Stig Ossian Ericson (7 September 1923 - 30 July 2012) was a Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter.
Ericson was born in 1923 in
Härnösand
Härnösand () is a locality and the seat of Härnösand Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 17,556 inhabitants in 2010. It is called "the gate to the High Coast" because of the world heritage landscape just a few miles north of H ...
, but grew up in
Nyköping
Nyköping () is a locality and the seat of Nyköping Municipality, Södermanland County, Sweden with 32,759 inhabitants as of 2017. The city is also the capital of Södermanland County.
Including Arnö, the locality on the southern shore of th ...
. Graduating at the
University of Uppsala
Uppsala University ( sv, Uppsala universitet) is a public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation.
The university rose to significance during ...
where he had been involved in various theatrical performances at the
Södermanlands-Nerikes nation
Södermanlands-Nerikes Nation (usually called Snerikes) is one of the 13 student nations of Uppsala University. The nation claims its founding to be in 1548 when the original Södermanlands nation was founded, this nation merged with the Nerikes ...
, he began his professional career as a mathematics teacher. He changed into the theater track in the early 1960s when he participated in the ''Snudd'' revue at the Casino Theatre in Stockholm. He later worked with
Hans Alfredson
Hans Folke "Hasse" Alfredson (28 June 1931 – 10 September 2017) was a Swedish actor, film director, writer, and comedian. He was born in Malmö, Sweden. He is known for his collaboration with Tage Danielsson as the duo Hasse & Tage and their p ...
and
Tage Danielsson
Tage Danielsson (; 5 February 1928 – 13 October 1985) was a Swedish author, actor, comedian, poet and film director. He is best known for his collaboration with Hans Alfredson in the comedy duo Hasse & Tage.
Career
After graduation from ...
,
Bo Widerberg
Bo Gunnar Widerberg (; 8 June 1930 – 1 May 1997) was a Swedish film director, writer, editor and actor.
Biography Early life
Widerberg was born in Malmö, Malmöhus County, Sweden.
Career
Widerberg was the director of films such as ''Rave ...
and
Beppe Wolgers
John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928 – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist.
Career
Wolgers was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was the son of forest ranger John Wolgers and Ge ...
.
He is probably best known as ''Sigurd'' in the Swedish block buster
Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?
''Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?'' ( en, Göta Canal or Who Pulled the Plug?) is a Swedish comedy film which was released to cinemas in Sweden on 18 December 1981 directed by Hans Iveberg and starring Janne 'Loffe' Carlsson and Kim Ande ...
, ''lillebror's'' father in
Astrid Lindgren's
Karlsson på taket, and in the 1990s as ''Father Fouras'' in ''
Fångarna på fortet'', the Swedish version of French game show ''
Fort Boyard''.
Stig Ossian Ericson har avlidit
Aftonbladet, 21 August 2012.
Ericson died in 2012, at the age of 88, in Nacka east of Stockholm.
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Stig Ossian Ericson (Family tree)
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1923 births
2012 deaths
Swedish male actors
Swedish screenwriters
Swedish male screenwriters
Swedish film directors