Tore Bernitz Pedersen (26 January 1935 - 17 April 2015)

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, 23 April 2015] was a Norwegian illustrator and comics artist. He was born in

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and was educated at the

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and the Regent Street Polytechnic Art School in

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. He created the comics strip ''Doktor Fantastisk'', in cooperation with

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, Roar Høiby and Terje Brofos, which was published in the newspaper ''

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'', and he has been illustrator for the newspapers ''

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'' and ''

''. Among his book illustrations are

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's songbook ''Fra Hompetitten til bakvendtland'', historical books by Georg Apenes, and Olav Angell's books about the city of

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