- STOCKHOLM: A house fire appears to have killed actor Per Oscarsson, a giant of Swedish cinema who won a best actor award at Cannes in 1966 and appeared in films based on Stieg Larsson's “Millennium” trilogy, and his wife, police said Sunday.
Police spokesman Jan Strommegard said the remains of one person were found Sunday in the ashes of the house and are probably those of the 83-year-old actor or his wife, 67-year-old Kia Ostling. Both were reported missing by their relatives who say the couple apparently was home when the fire destroyed the house early Friday. The house, in a remote area outside the small town of Skara in southwest Sweden, had burned to the ground completely. Only the chimney was left when firefighters arrived at the site on Friday. Strommegard couldn't immediately say when the identification of the remains would be completed but said police would continue to search for the remains of a second person. The cause of the blaze is unknown.

