Svein Nyhus (born 23 January 1962) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

illustrator An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...

and writer of

children's books A child (plural, : children) is a human being between the stages of childbirth, birth and puberty, or between the Development of the human body, developmental period of infancy and puberty. The legal definition of ''child'' generally refers ...

. Svein Nyhus was born in

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative ce ...

as the twin brother of caricaturist

Egil Nyhus Egil Nyhus (born 23 January 1962) is a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in Tønsberg as the twin brother of illustrator/writer Svein Nyhus. He took his education at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry from 1981 to 1985, wo ...

. He took his education at the

Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry The National College of Art and Design ( no, Statens håndverks- og kunstindustriskole) was established in 1818. In 1996 the National College of Art and Design became part of Oslo National Academy of the Arts The Oslo National Academy of the A ...

from 1981 to 1985. Svein Nyhus has

illustrated An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video ...

his own texts as well as books by his wife, Norwegian

poet A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral or writte ...

Gro Dahle Gro Dahle (born 15 May 1962) is a Norwegian poet and writer. Early life Dahle was born in Oslo, and is the daughter of businessman Øystein Dahle. She grew up in Tønsberg, Aruba and New Jersey. She began studying psychology and English literat ...

. His own books include *''Drømmemaskinen'' ("The Dreammachine", 1995), *''Pappa!'' ("Daddy!", 1998), *''Verden har ingen hjørner'' ("The World Has No Corners", 1999), *''Lille Lu og Trollmannen Bulibar'' ("Little Lu And Bulibar The Wizard", 2001), *''Ingen'' ("Nobody", 2002) and ''Jeg!'' ("Me!", 2004), *''Opp og ut'' ("Up And Away", 2008) and *''Sånt som er'' ("Things That Are", 2010). * ''Lars'' (2011 - 2014) * ''Skal vi leke?'' (''Do you want to play?'' 2016) * ''Steder å snakke om finans'' (''Places to converse about finance'', 2021) His books have been translated into several languages; In 2004 he illustrated ''

Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns ''Why Kings and Queens Don't Wear Crowns'' is a fairytale written by Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and released as a children's book in the US in 2005. The original version was released as a picture book in Norway in 2004. The story is about ...

'', a

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...

written by

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 22 September 1971) is a member of the Norwegian royal family, a businesswoman and a self-described clairvoyant. The only daughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, she is fourth in the line of successi ...

. In 2013 Svein Nyhus illustrated ''What Does the Fox Say?'', a children's picture book based on Ylvis's YouTube hit '' The Fox''. The book debuted before Christmas at number one on the

New York Times Best Seller list ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. John Bear, ''The #1 New York Times Best Seller: intriguing facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times ...

. Nyhus also illustrated ''Sina Mann'' (''Angryman'', 2004), a picture book about a boy witnessing domestic violence, written by his wife Gro Dahle. It was published in English 2019.Simon & Schuster about ''Angryman'' 2019
/ref> File:Nyhus Pappa 04.jpg, Illustration from Svein Nyhus' picture book ''Pappa!'' ("Daddy!"), 1998 Image:Nyhus Verden Forside Kin .jpg, Chinese edition of Svein Nyhus' picture book ''Verden har ingen hjørner'' ("The World Has No Corners"), 1999

References

External links

Svein Nyhus' blog with summaries in English
1962 births Living people Norwegian illustrators Norwegian children's book illustrators Norwegian children's writers Writers from Tønsberg Norwegian twins Oslo National Academy of the Arts alumni {{illustrator-stub