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Norway

1934

In short

Norwegian comics are called tegneserier.

The first longer Norwegian comic, Nanna With's 'Kari, Per og Søren på bytur', appeared in 1912 and 1913, the form peaked in the 1930s and 1940s with long-lived Christmas annuals, and modern series include Frode Øverli's Pondus (1995) and Nemi.

Norway in numbers

01 • 04

Norway in numbers · 01 • 04

177

1934

2000s

Artists

Artists from Norway in the archive.

Comics from Norway in the archive.

Jens von Bustenskjold, the earliest comic from Norway in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Norway began.

Artists from Norway in the archive.

Comics from Norway in the archive.

Jens von Bustenskjold, the earliest comic from Norway in the archive.

The decade when the most new comics from Norway began.

tegneserie

tegneserie · Comics from Norway

History

Norway in 3 chapters

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Norway.

3 chapters

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Chapter 1

1912

to 1929

First comics

Cover

1912
to 1929
Chapter 01
First comics
Nanna With's 'Kari, Per og Søren på bytur' (1912 to 1913) was the first longer Norwegian comic, and the 1920s scene included Jan Lunde, Bjarne Restan and Rolf Kluge.
1930
to 1969
Chapter 02
Christmas annuals
Comics peaked in the 1930s and 1940s, with Jens R. Nilssen's Vangsgutane, Smørbukk and Jens von Bustenskjold as long-lived Christmas-annual series. In 1956 Norway joined a joint Nordic committee to combat comics.
1970
to today
Chapter 03
Albums, Pyton and Pondus
The 1970s were a golden age of albums, and the magazine Pyton carried Frode Øverli and Arild Midthun in the 1980s and 1990s. Pondus began in 1995, TEGN closed in 2005, and current creators include Jason, Lise Myhre, Steffen Kverneland and Christopher Nielsen.