Ivar Arosenius
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Haemophilia
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), was a Swedish
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painter
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and author
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of picture book
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s. In the latter capacity he is most noted for the book Kattresan (The Cat Journey), which was published after his death. He lived in the village of Älvängen
Älvängen
Älvängen is a locality situated in Ale Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 3,986 inhabitants in 2005. It is located some 30 kilometers to the north of Gothenburg. Älvängen is also called Ale City....
, north of Gothenburg
Gothenburg
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. After his death, his house fell into disrepair and was finally demolished. He is buried at Östra kyrkogården
Östra kyrkogården, Gothenburg
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in Gothenburg.
In Älvängen, one of the schools, Aroseniusskolan, is named after Ivar Arosenius.
Nowadays, some of Ivar Arosenius' paintings can be seen at the Museum of Art in Gothenburg.