Runer Jonsson (29 June 1916 — 29 October 2006) was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

journalist and author. He was editor of ''Nybro Tidning'' and the author of the

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 ...

series of children's books adapted into the animated series ''

Vicky the Viking ''Vicky the Viking'', known as ''Wickie und die starken Männer'' () in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an animated television series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows. It ...

''. At the age of 13, Jonsson was already working for the newspaper Nybro Tidning, and at 19 he became its sole editor in 1936. In this position, he distinguished himself primarily by harsh criticism of National Socialism.

Works

* ''Släpp farmor och kusinerna!'' (1970) * ''Vad ger ni för Johan?'' (1971) * ''Göran i riddarskolan'' (1972) * ''Demonstranterna'' (1978) * ''Kung Karls trosspojke'' (1980) * ''Min gode vän Rånaren'' (1981) * ''Jens, jag och unionen'' (1982) * ''Det finns inga matchhjältar'' (1983) * ''Den röda baskern'' (1993)

Awards

*1965 Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis *1970 Landstingets kulturpris *1984 Litteraturfrämjandets stora pris *1996 Emil-priset

References

1916 births 2006 deaths Swedish children's writers 20th-century Swedish journalists {{Sweden-writer-stub