ACTOR

Per Oscarsson

1927 - 2010

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Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson (28 January 1927 – 31 December 2010) was a Swedish actor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Per Oscarsson has received more than 215,329 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Per Oscarsson is the 2,127th most popular actor (down from 2,098th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Swedish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Per Oscarsson ranks 2,127 out of 13,578. Before him are Leslie Easterbrook, Hind Rostom, Isabella Andreini, Rodrigo Santoro, Hyun Bin, and Gustavo Rojo. After him are Thomas F. Wilson, Néstor Pitana, Cicely Tyson, Tyga, Katherine Heigl, and Dolores Costello.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Per Oscarsson ranks 163. Before him are Jack Cassidy, Oleg Yefremov, Henning Carlsen, Marianne Fredriksson, Franciszek Macharski, and Kenneth Anger. After him are Joan Segarra, Megumu Tamura, Erich Probst, Franco Maria Malfatti, Víctor Rodríguez Andrade, and Endel Tulving. Among people deceased in 2010, Per Oscarsson ranks 133. Before him are John Leslie, Alain Corneau, Anna Walentynowicz, Giuseppe Taddei, Jill Clayburgh, and Paul Augustin Mayer. After him are Manute Bol, Tony Judt, Shmuel Eisenstadt, Hajo Herrmann, Pernell Roberts, and Abraham Sutzkever.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Per Oscarsson ranks 385 out of 1,879. Before him are Lena Nyman (1944), Carl Milles (1875), Christina Nilsson (1843), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Ove Andersson (1938), and Artur Lundkvist (1906). After him are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Art Spiegelman (1948), Stefan Persson (1947), Sven Rydell (1905), and Knut Nordahl (1920).

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Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Per Oscarsson ranks 34. Before him are Kristina Söderbaum (1912), Olof Thunberg (1925), Marika Green (1943), Noomi Rapace (1979), Sofia Helin (1972), and Lena Nyman (1944). After him are Alexander Skarsgård (1976), Mai Zetterling (1925), Peter Haber (1952), Anita Björk (1923), Alicia Vikander (1988), and Kristina Wayborn (1950).

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Television and Movie Roles

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The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she plays against powerful enemies and her own past.
Nov 27o 20097.1 / 10
Hunger
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In 1890, Pontus, the starving writer, wanders the streets of Christiania, in search of love and a chance to get his work published. All he meets is defeat and suffering while his sense of reality is withering. One moment he is delighted and the next he curses everybody. All the time he manages to maintain human dignity and pride.
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