Korsaren was a Norwegian satirical magazine.

It was established in 1879 by Jacob Breda Bull

Jacob Breda Bull

Jacob Breda Bull was a Norwegian author.Bull is best known for the novel Vesleblakken and for other novels and stories about descriptions of folk life in the Østerdalen valley. He also wrote historical novels, contemporary novels and poetry.Bull was born in Rendalen, the son of the priest Matthias...

 under the name Krydseren, mimicking an older publication of the same name

Krydseren

Krydseren was a Norwegian satirical magazine.It was established in 1849 by Ditmar Meidell, and published by Christian Schibsted. It is regarded as the first satirical magazine in Norway. Ahead the year 1855 it became defunct, as the satirical magazine was turned into a newspaper of the name...

. Bull sold the magazine in 1894, and it was relaunched as Korsaren. It was published in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, its editor-in-chief from 1984 to 1904 was Egil Hartmann, and its staff of caricaturists included Andreas Bloch

Andreas Bloch

Andreas Bloch was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and costume designer.-Personal life:Andreas Schroeter Schelver Bloch was born on the Hellerud farm in in Skedsmo, in Akershus county, Norway, as the son of Jens Peter Blankenborg Bloch and Anne Julie Margrethe Schroeter. He was married in 1890...

 and Gustav Lærum

Gustav Lærum

Gustav Lærum was a Norwegian satirical illustrator and sculptor.He delivered illustrations to the satirical magazines Korsaren, Tyrihans and Vikingen, and also the newspaper Verdens Gang. Selected illustrations are issued in Fra Uret til Grand, Norske Politici , and Skyggebilder...

. Korsaren went defunct in 1926.