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Salo Grenning,

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Pedro (5 April 1918 – 1 February 1986) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born as Salo Goldfarb in

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as a son of businessman Leopold Goldfarb (from

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, lived 1878–1933) and Sonja Epstein (from

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, lived 1888–1970). His first newspaper drawing was published in 1933 in '' Bergens Arbeiderblad''. He studied at the

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from 1935 to 1936, at the

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from 1936 to 1937 and at

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from 1937 to 1938. He adopted the pen name Pedro in February 1941, one year after Nazi Germany invaded and occupied Norway. He fled to the United Kingdom in 1941, via

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(together with Leif Andreas Larsen) to Scotland. In 1944, as a soldier in the

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, he participated in the liberation of

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and

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, later becoming an honorary citizen of the latter. From 1944 to 1945 he was an illustrator in London-based newspaper '' Norsk Tidend''. After the war he was decorated with the Norwegian Defence Medal and the British Defence Medal. In 1945 he legally changed his name from Goldfarb to Grenning. He was also hired in the new newspaper ''

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'', specifically at the initiative of journalist Asbjørn Barlaup. Pedro remained in ''Verdens Gang'' for the rest of his career. He also designed book covers. His works have been exhibited at

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, and his works are owned by the

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and the

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. In July 1961 in

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he married Bjørg Sigrunn Støland (1924–1998). He died in February 1986 in Oslo.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grenning, Salo 1918 births 1986 deaths Artists from Bergen 20th-century Norwegian Jews Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian Army personnel of World War II British Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian illustrators Norwegian magazine illustrators Norwegian Jews Norwegian editorial cartoonists Alumni of Belfast School of Art Military personnel from Bergen