Finn Graff (born 25 December 1938) is a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in

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as a son of aviator Heinz Friedrich Wöhlecke (1909–1944) and translator Margit-Ruth Graff (1914–2000). He was an older brother of Jens Graff. He moved to Norway in 1946, but had lost his father to the war and lived at the orphanage Christiania Opfostringshus from 1949 to 1954. He did however take higher education, at the

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from 1959 to 1963. In 1960 he was hired as an illustrator and

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ist in the newspaper ''

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''. From 1963 to 1988 he worked in ''

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'' and from 1988 in ''

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''. He has also illustrated several book covers. He is represented in the

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. He won the ''Editorial Cartoon of the Year'' award in 2000 and 2005. He was decorated as Knight First Class of the

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in 2007.

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1938 births Living people Norwegian people of German descent Artists from Oslo Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni Norwegian illustrators Norwegian editorial cartoonists {{Norway-artist-stub