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''Rasmus Klump'' (translates to ''Rasmus Lump'' or ''Erasmus Lump'') is a Danish
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series for children created in 1951 by the
Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
wife-and-husband team Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. The series was translated into a number of foreign languages, in some of which the title character Rasmus was renamed ''Petzi'', ''Pol'', ''Rasmus Nalle'' or other variations. The series tells the adventures of the bearcub Rasmus Klump and his friends: Pingo (a
penguin Penguins (order (biology), order List of Sphenisciformes by population, Sphenisciformes , family (biology), family Spheniscidae ) are a group of Water bird, aquatic flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: on ...
), Pelle (a
pelican Pelicans (genus ''Pelecanus'') are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before s ...
), Pildskadden (a
turtle Turtles are an order of reptiles known as Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Cryptodira (hidden necked tu ...
), Skæg (a
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) and others. Always dressed in red dungarees with white
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s, Rasmus Klump travels the world on board his boat ''Mary'', which he builds with his friends in the first episode.


Style

The comic strips do not make use of
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s but rather
caption Caption may refer to: * Caption (text), explanatory text about specific published photos and articles *An element of comics where words appear in a separate box, see Glossary of comics terminology#Caption *Caption (comics convention), a small pre ...
s, whose humour, as well as the affectionately drawn pictures, contributed greatly to the popularity of the series. It can be classified as a text comic, although there is a parallel humor strip version of the series, where speech balloons are used frequently.


History

''Rasmus Klump'' began as a newspaper strip in '' Berlingske Aftenavis'' /now ''
Weekendavisen ''Weekendavisen'' (meaning ''The Weekend Newspaper'' in English) is a Danish weekly broadsheet newspaper published on Fridays in Denmark. Its circulation (as of 2007) is approximately 60,000 copies, about ten per cent of which cover subscription ...
'') on 17 November 1951 and was successfully published in translation worldwide, with total sales running over 30 million. When fans appealed for more, the Hansens began publishing storylines in book form. A television series was recorded in
Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish a ...
between 1997 and 2000. In 1998, Carla Hansen created the Rasmus Klump Prisen (Rasmus Klump Award) for Danish people that had followed the virtues exhibited by the comic series. The winner receives an original comic strip, and 25,000 Danish kroner. Winners include
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and
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. On 17 November 2001, the comic reached its fiftieth anniversary and the occasion was marked in Denmark by the issue of a commemorative stamp. ''Rasmus Klump'' appeared in English as ''Bruin'' in the
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. The first time was allegedly a low-budget Danish production on 13 episodes in the 60's, known from a contract between Statens Filmcentral and Illustrationsforlaget, although not much is known about this production. In 1984, a new series on 13 episodes was produced, as a deal between PIB Copenhagen and Casterman in Belgium, and was animated by an American living in Japan. It was still low-budget, but was a reasonable commercial success being shown on several television channels worldwide. In the 1990s, yet another series materialised as 26 5-minute episodes for two periods, 1996 and 1998. This was a European co-production involving Danish animation veterans
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. An iPad application has also been created featuring Rasmus Klump (2011).


Name

Rasmus Klump is a
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; "Rasmus" comes from the older strip "Strudsen Rasmus" (Rasmus the Ostrich), which Rasmus Klump replaced; "Klump" was added to give him a
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, and comes from a dog the Hansens knew; the name "Bjørnen Rasmus" (Rasmus the Bear) was originally suggested. Rasmus Klump is not to be confused with
Bamse ''Bamse – Världens starkaste björn'' () is a Swedish cartoon created by Rune Andréasson. The highly popular children's cartoon first emerged as a series of television short films as well as a weekly Comic strip formats#Half page, half-page ...
, a well-known Swedish cartoon figure.


Translations

*Bamse or Bamse Bjørn in Norwegian *Barnaby Bear in English (
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: albums "Barnaby Bear builds a boat" and "Barnaby Bear visits the farm") *Bruin in English (Evening Times: albums "The Bruin Story" and "Bruin's Adventures at Sea") *Bundle is also used in some editions *Pechi in Spanish *Petzi in French (
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), German ( Carlsen Comics), Italian, Portuguese, and Vietnamese *Pol in Dutch (Casterman) *Rasmus Klumpur in Icelandic *Rasmus Nalle in Finnish and Swedish (Weilin+Göös) * Rasmus Tøppur in Faroese * Pipi xiong (皮皮熊) in Chinese * Miś Poldek in Polish


References


External links


Official German website


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