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Jens R. Nilssen
Jens Richard Nilssen (11 August 1880 – 28 February 1964) was a Norwegian illustrator, comics creator and cartoonist. Nilssen was born in Valberg, Nordland, Valberg, Nordland, and was educated at Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) in Oslo, Kristiania, at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts, and at Peder Severin Krøyer's painting school in Copenhagen. He delivered illustrations to the satirical magazines ''Hvepsen'', ''Karikaturen'' and ''Humoristen'', as well as the weekly magazine ''Nynorsk Vekeblad'' and the children's magazine ''Norsk Barneblad''. He illustrated several children's books, and is known for the comic strips ''Smørbukk'', which he created in 1938 along with text writer Andreas Haavoll, ''Tuss og Troll'', ''Haukepatruljen'' and ''Vangsgutane''. References 1880 births 1964 deaths People from Vestvågøy Norwegian comics artists Norwegian children's book illustrators Norwegian caricatu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valberg, Nordland
Valberg (formerly ''Valdberg'') is a List of former municipalities of Norway, former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1927 until 1963. The municipality covered the southeastern coast of the island of Vestvågøya in what is now Vestvågøy Municipality. The administrative centre was the village of ''Valberg'' where Valberg Church is located. History The municipality of ''Valberg'' was created by an acrimonious split from the municipality of Borge, Nordland, Borge in 1927. The new municipality initially had 625 residents. During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the Schei Committee. On 1 January 1963, Valberg municipality (population: 662) was merged with the neighboring municipalities of Borge, Nordland, Borge (population: 4,056), Buksnes (population: 4,416), and Hol, Nordland, Hol (population: 3,154) to create the new Vestvågøy Municipality. Name The municipality (originally the parish) was n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |