Audun Hetland (12 April 1920 – 8 January 1998) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in

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, and studied at the

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from 1935 to 1938. He worked as freelance illustrator for the newspaper ''

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'' from 1940 to 1942. After the Second World War he worked for ''

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'', and eventually for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Among his books are six best-selling political satires in cooperation with Jon Leirfall from 1970 to 1975, ''Kampen for tilværelsen'' from 1982, and the 13-volume book series ''Norske smil'' with Herbjørn Sørebø. Several of his artworks are located at

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's collections at Fjøsanger, and he is represented at the

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and

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. He died in Oslo in 1998.

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1920 births 1998 deaths Artists from Bergen Bergen Academy of Art and Design alumni 20th-century Norwegian illustrators Norwegian magazine illustrators Norwegian satirists Norwegian political artists Norwegian caricaturists {{Norway-artist-stub