Stig Ossian Ericson

Stig Ossian Ericson 7 September 1923 30 July 2012 was a Swedish actor director and screenwriter Ericson was born in 1923 in Härnösand but grew up in Nyköping Graduating at the University of Uppsala where he had been involved in various theatrical performances at the SödermanlandsNerikes 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 Hans Alfredson and Tage Danielsson Bo Widerberg and Beppe Wolgers He is probably best known as Sigurd in the Swedish block buster Göta kanal eller Vem drog ur proppen lillebrors father in Astrid Lindgrens Karlsson på taket and in the 1990s as Father Fouras in Fångarna på fortet the Swedish version of French game show Fort Boyard Ericson died in 2012 at the age of 88 in Nacka east of Stockholm