Borghild Rud (20 March 1910 – 25 June 1999) was a Norwegian artist and illustrator. Borghild Eline Rud was born at

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, Norway. She was the daughter of Mons Nilsen Rud (1873–1927) and Emma Johanne Nergaard (1882–1947) and was a sister of editor

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. She attended the

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where she trained under Eivind Nielsen from 1925 to 1926 and with

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and

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from 1926 until 1930. She debuted at the Autumn Exhibition (''

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'') in

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during 1926. She was awarded the Benneches legat for 1928–29. She worked for the magazine ''

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'' (later renamed ''Magasinet for Alle'') from 1929 to 1970. Her brother edited the magazine from 1932 to 1970. She provided illustrates for books including ''

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'' by

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and '' Markens gröda'' by

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. She is often most well known for her collaborations with

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. She is particularly familiar with the drawings of Alf Prøysen's literary character

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(''Teskjekjerringa''). An almost 30-year long collaboration between Rud and Prøysen resulted in almost a thousand drawings. She made illustrations for over 800 of his texts, including all but one of his "stubben" (short works of prose) in ''Arbeidermagasinet''.

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