Sven Sønsteby (20 May 1933 – 5 May 2014) was a Norwegian illustrator. He was born in

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. He was assigned as illustrator for the newspaper ''

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'' from the 1950s, and for the newspaper's weekly supplement ''

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'' from 1963. From 1956 he also delivered works to the London-based satirical magazine '' Punch''. He died in

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on 5 May 2014.

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1933 births 2014 deaths Artists from Oslo 20th-century Norwegian illustrators 21st-century Norwegian illustrators Norwegian magazine cartoonists Norwegian magazine illustrators Aftenposten people {{norway-artist-stub