''Norsk Barneblad'' (
Norwegian: ''the Norwegian Children’s Magazine'') is a Norwegian children's magazine, issued monthly in
Nynorsk
Nynorsk (; ) is one of the two official written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language (''Landsmål''), parallel to the Da ...
.
It was founded by
Kristen Stalleland in 1887,
under the name ''Sysvorti'', was renamed to ''Norskt Barneblad'' in 1891, and to the current name ''Norsk Barneblad'' from 1916.
It had a circulation of 3,600 copies in 2004,
[ while its circulation was 11–17,000 copies between 1916 and 1985.][ Among its best known comics strips is '']Smørbukk
''Smørbukk'' is a Norwegian comic strip. It was started in 1938 by text writer Andreas Haavoll and illustrator Jens R. Nilssen. The first Smørbukk story was based on the fairytale Buttercup (fairy tale), Buttercup collected by Asbjørnsen and M ...
'', which has been published on the back cover of the magazine since 1938.[ Among its editors was Andreas Haavoll, who edited the magazine for nearly forty years.][
]
See also
* Norwegian literature
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr ...
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1887 establishments in Norway
Children's magazines published in Norway
Comics magazines published in Norway
Magazines established in 1887
Magazines published in Oslo
Monthly magazines published in Norway
Norwegian-language magazines
Nynorsk
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