Spara och Slösa was a Swedish

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Birgitta Lilliehöök Birgitta is the Swedish and Icelandic form of the Irish Gaelic female name ''Brighid''. Brighid or Brigid was the name of an ancient Celtic goddess, and its English form is Bridget. Birgitta and its alternate forms Birgit and Britta became comm ...

, and published between the years of 1926–1963 for the Swedish bank concern Sparbanken's children's magazine '' Lyckoslanten''. Today the comic, which has become well known for the generation growing up in mid-20th century Sweden, is illustrated by Lena Forsman. The main characters are two girls, where Slösa ("Waste") always throws away her money on entertainment and consumption while Spara ("Save") saves her money. The comics were intended to educate children on how to spend money properly.

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