# Oskar Selamb — Downstream character guide

> Oskar Selamb in Downstream by Sigfrid Siwertz.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Oskar

**First appearance:** 0000-part-i-i-the-cry

## Who they are

An older Selamb family member, possibly a patriarch figure.

## In the story

### [III: The Dance of the Crow Indians](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-i-iii-the-dance-of-the-crow-indians)

Sits in the garden, degraded and indifferent, tormented by his children.

### [VII: Brundin's Downfall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-i-vii-brundin-s-downfall)

Oskar, Peter's father, is present at breakfast; Peter sits next to him voluntarily as a sacrifice to propitiate the gods before his planned theft of Brundin's books.

### [IX: Peter the Boss](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/downstream_se/chapters/part-i-ix-peter-the-boss)

Old Oskar Selamb lies bedridden, moved to a bright room but disliking the change. He is stubborn, spiteful, and directs his hate towards the flowers, which he throws under the bed.

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