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Ragnvald Blix (12 September 1882 – 2 May 1958) was a Norwegian illustrator, caricaturist and magazine editor. He was particularly known for his anti-Nazi drawings during ''Ragnvald Blix'' (Store norske leksikon)
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Ragnvald Blix was born in
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(vestraat.net) 1882 births 1958 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian illustrators Norwegian caricaturists Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{illustrator-stub
World War II
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Ragnvald Blix was born in Oslo
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, the son of minister Elias Blix
Elias Blix (24 February 1836 – 17 January 1902) was a Norwegian professor, theologian, hymn writer, and a politician for the Liberal Party. Blix wrote numerous hymns and was largely responsible for translating the New Testament into the Nor ...
(1835–1902). Blix was an entirely self-taught artist. He maintained his Norwegian citizenship through a long life, but he lived most of his time abroad.
Blix was editor of the satirical magazine '' Tyrihans'' in 1901. He worked for the Paris
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newspaper '' Le Journal'' from 1904. He delivered illustrations to the Munich
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magazine ''Simplicissimus
:''Simplicissimus is also a name for the 1668 novel Simplicius Simplicissimus and its protagonist.''
''Simplicissimus'' () was a satirical German weekly magazine, headquartered in Munich, and founded by Albert Langen in April 1896. It continued p ...
'' from 1908 to 1918, and edited the satirical magazine '' Exlex'' from 1919 to 1920. During World War II
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he was known for his satirical drawings in the Swedish anti-Nazi newspaper ''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning
''Göteborgs Handels- och Sjöfartstidning'' (''GHT'') was a daily newspaper published in Gothenburg, Sweden, from 1832 to 1985.
History and profile
''GHT'' was founded in 1832 by publisher Magnus Prytz and had a liberal alignment from the late ...
'', under the signature "Stig Höök". His war drawings were published in the collections ''Stig Höök 1942–44'' (1944) and ''De fem årene'' (1945).
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* From the collection ''De fem årene'', reprinted in ''Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45
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(vestraat.net) 1882 births 1958 deaths Artists from Oslo Norwegian magazine editors Norwegian illustrators Norwegian caricaturists Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{illustrator-stub