Ewert Karlsson (1918–2004), signature EWK, was a Swedish artist and

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. He drew for

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and

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among others. He illustrated Runer Jonsson's books about

Vicke Viking Vicke Viking is a series of children's books by Swedish author Runer Jonsson, first published in 1963. The series, set in the Viking era, was inspired by the Icelandic sagas and the Swedish novel ''The Long Ships''. They were originally illustra ...

. In 1979 the EWK was declared ''Cartoonist of the year'' of ''The Sixteenth International Salon of Cartoons'' of

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. Attached to the general international Catalog as a tribute to the winning Artist, a personal anthological volume of his own is produced, limited to one thousand copies, by the city of Montréal and it is distributed to all the participating artists of the world He was awarded the

Illis quorum ''Illis quorum'' (''Illis quorum meruere labores'') (English: "For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"), is a gold medal awarded for outstanding contributions to Swedish culture, science or society. The award was introduced in 1784 by King Gust ...

in both 1988 and 1993. A museum about EWK and his drawings is located within the

Museum of Work The Museum of Work (''Arbetets museum'') is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. The museum is located in the ''Strykjärn'' (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of No ...

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, Sweden.

References

External links

EWK-sällskapet
EWK society website
EWK at the Museum of Work
Swedish editorial cartoonists Swedish cartoonists Swedish illustrators Swedish children's book illustrators Swedish caricaturists 1918 births 2004 deaths People from Östergötland Recipients of the Illis quorum {{cartoonist-stub