Peter Madsen is an award-winning Danish

Denmark

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 cartoonist

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, illustrator

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, and author

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. Along with editor Henning Kure and fellow cartoonist Rune T. Kidde

Rune T. Kidde

Rune Torstein Kidde is a Danish writer, storyteller, musician and artist. He is son of illustrator and painter Thormod Kidde and ceramist Ragnhild Kidde . He graduated from Vestfyns Gymnasium in 1976 and has studied theology for short while. Rune T...

 he was one of leading forces behind the revival of the Danish cartoon tradition in the 1970s.

He is most famous for being the illustrator and co-author of the Valhalla comics, a 15-album series detailing Nordic mythology published from 1979 to 2009. The series was made into the 1986 animated Valhalla film

Valhalla (film)

Valhalla is a Danish animated feature film released in October 1986 by Metronome. Based on volumes one, four and five of the Interpresse/Carlsen comic book series, it was directed by Disney animator Jeffrey J. Varab and cartoonist Peter Madsen.-Production:...

, which Madsen co-directed. In 1995, he illustrated the Menneskesønnen (the Son of Man) comic, detailing the life of Jesus

Jesus

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He has received working grants from the Danish Arts Agency and Danish Arts Council.

Awards

• 1981 Danish Union of School Libraries' children's book award, for Valhalla - Ulven er løs
• 1986 Cannes Junior, for Valhalla (film)
• 1989 Ping Award
• 1990 Best drawn Danish album, for Grønlandsk dagbog
• 1991 Best Danish album, best drawn Danish album, and best colored Danish album, for Valhalla - Ormen i dybet
• 1992 Norwegian Sproing Award
  Sproing Award
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   for best foreign album, Valhalla - Frejas smykke
• 1995 Best colored Danish album, for Menneskesønnen
• 1996 Angoulême International Comics Festival
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   Christian Comic Award, for Menneskesønnen
• 1999 SAS Best Nordic album award, for Valhalla - Mysteriet om digtermjøden
• 2003 Norwegian Sproing Award
  Sproing Award
  The Sproing Award is awarded by Norsk Tegneserieforum , an organisation to promote interest and understanding for comics in Norway. Since 1987, the award has been presented for the Best Norwegian Strips, a comic strip or comic book by a Norwegian, and Best Translated Strips, an international comic...
  
  for best foreign album, Menneskesønnen