Svikmøllen
Encyclopedia
Svikmøllen is a satirical
Danish
annual magazine
published by Aschehoug
. It contains cartoons and text by various illustrators and humorists lampooning events in the past year. Its name stems from the Danish term svikmølle, a highly advantageous position in the board game Mill
, where an opponent's piece can be eliminated every turn (forming an unpleasant vicious circle for the opponent), or metaphorically any unpleasant situation one cannot get out of.
Svikmøllen was first published in 1915 with Sven Brasch as the main cartoonist. The 2008 edition is the 94th issue.
Along with its counterpart Blæksprutten, Svikmøllen is a classic choice for the mandelgave (literally almond gift) for Christmas
, that is, a special gift for the person who finds the whole almond
that has been put in the Risalamande
traditionally served on Christmas Eve
in Denmark.
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
Danish
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
annual magazine
Annual publication
An annual publication, more often called simply an annual, is a book or a magazine, comic book or comic strip published yearly. For example, a weekly or monthly publication may produce an Annual featuring similar materials to the regular publication....
published by Aschehoug
Aschehoug (Egmont)
Aschehoug is the Danish division of Egmont Books. It is Denmark’s second largest publisher with a revenue of approximately EUR 55 million and with a strong schoolbook publisher, Alinea, as part of the publishing house...
. It contains cartoons and text by various illustrators and humorists lampooning events in the past year. Its name stems from the Danish term svikmølle, a highly advantageous position in the board game Mill
Nine Men's Morris
Nine Men's Morris is an abstract strategy board game for two players that emerged from the Roman Empire. The game is also known as Nine Man Morris, Mill, Mills, Merels, Merelles, and Merrills in English....
, where an opponent's piece can be eliminated every turn (forming an unpleasant vicious circle for the opponent), or metaphorically any unpleasant situation one cannot get out of.
Svikmøllen was first published in 1915 with Sven Brasch as the main cartoonist. The 2008 edition is the 94th issue.
Along with its counterpart Blæksprutten, Svikmøllen is a classic choice for the mandelgave (literally almond gift) for Christmas
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days...
, that is, a special gift for the person who finds the whole almond
Almond
The almond , is a species of tree native to the Middle East and South Asia. Almond is also the name of the edible and widely cultivated seed of this tree...
that has been put in the Risalamande
Risalamande
Risalamande is a traditional Danish dessert typically served at Christmas.Risalamande was created in the last part of the 19th century...
traditionally served on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
in Denmark.