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Elov Persson
Elov V Persson (10 July 1894 – 9 July 1970) was a Swedish comic artist. He created one of Sweden's most popular comic strips, '' Kronblom''. Born in Hästbo, a dispersed settlement in Hofors Municipality, Gästrikland, Elov Persson created ''Kronblom'' in 1927 and the strip was published in the magazine ''Vårt Hem''. A year after the creation of ''Kronblom'', Persson created another comic strip, '' Agust och Lotta'' (August and Lotta). ''Kronblom'' was such a part of Sweden's popular culture that two live-action film versions were produced, ' in 1947 and ' in 1949, with popular star Ludde Gentzel, 62 years old at the time of the first film's production, playing the slow-moving, but quick-thinking title character. Persson appeared in the first film playing an unbilled cameo as himself. Elov Persson died in Torsåker, one day before his 76th birthday. In subsequent years, his son Gunnar continued ''Kronblom'', while ''Agust och Lotta'' was continued by his other son, Ingvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsåker (Hofors Municipality) , Södermanland, Sweden
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Torsåker can refer to: * Torsåker, Hofors, Sweden * Torsåker Parish, Diocese of Härnösand, Kramfors Municipality, Sweden, where the Torsåker witch trials of 1675 took place * Torsåker Castle, mansion in Uppland, Sweden * Church village in Gnesta Municipality Gnesta Municipality (''Gnesta kommun'') is a municipality in Södermanland County in southeast Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Gnesta, with some 5,000 inhabitants. The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Municip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gästrikland
Gästrikland () is a historical province or ''landskap'' on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. Gästrikland is the southernmost of the Norrland provinces. Other forms of the name used are ''Gestricia'' and ''Gastrikland''. Before 1900, the spelling was officially ''Gestrikland'' in Swedish. Administration The traditional provinces of Sweden serve no administrative or political purposes, but are historical and cultural entities. In the case of Gästrikland the province constitutes the southern part of the administrative county, ''län'', Gävleborg County. Heraldry Arms granted in 1560. As with other provinces the arms is represented with a ducal coronet. Blazon: "Argent Hurty an Elk statant Gules attired and hoofed Or." A coat of arms for Gävleborg County was granted in 1938, combining the arms of Gästrikland and Hälsingland. Geography Gästrikland is often called ''the gate to Norrland'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kronblom
''Kronblom'' is a popular Swedish comic strip created by Elov Persson in 1927. It is published biweekly in Sweden in the comic book '' 91:an'', along with a number of other comic strips, and in the weekly magazine ''Allers''. Elov's son, Gunnar Persson, took over the comic strip in 1968 when his father died. Jonas Persson, Gunnar's son, started drawing the comic strip in 2006 together with his father. Characters and story Kronblom is a man in his sixties who lives with his wife Malin in the fictional Swedish village "Vinkelboda" (partly based on Elov Persson's home village Torsåker). He is recognizable by his long nose and lanky body. He's also bald and often wears a blue hat. Kronblom has an aversion to work, which is why he's constantly broke. He spends most of his days sleeping on the kitchen sofa, much to the anger of Malin. To avoid chores given to him by her, he goes fishing or hunting. Kronblom hates his mother-in-law. When she comes to visit, he plays pranks on her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings, often cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions. Traditionally, throughout the 20th and into the 21st century, these have been published in newspapers and magazines, with daily horizontal strips printed in black-and-white in newspapers, while Sunday papers offered longer sequences in special color comics sections. With the advent of the internet, online comic strips began to appear as webcomics. Strips are written and drawn by a comics artist, known as a cartoonist. As the word "comic" implies, strips are frequently humorous. Examples of these gag-a-day strips are '' Blondie'', '' Bringing Up Father'', '' Marmaduke'', and ''Pearls Before Swine''. In the late 1920s, comic strips expanded from their mirthful origins to feature adventure stories, as seen in '' Popeye'', '' Captain Easy'', '' Buck Rogers'', '' Tarzan'', and '' Terry and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dispersed Settlement
A dispersed settlement, also known as a scattered settlement, is one of the main types of settlement patterns used by landscape historians to classify rural settlements found in England and other parts of the world. Typically, there are a number of separate farmsteads scattered throughout the area. A dispersed settlement contrasts with a nucleated village. It can be known as main human settlements. The French term ''bocage'' is sometimes used to describe the type of landscape found where dispersed settlements are common. In addition to Western Europe, dispersed patterns of settlement are found in parts of Papua New Guinea, as among the Gainj, Ankave, and Baining tribes. It is also frequently met with in nomadic pastoral societies. In Ghana, Kumbyili in the northern region is also an example of a dispersed settlement England In England, dispersed settlements are often found in the areas of ancient enclosure outside the central region—for example, Essex, Kent and the West Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hofors Municipality
Hofors Municipality (''Hofors kommun'') is a municipality in Gävleborg County, east central Sweden. Its seat is in Hofors with 7,400 inhabitants, situated at . The first municipality with the name of ''Hofors'' was broken away from ''Torsåker'' in 1925. In 1971 the two entities were reunited to form the present municipality. The coat of arms stem from 1968, and is derived from a map from 1539, where the town Hofors was surrounded by iron mines.. Geography Nearest cities are Gävle, 50 kilometers away, and Falun, 30 kilometers away. Localities * Hofors (seat) * Torsåker Sister cities Two sister cities: * Denmark: Fladså, * Finland: Kontiolahti Until recently, Tokke Tokke is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Vest-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Dalen. The municipality of Tokke was cr ... in Norway was a sister city, but it has for some re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludde Gentzel
Ludde Gentzel (17 January 1885 – 5 March 1963) was a Swedish film actor and singer. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1916 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' Ship Ahoy!'' (1931) * ''Adventure in Pyjamas'' (1935) * ''Styrman Karlssons flammor'' (1938) * '' Sun Over Sweden'' (1938) * ''Career'' (1938) * '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' (1938) * '' The Word'' (1943) * '' We Need Each Other'' (1944) * ''Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944) * ''Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas'' (1945) * ''It Rains on Our Love'' (1946) * ''When the Meadows Blossom'' (1946) * ''Robinson in Roslagen ''Robinson in Roslagen'' (Swedish: ''Robinson i Roslagen'') is a 1948 Swedish comedy film directed by Schamyl Bauman and starring Adolf Jahr, Ludde Gentzel and Gull Natorp.Qvist & Von Bagh p.44 It was shot at the Centrumateljéerna Studios in ...'' (1948) References External links * 1885 births 1963 deaths Swedish male film actors Swedish male silent film actors 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnar Persson
Gunnar Persson (13 October 1933 – 8 April 2018) was a Swedish cartoonist and comic creator. He was the son of Elov Persson, creator of one of Sweden's oldest comic strip characters, ''Kronblom''. Gunnar began drawing the Kronblom comic strip in 1968 when his father's health got worse. Prior to Kronblom, Gunnar Persson had already drawn the comic strips ''Gus'' and ''Herr Larsson'' in the comic book '' 91:an''. References External links Gunnar Persson at Lambiek.net(see Lambiek Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ), though since 2007, his son Boris Kousemaker is the current owner. From 1968 to 2015, it was located ...) 1933 births 2018 deaths Swedish cartoonists People from Hofors Municipality {{Europe-comics-creator-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lambiek
Galerie Lambiek is a Dutch comic book store and art gallery in Amsterdam, founded on November 8, 1968 by Kees Kousemaker (, – Bussum, ), though since 2007, his son Boris Kousemaker is the current owner. From 1968 to 2015, it was located in the Kerkstraat, but in November 2015, the store moved to the Koningsstraat 27. As of 2018, Lambiek is the oldest comics store in Europe, and the oldest worldwide still in existence. The name "Lambiek" originated as a misspelling of the name of the comics character Lambik, from the popular Suske & Wiske comic book series created by Belgian artist Willy Vandersteen. The logo of the shop is an image from the ''Suske en Wiske'' album ''Prinses Zagemeel'' (''Princess Sawdust''). History Only two earlier comic bookstores are known to have opened their doors on the North-American continent (or anywhere else on the world for that matter) prior to the one founded by Kousemaker; George Henderson's Canadian, Toronto-based Memory Lane Books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890s Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970 Deaths
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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