Audun Hetland (12 April 1920 – 8 January 1998) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula o ...

, and studied at the

Bergen National Academy of the Arts Bergen Academy of Art and Design ( no, Kunst- og designhøgskolen i Bergen) or KHiB was one of two independent and accredited scientific institutions of higher learning in the visual arts and design in Norway (The other is Oslo National Academy o ...

from 1935 to 1938. He worked as freelance illustrator for the newspaper '' Bergens Aftenblad'' from 1940 to 1942. After the Second World War he worked for ''

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'', and eventually for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Among his books are six best-selling political satires in cooperation with Jon Leirfall from 1970 to 1975, ''Kampen for tilværelsen'' from 1982, and the 13-volume book series ''Norske smil'' with Herbjørn Sørebø. Several of his artwork are located at

Hilmar Reksten Hilmar August Reksten (29 October 1897 – 1 July 1980) was a Norwegian shipping magnate. In the autumn of 1973 he was counted among the world's richest men, possessing a fleet worth about £300,000,000. At his death in 1980, all was lost; he ...

's collections at Fjøsanger, and he is represented at the

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and

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. He died in Oslo in 1998.

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1920 births 1998 deaths Artists from Bergen Bergen Academy of Art and Design alumni Norwegian illustrators Norwegian caricaturists {{Norway-artist-stub