Stig Ossian Ericson (7 September 1923 - 30 July 2012) was a Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter.

Life and career

Ericson was born in 1923 in

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, but grew up in

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. Graduating at the

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where he had been involved in various theatrical performances at the Södermanlands-Nerikes nation, 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

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and

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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 ...

. He is probably best known as ''Sigurd'' in the Swedish block buster Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen?, ''lillebror's'' father in

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'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

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east of

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Stig Ossian Ericson (Family tree)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ericson, Stig Ossian 1923 births 2012 deaths Swedish male actors Swedish screenwriters Swedish male screenwriters Swedish film directors People from Härnösand Male actors from Västernorrland County