Mini-Series) - Larsson House of Angels (1992) - Erik Zander Kejsarn av Portugallien (1992–1993, TV Mini-Series) - Ol-Bengtsa (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 (TV mini-series) (1996) Harry och Sonja (1996) - Harry's Father Juloratoriet (Christmas Oratorio) (1996) - Fälldin Germans (Jubilee, the Darkest Hour) (1996) - Prof. Sonnenbruch The Last Viking (1997) - Skrælling (1997) - Vilhelm (1997, Short) - Dansedommeren (1998) - Dansedommer Stormen (1998, TV Movie) - Gonzalo White Water Fury (2000) - Åke (2000, TV Mini-Series) - Herr von Hancken (2001, TV Mini-Series) - Elof (Send More Candy) (2001) - Rasmus Stora teatern (2002, TV Mini-Series) - Berra Midsommer (Midsummer) (2003) - Persson (The Bouncer, The Man Behind the Door) (2003) - Karl (2004, TV Movie) - Allan Young Andersen (Young Andersen) (2005) - H.C. Andersens farfar Those Who Whisper (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)

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