''Ensamma mamman'' ("single mom") is a

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comic strip created by Cecilia Torudd. ''Ensamma mamman'' first made a brief appearance in ''

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'' in 1985. It was well received by the readers and returned in 1987 as a fixed feature. Torudd continued drawing it until 1991, when it was syndicated by Bull, and it has since been rerun in many newspapers. ''Ensamma mamman'' deals with a

single mother A single parent is a person who has a child or children but does not have a spouse or live-in partner to assist in the upbringing or support of the child. Reasons for becoming a single parent include divorce, break-up, abandonment, becoming wid ...

and her two teenage children, her 14-year-old son Beppe and her daughter Mia, 17 years old. ''Ensamma mamman'' received the

Urhunden Prize Urhunden Prizes have been given out each year by the Swedish Comics Association ('' Svenska Seriefrämjandet'') since 1987. There are three categories: Best Swedish (Domestic) Album of the Year (1987–2005), Best Foreign Album of the Year (1987 ...

by the '' Swedish Association for Promotion of Comics'', in 1989.

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