Rune Andréasson
Encyclopedia
Rune Herbert Emanuel Andréasson (August 11, 1925 in Lindome
– December 15, 1999 in Viken
) was a Swedish
comic creator.
Andréasson has created children's comics
since 1944, mainly for the Swedish market, but his works have been published in several Europe
an nations. As a teenager he made his debut with the comic strip "Brum".
Influenced by Disney's staff, such as Floyd Gottfredson
, Andréasson was often called "the Disney of Northern Europe". Actually, Walt Disney once offered him work, but Andréasson refused, instead choosing to stay with his own creations. Those included the comic features "Lille Rikard och Hans Katt", "Rulle och Maja", "Nicke Bock", "Åsnan Kal", "Nalle Ritar och Berättar", "Teddy" and "Pellefant
".
His most famous creation, however, is "Bamse
", created in the 1960s, a cute and often educational comic featuring "the world's strongest bear". This feature was highly successful, and was followed by several animated cartoons, as well as a comic book. The comic book started in 1973, featured exclusively Swedish material, and is still one of Sweden's most popular comic books today.
In the 1970s, Andréasson began contracting other artists to do the artwork, while he still wrote the stories and kept a strict editorial control of the contents. For example, he refused to publish commercial ads in a book aimed at children. He was also rather restrictive with using his creations for commercial merchandising (sans for a few exceptional cases).
He retired in 1990, and left his comic to the publishing house Egmont.
Rune Andréasson died December 15, 1999 of cancer
.
Lindome
Lindome is a civil parish and a locality situated in Mölndal Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 13,830 inhabitants in the parish in 2009 . The Swedish comic creator Rune Andreasson was born in this small town 1925.- Points of interest :At Lindome there is the static inverter plant of...
– December 15, 1999 in Viken
Viken, Sweden
Viken is a bimunicipal locality situated in Höganäs Municipality and Helsingborg Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 3,753 inhabitants in 2005. It has a surface area of 224 hectares. 223 of these are in the Höganäs municipality....
) was a 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....
comic creator.
Andréasson has created children's comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
since 1944, mainly for the Swedish market, but his works have been published in several Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an nations. As a teenager he made his debut with the comic strip "Brum".
Influenced by Disney's staff, such as Floyd Gottfredson
Floyd Gottfredson
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the Mickey Mouse comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics...
, Andréasson was often called "the Disney of Northern Europe". Actually, Walt Disney once offered him work, but Andréasson refused, instead choosing to stay with his own creations. Those included the comic features "Lille Rikard och Hans Katt", "Rulle och Maja", "Nicke Bock", "Åsnan Kal", "Nalle Ritar och Berättar", "Teddy" and "Pellefant
Pellefant
Pellefant is a Swedish comic book character, a blue living toy elephant. He was created by Rune Andréasson.Pellefant's first appearance was in Andréasson's book Pellefant i Gottlandet , which was written in the 1940s and published in 1954...
".
His most famous creation, however, is "Bamse
Bamse
Bamse – Världens starkaste björn is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly half page Sunday strip in 1966, before being published periodically in its own comic magazine since...
", created in the 1960s, a cute and often educational comic featuring "the world's strongest bear". This feature was highly successful, and was followed by several animated cartoons, as well as a comic book. The comic book started in 1973, featured exclusively Swedish material, and is still one of Sweden's most popular comic books today.
In the 1970s, Andréasson began contracting other artists to do the artwork, while he still wrote the stories and kept a strict editorial control of the contents. For example, he refused to publish commercial ads in a book aimed at children. He was also rather restrictive with using his creations for commercial merchandising (sans for a few exceptional cases).
He retired in 1990, and left his comic to the publishing house Egmont.
Family
Andreasson's wife Majvor Lundström who now is the CEO of the Bamseförlaget AB and followed by her Ola and Dan Andreasson who run the company along with her. Majvor and Rune had four children together Dan, Ola, Pål and Viktoria Andreasson. They also have seven grandchildren Anna, Tom, John, Felicia, Moa, Liyah and Lukas Andreasson.Rune Andréasson died December 15, 1999 of cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
.