Peter Oskarson (born 1951) is a Swedish theatre director and actor from

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28 February 2006 He was educated at the

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from 1971 to 1973, where he studied directing under Rudolf Penka, Wolfgang Heinz and

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. Oskarson has been the

artistic director An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction. They are generally a producer and director, but not in the sense of a mogu ...

of several

theatre companies Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The performers may communicat ...

, including Teater 7 (1965–1969), Skånska Teatern (1973–1982), Folkteatern i Gävleborg (1982–1990 and 1997–2006), the

Orion Theatre The Orion Theatre ( Swedish: ''Orionteatern'') is a theater located at Katarina Bangata 77 in the district of Södermalm in Stockholm, Sweden. Orion theater was founded in 1983 and is the city's largest avant-garde stage. History The building ...

(1993–2000), and Stiftelsen Helsingegården (1990–2004). Oskarson has received the Alf Sjöberg Prize, the Theatre Prize of the Swedish Academy (1989), the Olof Högberg Prize (1990), the Theatre prize of ''

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'' and the Thalia Prize of ''

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'' (1990), the Thalia Prize of

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(1994), the Culture Prize of Hembygdsförbundet (2000), the Sture Linnér Prize (2002), and the Culture Prize of Gefle Dagblads (2004).

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