Inger and Lasse Sandberg
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Inger and Lasse Sandberg are Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 authors of children's books
Children's literature
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. They have created many characters, among them the most famous, The Little Ghost Godfrey (Lilla Spöket Laban).

Lasse Sandberg died on 11 November 2008, in Karlstad
Karlstad
Karlstad is a city, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city had 61,685 inhabitants in 2010 out of a municipal total that during the first quarter 2010 was 84,885 inhabitants...

, after a short time of illness. He was 84.

Lasse Sandberg was also known as a talented artist and, formerly, a cartoonist
Cartoonist
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 and comic creator in his home country.

External links

  • Obituary , Svenska Dagbladet
    Svenska Dagbladet
    Svenska Dagbladet is a daily newspaper in Sweden. The first issue appeared on 18 December 1884. Svenska Dagbladet is published in Stockholm and provides coverage of national and international news as well as local coverage of the Greater Stockholm region...

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